Essays

Israel has been attacked 3 times since 1948 by all the surrounding Arab countries put together and each time they crushed the Arabs. The problem is that unlike others the Jews are facing an “existential” threat: that is to say that they cannot afford to lose even once otherwise they will be wiped out completely. […]

Unlike President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad of Iran, who in my view merely confirmed my suspicion that he is completely insane when he was on the same programme just a few days ago, Muammar Ghadaffi of Libya was absolutely brilliant on Larry King live today. In my view he answered the questions put to him on the

Today I have a series of questions to ask about the apparent fury of the Americans on the Al Megrahi issue: is such fury legitimate or justifiable? Should the Libyan intelligence agent Ali Al Megrahi (the so-called Lockerbie bomber) have been released on compassionate grounds to go and die at home by the Scottish Justice

“I cannot surrender the sovereignty that was given to me by the Nigerian people”. President Olusegun Obasanjo, Oyo State February, 2001.

For the last few years, and especially since I have been writing public commentaries, one request that I get asked more than any other is this: we want to know about your father. We want to know about his political career. What really happened? Why did he take the positions that he took? What motivated