http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,661188,00.html US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to SPIEGEL about her hopes for Afghanistan, her fears about al-Qaida’s safe haven in Pakistan and her finite patience with Iran. SPIEGEL: Madam Secretary, your government is considering sending more troops into Afghanistan. What for? Is it your goal to build a Western-style civil society there? […]
Power Line Blog: John Hinderaker, Scott Johnson, Paul Mirengoff http://www.powerlineblog.com Obama Stumbles Again Barack Obama: you can dress him up, but you can’t take him out. Every time he goes abroad, he embarrasses himself and sells out his country. In Japan today, Obama gave a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama. He was asked […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/11/14/americas-first-pacific-president/ November 14th, 2009 4:25 pm America’s “First Pacific President?†At the Corner, John J. Pitney Jr. does the job that AP used to do, before they transferred all of their staff over to research Sarah Palin’s book, and fact checks a slightly hyperbolic claim by the president: “As America’s first Pacific president,†said President […]
FORMER ENVOY GREGG RICKMAN CRITICIZED THE APPOINTMENT ON HANNAH ROSENTHAL TO HIS FORMER JOB….HE WAS RIGHT BUT THIS COLUMN IS PATHETIC ….IGNORES THE CENTURIES OF ISLAMIC ANTI-SEMITISM WHICH NOW MELD EASILY WITH EUROPEAN ANTI-SEMITISM…NOT A WORD HERE ABOUT THE CONCATENATION OF BLOOD LIBELS IN SWEDEN, FRANCE, BRITAIN, HOLLAND, BELGIUM….OH PULEEZ IF THIS WAS THE WATCHDOG […]
Mukasey Fears Attacks on New York During Trial of 9/11 Defendants By JESS BRAVIN WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said the decision to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in criminal court represented a turn from the Bush administration’s war footing to a “Sept. 10, 2001” mentality. “The plan seems to […]
Tragedy or Scandal? We weaseled and equivocated and appeased. By Mark Steyn Shortly after 9/11, there was a lot of talk about how no one would ever hijack an American airliner ever again — not because of new security arrangements but because an alert citizenry was on the case: We were hip to their jive. […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/syrian-flight-instructor-carrying-880000-hizballah-ring-911-videos-stopped-at-canadian-border-releas.html Syrian flight instructor carrying $880,000, Hizballah ring, 9/11 videos, stopped at Canadian border, released Nothing to see here. Move along. “Syrian carrying $880,000, Hezbollah ring, 9/11 videos, stopped at Canadian border,” by Frank Luba for the Canwest News Service, November 12 (thanks to Cindy): VANCOUVER — Don’t cross the Canadian border with almost a […]
FROM HIS RECENT SPEECH TO NATIONAL COUNCIL ON US ARAB RELATIONS…. Remember Chas Freeman who was nominated to be Director of National Intelligence Council – and had to withdraw his name because “Freeman’s financial, personal and business ties with the governments of China and Saudi Arabia have also been called into account. He was president […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/15/walpin-gate-opens-wider-28331053/?source=newsletter_opinion_photo_feature By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Three new hinges for the case of the fired IG The case of Gerald Walpin, the controversially fired inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), continues to raise questions about what the Obama administration is hiding. Two new items and one previously overlooked item are of […]
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ACORN-fund-raiser-gets-Obama-judicia-nomination-Yes-you-read-that-right-69962232.html Former ACORN fund raiser gets Obama judicial nomination. Yes, you read that right By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor 11/13/09 9:13 AM EST President Obama’s first federal court nominee was Judge David Hamilton of Indiana. If you are drinking your morning coffee as you read what follows here, you might want to put down […]
