Walid Phares

World renowned Foreign Policy Expert and bestselling author Dr. Walid Phares has a message for the world: DEFEAT IRAN Now, and forever so peace can flourish in the Middle East.

Now available in paperback, a riveting discussion about the continual struggles of the Middle East to reach freedom and democracy. After the 9/11 Commission concluded in 2004 that the U. S. was engaged in a war with terrorists and never realized it, they reasoned that, in effect, Americans were simply unable to fathom that there were people who hated and opposed our democracy with such ferocity. But after billions of dollars and almost a decade fighting a war in the Middle East, will we miss the threat again? With penetrating insight and candor, Walid Phares, Fox News terrorism and Middle East expert and a specialist in global strategies, argues that a fierce race for control of the Middle East is on, and the world’s future may depend on the outcome. As terror strikes widen from Manhattan to Mumbai and battlefields rage from Afghanistan to Iraq, many tough questions are left unanswered: Where are the anti-Jihadists and the democrats in the Muslim world? Does the Middle East really reject democracy? Do the peoples of the region prefer the Taliban, the Muslim Brotherhood, or Hezbollah over liberals and seculars?

A thorough and factual analysis of the most recent developments in Iraq in the context of the broader crisis in the Middle East. The author, relying on his in-depth understanding of the region identifies Iran under the Ayatollahs as the most serious threat for the region. The ongoing crises in the Middle East, from Iraq to Gaza, and the destabilization of the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula and parts of North Africa are in large part created by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Tehran has meddled in its neighbor's affairs through the backing of terror networks. It has also seized a number of significant opportunities over the past five years to expand its military influence in the region, destabilize moderate Arab states, intervene in Syria, arm and train Hezbollah in Lebanon, threaten Bahrain, and back the Hawthi insurgents in northern Yemen. Tehran's most destructive role can be most clearly distinguished in Iraq. On the issue of current developments in Iraq the author address the following issues: -What are the causes of the recent crisis in Iraq? -What is the solution to the crisis and to confront ISIS? -Can Iran be part of a potential solution to the Iraqi crisis? On the broader scope the author addresses the following issues: 1. The first section will remind the reader of the historic ideological and political roots of the present Iranian regime and underline that its original goals and its final objectives have not changed-and that the regime's central nerve power has kept up a relentless march towards these goals. 2. The paper will then examine the Iranian involvement in Syria's civil war and the destructive role it has been playing since 2011. This will be followed by the Iranian meddling in Iraq and the suppressive campaign against Iran's exiled opposition in that country. 3. The paper will analyze the Iranian obstruction of solutions in Syria and Iraq along with the support Tehran is providing to terror forces in both countries before discussing the role of Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. 4. Discussing the Iranian opposition as the strategic Achilles' heel of the Iranian regime 5. Last will come a discussion of the misguided U. S. policy on Syria and Iraq, particularly that, under the pretext the government will confront al Qaeda, Assad is allowed to continue with his genocide and Maliki is allowed to perform the bidding of Iran. Having discussed the above issues in details, the author make the following recommendations to the US Government: 1)On the "nuclear deal": This agreement was not reviewed or voted on by the U. S. Congress-in contrast with the U. S. decision regarding striking Assad based on chemical weapon use (which Congress did vote on). We recommend the administration send the agreement, even after having committed to execute the accords with Tehran, back to the U. S. Congress for a vote to authorize it, modify it or even cancel it if U. S. national interests suggest so. Other recommendations and strategies include: 2)Maintaining the current sanctions on the regime and focusing their implementation particularly on the regime's elite and their associates; 3)Introducing a bill in Congress to slate foreign aid to the Iranian opposition institutions, those in exile and civil society underground groups inside Iran, with a particular focus on political recognition of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and its allies in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), to mobilize the Iranian people, with the goal of pressuring the regime to cease its oppression and accept the principle of a referendum on the future of the country; 4)Restructuring U. S. policy's main objective on Iran to focus on regime change by peaceful means and via coherent and systematic support to the Iranian opposition; 5)Inviting leaders of the Iranian resistance and opposition movements to the White House and the U. S. Congress to elevate their international visibility and grant them moral and political

In Future Jihad, terrorism and Middle East expert Walid Phares gave a definitive account of the historical and cultural forces that led to September 11 and the rise of radical Islam. In The War of Ideas, he revealed the conflict of ideologies that underlie the War on Terror. Now, in The Confrontation, he identifies the clashes to come and provides a blueprint for defeating the forces of jihad. Moving from the ravaged villages of the Sudan to London's Muslim neighborhoods to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, he illuminates the vast and complex world of the global jihadist movement. He offers a multi-pronged strategy, global in scope, and calls on the world's diverse local and international institutions to come together and coordinate their efforts. Pointing the way forward, this book shows how we might reclaim a world that is safe for freedom and democratic societies.

An MSNBC terrorism and Middle East expert makes sobering predictions about future terrorist activity, addressing such topics as the West's misunderstanding of al Qaeda's goal, the likely length of the war, and America's vulnerability, in an account that also makes recommendations on how to enable the most favorable outcome. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.