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February 2011

JIM WEBB THE UNLIKELY DEMOCRAT….RETIRING

http://spectator.org/departments/political-hay The Center Didn’t Hold By W. James Antle, III on 2.10.11 @ 6:09AM In 2006, Virginia sent an interesting and unlikely Democrat to the U.S. Senate. Jim Webb was a decorated Marine who served as Ronald Reagan’s secretary of the navy. He left the administration to oppose defense budget cuts, especially those which threatened the […]

WILLFULL STUPIDITY: ANDREW McCARTHY ON JAMES CLAPPER HEAD OF US INTEL

There’s Willful Blindness, and Then There’s Willful StupidityBy Andrew C. McCarthy http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259500/theres-willful-blindness-and-then-theres-willful-stupidity-andrew-c-mccarthy James Clapper, the head of intelligence for the United States of America, has explained to Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood is “largely secular.” It further has “eschewed violence,” decries al-Qaeda as a “perversion of Islam,” and really just wants “social ends” and “a betterment […]

BETRAYING THE BRITS: ARTHUR HERMAN

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/betraying_the_brits_8pGmyw7gnh0fgNz5n1Z9tO Betraying the Brits By ARTHUR HERMAN Documents from Wiki Leaks indicate that the Obama administration, desperate to get the Russians to sign the new START treaty, agreed to pass on secret information about the British nuclear arsenal — right down to the serial numbers of the warheads. In 2009, the United States lobbied Britain […]

CAROLINE GLICK: IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN STRATEGIC INEPTITUDE ****

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0211/glick021111.php3 Many believe that the Obama administration are just screw-ups. If only that were the case http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | In the midst of the political turmoil engulfing Egypt and much of the Arab world, last month’s revelation that Pakistan has doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal over the past four years has been largely ignored. […]

DAVID SUISSA: A CHALLENGE TO GEORGE SOROS

George Soros: I challenge you to confront reality — and the truth By David Suissa Our personalities and characters are guided by our actions, not the other way around. We become our actions. And you, Mr. Soros? http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Dear Mr. Soros: I saw that you wrote in The Washington Post last week that Israel […]

PAUL JOHNSON: ASSESSING AMERICA’S FOES…..SEE NOTE PLEASE

Assessing America’s Foes By Paul Johnson VIGILANCE AND PATIENCE TO RIDE OUT ISLAM? HARDLY ENOUGH….. http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Which is the bigger threat to the U.S. and its vital interests — Islamic terrorism or China’s economic and military expansion? History teaches that extremist phases in Islam’s development come and go and that the present surge of […]

SARAH HONIG: WE HAVE NO ONE TO TRUST BUT OURSELVES

http://www.sarahhonig.com/?p=785 Another Tack: No one to trust By Sarah Honig “We make our fortunes and then we call them fate.”– Benjamin Disraeli Democracy above all mandates a preexisting mind-set. It rests on transparency, literacy, tolerance, the rule of law, a context of equity, prevailing rights-oriented legalisms, an autonomous judiciary and nonviolent transfers of power. This […]