Category: Uncategorized

  • Indictment arguments aside, Trump is right to meet with Putin

    July 15, 2018 by Kenneth R. Timmerman Calls by some Democrats in Congress for President Trump to cancel his Monday summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin – in response to the indictment Friday of 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking emails of the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton – make no sense. President Trump is wise to…

  • AMCD Supports Secretary Pompeo’s Call for Review of Aid to Lebanon

    June 1, 2018 Washington DC: The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy (AMCD) supports Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s call for a review of US aid to Lebanon’s security and military forces. AMCD in conjunction with The World Council of Cedars Revolution (WCCR) suggest that any support from the U.S. be based on the following stipulations:…

  • Israel strikes back at Iranian aggression, while Iran lies and pretends it won a victory

    by AMCD advisor Kenneth R. Timmerman (May 11, 2018) Israel responded forcefully early Thursday to about 20 Iranian missiles launched from Syria just after midnight local time against the Jewish state – and handed Iran a painful lesson in strategic deterrence. Israeli warplanes and missiles hit about 70 Iranian military targets in Syria and killed an undetermined number of…

  • Washington Iranian-Americans split on nuclear deal withdrawal

    May 9, 2018 Two Iranian-Americans from Western Washington held differing views on President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the landmark Iran nuclear deal. Natalie Brand writes in King5News: Saïd Amin of Bothell believes President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal could open up a Pandora’s box of unintended consequences.…

  • The Iran deal is dead — Iran killed it

    May 5, 2018 by AMCD advisor Kenneth R. Timmerman The Iran nuclear deal is dead – and the mullahs who rule the Islamic Republic have only themselves to blame. There is no need for President Trump to even announce that the United States is pulling out of the deal. Iran killed the agreement through its…

  • US, Europe Must Convince Each Other To Pursue The Right Goals In Iran

    by AMCD advisor Dr. Walid Phares (April 30, 2018) French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with his American counterpart last week in Washington. He was followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the Europeans make a last ditch effort to convince President Trump to step back from his possible withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement.…

  • MECHRIC Denounces Syrian Bishops for Anti-US Statement

    April 17, 2018 Assad is not protecting Christians The Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC) firmly rejects the statement issued by John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, and Joseph Absi, Melkite-Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem which condemns the US…

  • AMCD Supports Pompeo for Secretary of State

    The right man at the right time. April 12, 2018 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy (AMCD) fully supports President Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Not only is Director Pompeo eminently qualified for the job, having held important posts all across the government, but more importantly, he is much more…

  • Here’s why the left hates John Bolton — and why they are wrong

    by AMCD advisor Kenneth R. Timmerman (April 11, 2018) John Bolton, who began work Monday as President Trump’s national security adviser, has repeatedly been hit with false accusation and demonized and attacked by the left – but shows no signs of changing his views to curry favor with those advocating a weak national security policy.…

  • The MBS Revolution is Strategic

    by AMCD advisor Walid Phares (April 1, 2018) As the Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman visits Washington to conduct meetings at the White House and with US leaders, critics and supporters compete to frame the achievements of the young royal, who will almost surely now replace his ailing father and become the next monarch of a…