http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/former-spanish-prime-minister-if-israel-goes-down-we-all-go-down FROM AN EDITORIAL IN THE TIMES OF LONDON TODAY….. Support Israel: if it goes down, we all go down José MarÃa Aznar Anger over Gaza is a distraction. We cannot forget that Israel is the West’s best ally in a turbulent region For far too long now it has been unfashionable in Europe to […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1440/Flotilla-Fallout.aspx Flotilla Fallout Written by:Diana West 6/17/2010 6:00:00 AM If you watched this German TV report on the jihadist backstory to the “peace flotilla” — none of which discomfited the three leftist German Bundestag members aboard the Mavi Marmara also interviewed –here’s what has happened since back in Berlin: From the Jerusalem Post: BERLIN – Thomas […]
AS DER SPIEGELS SEES IT: THE PHOTO WAR ON THE FLOTILLA 06/16/2010 http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,700992,00.html Smuggled Images of Israeli Assault Gaza Raid Photos Fuel Propaganda War By Daniel Steinvorth and Christoph Schult Photo Gallery: 3 Photos [m] REUTERS, SPIEGEL ONLINE The deadly raid on the Gaza aid flotilla triggered a propaganda war between Israel and pro-Palestinian activists. […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/what-kind-of-washington-fools-would-honor-turkeys-foreign-minister/ What Kind of Washington Fools Would Honor Turkey’s Foreign Minister? Posted By Claudia Rosett Update (June 16th, 2010 10:20 am): A press assistant at the Wilson Center confirmed this morning that what I wrote below is correct. The ceremonial dinner, honoring Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, along with a Turkish business tycoon, is scheduled […]
The Noose Around Israel’s Neck Israel is being hung on a public gallows erected on the grounds of the United Nations with yards of rope gleefully supplied by the Muslim world. But the hangmen are mostly Westerners who still think that the Muslim lynch mob at their doorstep can be pacified with the death of […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-wanted-barack-obama-and-they-got-him-%e2%80%94-warts-and-all/ The Left Wanted Barack Obama, and They Got Him — Warts and All Posted By Pam Meister Et tu, Olbermann? After Obama’s Oval Office address to the nation [1] about the oil spill (which, as Ed Morrissey rightly points out [2], should have been on Day 1, not Day 57), Keith Olbermann and guests […]
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com PRINT Victor Davis Hanson June 17, 2010 12:00 A.M. ‘Bush Did It’ Is Not a Foreign Policy What exactly does Barack Obama wish to accomplish abroad? Not being George W. Bush while apologizing for America’s purported sins is not a foreign policy. Ronald Reagan came into office with the idea of […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/16/walpin-gate-swings-wide-open/ EDITORIAL: Walpin-gate swings wide open Two big new twists on anniversary of IG firing By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Gerald Walpin One year to the day after illegally firing AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin, the Obama administration is scrambling to ward off further embarrassments related to the case. On Friday, Mr. Walpin’s lawsuit for reinstatement […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/16/senate-rejects-more-stimulus-funding/print/ By Stephen Dinan The Senate on Wednesday rejected a $140 billion taxes and spending package in a resounding defeat for President Obama and Democratic leaders that signaled the era of freewheeling stimulus spending is giving way to greater concern for deficits. Hours later, chastened Democrats produced a pared-down version they said spent less and […]
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0616/wikileaks-reportedly-ready-post-video-massacre-afghanistan/ Update: Wikileaks ‘confirms’ it has video of US massacre in Afghanistan 200Share 14diggsdigg The whistleblower website that posted video of a US Army helicopter firing on unarmed civilians and killing two Reuters employees is ready to do it again, its founder says. (A screenshot of the clip appears at right; video available at this […]