Doc's Talk: Islamism and the National Counterterrorism Strategy

Michael Rubin

In World War II we fought the Nazis, and during the Cold War we fought the Communists. Today, however, we fight wars but are too constrained by political correctness to even set the enemy.When the Obama administration released its National Strategy for Counterterrorism (NSCT) last month, it acknowledged that there was an ideological component to terrorism, but it refused to define it.

Army-backed party claims victory in Myanmar vote

YANGON: The Myanmar military's political proxy claimed an overwhelming victory on Tuesday in an election condemned as a fraud by the West, as fresh fighting erupted between rebels and government forces.Pro-democracy parties urged the government to act against "cheating" during the poll, in which the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) had already enjoyed major financial and campaigning advantages.