National Review Online Andrew C. McCarthy NR Contributing Editor February 12, 2010 4:00 P.M. http://article.nationalreview.com/424948/no-compromise-on-enemy-combatants/andrew-c-mccarthy No Compromise on Enemy Combatants We’re winning because we should be winning. Imagine the Yanks are beating the Mets 12–0 in the eighth inning (I know — not hard to imagine). Now, imagine if the Mets approach the Yanks and […]
Hamas leader warns of new war with Israel involving entire region 12 February 2010 The exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal has warned that if a new war broke out with Israel it would not be limited to the Gaza Strip but involve the wider Middle East. In an interview with the Arab newspaper ‘al-Hayat’, which […]
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/boot A Bipartisan Terror Trial Posted by Max Boot on February 12, 2010 @ 11:24 AM It’s nice to know that, according to the Washington Post [1], “President Obama is planning to insert himself into the debate about where to try the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001,†although this raises the obvious question […]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,druck-677078,00.html Karl Bernd Karwasz “Banned, Destroyed, Obliterated. Your Freedom came through Murder,” reads this sign by far-right protesters at last year’s anniversary of the Dresden bombing. Far-Right Gears Up to Mourn Dresden Bombing By Steffen Winter The German far right traditionally stages a march on Feb. 13 of each year to commemorate the bombing of […]
Taliban Wants to Exchange U.S. Soldier for ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’ Posted By Annie Jacobsen Last week, a jury in a New York federal court convicted Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui [1] on two counts of attempted murder. In 2008, while detained in Afghanistan, Siddiqui grabbed a rifle and fired at Army officers and FBI agents. Now, in […]
Abbas aide sex tape scandal shakes Palestinians By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press Writers Karin Laub And Mohammed Daraghmeh, Associated Press Writers 4 mins ago RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian officials on Friday rallied around a top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after a video surfaced showing him in the nude in […]
http://article.nationalreview.com/424653/obamas-very-weak-hand/james-c-capretta Obama’s Very Weak Hand When all else fails, try bipartisanship. Suddenly, bipartisanship is all the rage at the Obama White House. The president has announced that he will hold a bipartisan gathering on February 25 at Blair House, across the street from the White House, in an effort to get the health-care legislative effort […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703382904575059573079680544.html?mod=wsjdn_portal OBAMA’S ATTACK MACHINE… ‘Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it,” wrote Saul Alinksy in his “Rules for Radicals.” The White House would appear to have a copy. His agenda stymied and his approval numbers sinking, President Obama has realized this year’s midterm election is shaping up as a referendum on failed […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/11/AR2010021103331_pf.html Where the U.S. went wrong on the Christmas Day bomber By Michael B. Mukasey Friday, February 12, 2010; A27 It seems to me unlikely that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab will be known to future generations of lawyers for generating any groundbreaking legal principle or issue. But when it comes to illuminating our public discourse about […]
http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=1bdaf89f-bbf2-4cb0-a176-327f2cb9b1a3&t=c Outpost Decision an Insane Strategy Diana West Sorry, but this Washington Post headline — “U.S. commanders in Afghanistan face tougher discipline for battlefield failures” — misses the point. The story concerns “failures” all right, but the three recently investigated incidents in question are not “battlefield” failures. No, these failures, whose names are Wanat, Ganjgal […]
