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Ruth King

HOW CAN WE WIN A WAR WITH THESE “RULES” OF ENGAGEMENT?

http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/26/navy-seals-charged-over-alleged-abuse-of-terrorist-mastermind-by-stephen-brown/  Navy SEALs Charged Over Alleged Abuse of Terrorist Mastermind – by Stephen Brown     It makes one wonder how the West is ever going to win the war against radical Islam. Fox News reported yesterday that three navy SEALs have been charged for allegedly abusing a terrorist leader they had captured in Iraq […]

ISRAELI SCIENTISTS CREATE HEART CELLS FROM SKIN…AMAZING

Scientists create heart cells from skin cells By ISRAEL21c Staff November 25, 2009 Research undertaken by Israeli professor Lior Gepstein could one day be used to repair damaged or diseased tissues. Israeli scientists have developed a way to create beating heart cells with skin cells reprogrammed to become stem cells, making it possible to one […]

IN MARESEILLE….UNEASE OVER A MOSQUE PROJECT

In Marseille, unease over mosque project Plans stoke debate about identity and assimilation in French city with growing number of Muslim immigrants By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, November 26, 2009 MARSEILLE, FRANCE — Notre Dame de la Garde, an elegant Roman Catholic basilica, has stood for 150 years on a promontory just […]

OBAMA’S AFGHANISTAN: DANIEL MANDEL

THE PROBLEM IS ALSO THE DEFINITION OF THE MISSION….ARE OUR TROOPS THERE TO WIN THE “HEARTS AND MINDS” OF THE LOCAL POPULATION OR TO DEFEAT TERRORISTS AND DESTROY THEM AND THEIR LAIRS EVEN WHEN THAT INVOLVES KILLING CIVILIANS….RSK http://spectator.org/archives/2009/11/25/obamas-afghanistan/print Obama’s Afghanistan By Daniel Mandel After ten months, people are rightly asking questions about the war […]

A FREEZE ON JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA WILL NOT BRING PEACE

http://yoramettinger.newsnet.co.il Freeze of Jewish Construction in Judea and Samaria: Peace or Appeasement Enhancer? 1. A Freeze will not soften – but will intensify – President Obama’s criticism of “settlements” in particular and Israeli policy in general. For instance, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s June 14, 2009 Two-State-Solution-speech triggered exacerbated pressure by Obama. Moreover, Netanyahu’s willingness to exchange […]

RONALD REAGAN’S THANKSGIVING MESSAGE 1985

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4872/pub_detail.asp   “Good morning, everyone. You know, the Statue of Liberty and this wonderful holiday called Thanksgiving go together naturally because although as Americans we have many things for which to be thankful, none is more important than our liberty. Liberty: that quality of government, that brightness of mind and spirit for which the Pilgrim […]

GIVE THANKS TO GOD AND A SOLDIER: PAM MEISTER

Exclusive: Give Thanks to God – And a Soldier Pam Meister Many of the pieces we have up on FSM today are poignant reminders that we give thanks on this day not to the government (my tongue-in-cheek take on that topic appears here) for our many blessings, but to God. We also give thanks for […]

THE SULTAN: THE DEAD-END QUEST FOR PEACE

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/   Wednesday, November 25, 2009 The Dead End Quest for Peace Peace, peace. Everyone wants peace. Or so we would like to think. Chamberlain and a sizable portion of the English electorate were certain that Hitler wanted peace and all that was needed was for everyone to sit down around a table, make some […]

BBC: THE MUMBAI MASSACRE…GUNMEN AND MILITANTS DID IT…AIRBRUSHING JIHAD

http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/bbc-anniversary-report-on-mumbai-massacre-censors-out-islamist-responsibility-for-terror-attacks/#more-1710 BBC anniversary report on Mumbai massacre censors out Islamist responsibility for terror attacks I have written many times on the subject of how the BBC airbrushes the anti-Semitism of Hamas out of its profile of the organisation on its website. But don’t be fooled into thinking this is just about Israel. Another favourite trick […]

SAME OLD, SAME OLD…THE OBAMAHOUSE HOSPITALITY TO LOBBYISTS AND FUNDERS

White House logs point to donor access Matthew Mosk Newly released visitor logs show that more than two dozen of President Obama’s top-tier campaign fundraisers visited the White House during his first nine months in office, providing more evidence of the administration’s quiet effort to reward donors with VIP access including private briefings with presidential […]