JINSAThe Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is as a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan think-tank focusing on the national security interests of the United States. JINSA's aim is three-fold: to ensure a strong and effective U.S. national security policy; to educate American leadership figures on the vital strategic relationship between the United States and Israel; and to strengthening U.S. cooperation with democratic allies, including Taiwan, Jordan, Hungary,...Iraq Maintained Chem-Bio Warfare Research Right Up Until U.S. Invasion- November 24, 2003 The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) recently discovered a clandestine Iraqi chemical and biological weapons research program that operated right up until the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2003. Briefing Congress about the discovery, ISG leader Dr. David Kay also discussed the calculated destruction of hundreds of computers and thousands of linear feet of paper documention related to Saddam's WMD programs that contiunued even after the Iraqi military had capitulated.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2295 The President's Speech- November 22, 2003 In his speech at Whitehall, President Bush defended America, democracy, freedom, alliances, NATO and the liberation of Iraq's 26 million people. He made allied resolve in the war a counterpoint to UN weakness and reminded Europe that their own freedom came at the point of a gun - ours. But the speech, for all its righteous eloquence, had one GLARING flaw. Mr. Bush used the forum to criticize certain Israeli government policies without noted appreciation that Israel is a democracy and that...http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2293 Israel Takes Delivery of First F-16I- November 21, 2003 The long-awaited Israeli F-16I Sufa (Storm) rolled off Lockheed Martin's production line in Texas last week. The plane is the first of 102 ordered by Jerusalem in 1997.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2291 Sticks and Stones- November 21, 2003 Where exactly does free speech end and incitement to violence begin As over-the-top protests, anti-American rhetoric and anti-Jewish statements increase and tolerance for differing political views decreases, Europe seems to be teetering on the edge of inciting violence. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 376.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2289 2003 Jackson Award Photo Album- November 21, 2003 A collection of photographs from the presentation of the 2003 Henry M. Jackson Distinguished Service Award to Reps. Jane Harman and Jim Saxton and the first-ever presentation of the Grateful Nation Award, October 27, 2003.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2275 A Letter From Turkey After The Bombing- November 18, 2003 "Today ... there is accelerating hatred toward Turkey in the Arab world because Turkey has proven that a Muslim country can be secular, democratic and work for peaceful purposes ... I believe Israel, Turkey and the U.S. must work together for peace and progress in the Middle East. If we get side-tracked by the EU, radical Islamic activities or the like, we will never see any progress in this part of the world."http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2271 From Armistice Day to Veterans Day We Thank Our Soldiers, All- November 11, 2003 Uncertainty is hard, but every war has a learning curve and of some things we are sure: This war, like America's others, will require military and political skill and (rapid) improvisation. It will require patience and solidarity in the civilian ranks. And in this war, like the others, soldiers will die and soldiers will return home - and they, their families and our country will be changed. On this Veterans Day, and this Armistice Day, we thank them all and promise them our support as they...http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2267 Syria Accountability Act Approved by Congress- November 11, 2003 Congress recently passed the Syria Accountability Act which empowers the President to impose sanctions on Syria as well as banning the export of weapons and weapons-usable materials to Syria.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2262 Support for Embattled Democracies Just as Important to the War on Terrorists and Their State Sponsors- November 10, 2003 Secretary of State Powell reminded us that as we fight the war against terrorists we can't forget that there are countries other than Iraq out there that need our attention, not the least of which are Taiwan and Nicaragua. While they are not an integral part of the big war their security and prosperity are essential to the free world we are striving for.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2260 Israel, India and the U.S. - A New Partnership Against Terrorism- November 5, 2003 This recent address on the necessity of a U.S.-Israel-India counterterror partnership was delivered by JINSA Exec. Dir. Tom Neumann and appeared in the October 1, 2003 issue of the prestigious serial compendium Vital Speeches. The speech appears here as published.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=2258 |