http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18743.xml In this space a few weeks ago, we discussed the peculiar case of outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates. He has spent the past month warning about where the U.S. security posture is headed if President Obama has his way on further budget cuts, if forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan prematurely and if many of […]
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/06/13/a-good-night-for-romney-and-bachmann-an-awful-one-for-pawlenty/ A Good Night For Romney and Bachmann; An Awful One for Pawlenty Coming into this debate, a lot of pundits thought Mitt Romney would benefit from having the other challengers gang up on him about health care. They were wrong since doing so would have exposed Romney’s vulnerabilities not confirmed him as the frontrunner. […]
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-marzook-palestine-20110612,0,4707176.story Palestinian statehood: What is the U.N.’s role? John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., says a vote would only diminish the world body. An aversion to reality can be a powerfully destructive force. Its most visible manifestation in international affairs lies in trying to create political “facts on the ground” through the […]
http://www.globalpost.com/mobile?mid=5650770 Is Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal vulnerable to terrorists? Pakistan – David Case – June 13, 2011 06:50 Editor’s note: this article is part of “Too Dangerous to Fail,” an occasional series on nuclear security issues in Pakistan and beyond. BOSTON — Pakistan, it appears, badly flubbed its role as America’s key partner in the global […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/269074 It is a curious pattern. When Qaddafi and Assad came under attack, our elites — foreign-affairs journals, major media, government officials — warned of dire destabilizing consequences if they should fall. When Ben Ali and Mubarak came under attack, our elites said their downfall was inevitable and warned of dire destabilizing consequences if they […]
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4081706,00.html Op-ed: Palestinian refugees’ unique status stems from political rather than humanitarian motives Moshe Dann Of the estimated hundreds of millions of people who were considered refugees after World War II, with minor exceptions, only one group remains designated and cared for as refugees: Arabs who were expelled and/or left Palestine/Israel during the 1948-9 conflict. […]
http://www.prudenpolitics.com/index.php/pruden/full_column/refuge_in_the_age_of_therapy You’ve got to admire the savvy of Anthony Weiner, if not the weenie himself. Not for his photographic skills, but for his insights into the national psyche. Taking leave of the House and entering “rehabilitation,” whatever that may mean, he skillfully takes refuge in the pretensions of the Therapeutic Society. Who among us, certainly […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9724/pub_detail.asp A problem with which American administrations have grappled since the days of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency has been Arabs and the Middle East. The Marine anthem mentions “the shores of Tripoli” because, in 1801, Jefferson sent them to there to put down the Barbary pirates. One of the best books on this subject is “Power, […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9726/pub_detail.asp The Choice Is Ours: What will it be? Victor Sharpe A timeless paean for peace, written millennia ago by the biblical Jewish prophet Isaiah, appears ironically on the entrance wall of the building in New York City housing that most unholy, immoral and unjust organization: the United Nations. The delegates from every part of […]
Damascus, the Double Standard Gadi Adelman http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9721/pub_detail.asp President Obama gave a speech on the afternoon of March 19, during his trip to Brazil. He announced that he had “authorized the Armed Forces of the United States to begin a limited military action in Libya in support of an international effort to protect Libyan civilians.” He […]
