New Foreign Affairs Player Arrives on the Scene By Jennifer Rubin http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/ Over the last week, I’ve expressed skepticism about the ability of Senate and House Republicans to impact the administration’s foreign policy. As we saw during the Bush administration, even a president whose popularity is skidding enjoys wide latitude in the conduct of foreign […]
Go East beyond the River Jordan Victor Sharpe: http://www.israelnewsdaily.com/ The phrase “Two State Solution” has been embraced by politicians and journalists alike, repeated endlessly, and touted as the panacea for a “just and equitable” solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. It has assumed the repetitious role of a muezzin’s call to Islamic prayer. But it is based […]
The Plame Affair, Hollywood Style An antiwar State Department official leaked the spy’s name. You won’t find that in the plot of ‘Fair Game.’ By JUDITH MILLER I went to jail in the summer of 2005 to protect the identity of a confidential source who spoke to me about Valerie Plame, the former CIA spy […]
http://michaelcutler.net/ Hi Gang: The closer you look at the DREAM Act the more it becomes clear that the intention of this legislative betrayal is not simply a “Down payment” on the amnesty that the administration and the other usual suspects such as Schumer, Pelosi and Reid would have you believe it is, but would, in […]
http://www.jpost.com/home/article.aspx?id=198996 KISSINGER IS THE MAN WHO BETRAYED TAIWAN BY ACCEPTING THE “ONE CHINA” POLICY DEMANDED IN PEKING; HE BETRAYED THE ISRAELIS WHEN HE DEMANDED A TRUCE WITH EGYPT ON SADAT’S TERMS AFTER THE YOM KIPPUR WAR; WHO WARNED ISRAEL OF A “REASSESSMENT” OF AMERICAN POLICY IS SADAT DID NOT GET HIS WAY….I CANNOT THINK OF […]
In Tapes, Nixon Rails About Jews and Blacks http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/us/politics/11nixon.html?_r=1&sq=Kissinger&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print By ADAM NAGOURNEY YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Richard M. Nixon made disparaging remarks about Jews, blacks, Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans in a series of extended conversations with top aides and his personal secretary, recorded in the Oval Office 16 months before he resigned as president. The remarks […]
By RONEN BERGMAN http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704457604576011643624083766.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion “The bottom line is this: Having a common foe—or even more than one—is not enough to turn long-term enemies into friends. History teaches us that it is impossible to run an effective campaign against rogue states without a wall-to-wall coalition of responsible partners who are aware of their role in preserving […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Friday Afternoon Roundup – Hostages to Misfortune Bipartisanship is off to a great start with a running debate between Obama, the Democratic left, the Democratic middle and the Republicans over just who the terrorist is and who is taking hostages. You can’t accuse the Democrats of not taking terrorism seriously, when they’ve decided to […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703766704576009322838245628.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop RYAN IS THE REAL STAR IN THE GOP GALAXY….NOT PALIN…..RSK By SARAH PALIN The publication of the findings of the president’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was indeed, as the report was titled, “A Moment of Truth.” The report shows we’re much closer to the budgetary breaking point than previously assumed. The […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/255077 Gitmo Follies Obama’s Justice Department should ask Obama’s State Department about jailing jihadists. Attorney General Eric Holder is dismayed over Congress’s refusal to cough up funds that would allow the Obama administration to close down Guantanamo Bay and transfer the 170 fire-breathing jihadists still detained there to the United States — where, he insists, […]
