Click here: COIN, Shmoin. Obama Is The Problem – Maggie’s Farm http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/14805-COIN,-Shmoin.-Obama-Is-The-Problem.html COIN, Shmoin. Obama Is The Problem COIN, the abbreviation for counterinsurgency operations, is hotly debated as applied in Afghanistan. Those most blindly in favor on the Left think it a way to be nice and avoid many of the harshnesses of war. Others […]
“It was just a collision between vanity and coarse indiscretion. And with or without McChrystal, with or without his mouthy staff, the COIN nightmare continues. “ http://townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2010/06/24/mcchrystals_fate_should_be_a_coin_quip,_not_etched_in_stone/print?showfull=true McChrystal’s Fate Should Be a COIN Quip, Not Etched in Stone So Gen. Stanley McChrystal lost his job. Does it matter? Aside from the fact that with Wednesday’s […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2010/06/25/huffington_post_writer_a_cuban_agent Humberto Fontova Huffington Post Writer a Cuban Agent The Huffington Post’s Cuba-based writer, Margarita Alarcon, informs us that treating Cuba “this small island†as “a threat to U.S. integrity so much that the Department of State puts it on its list of terrorist nations is considered tantamount to political dementia.†In fact, Margarita Alarcon’s […]
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-213950-100-court-ruling-honor-killing-plan-is-freedom-of-thought.html Court ruling: Honor killing plan is ‘freedom of thought’ A Diyarbakır court has dropped the charges against eight people from a family who were planning to kill a girl in the name of honor, ruling that they cannot be sentenced for thoughts that did not turn into action. According to the Sabah daily, the […]
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/06/24/2739756/new-australian-pm-supportive-of-israel SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – Jewish leaders welcomed the appointment of Australia’s first female prime minister, who has been supportive of Israel. Julia Gillard was elected unopposed in a Labor Party caucus meeting Thursday after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agreed to a leadership ballot triggered by a slump in the polls. Gillard, from Labor’s left […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/6086928/meet-the-real-kevin-rudd.thtml Meet the real Kevin Rudd Alexander Downer Thursday, 17th June 2010 David Marr reckons the PM is power-hungry. In fact, says Alexander Downer, he just wants fame The Kevin Rudd phenomenon is one of the more extraordinary to have swept through Australian politics over the past two generations. For Kevin Rudd to have become […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/23/ban-mischief-at-the-un Washington Times Ban mischief at the U.N.. Withholding U.S. funds would chasten secretary-general Thursday, June 24, 2010 By John R. Bolton United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is close to making an enormously significant misjudgment about his role and authority. Mr. Ban has repeatedly called for an “international” inquiry into the May 31 clash with […]
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/22/there_s_no_such_thing_as_a_reset_button?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Reset’ Button.President Obama needed to decide between shaping a new global order and leading the free world. He made the wrong choice. BY JOSÉ MARÃA AZNAR | JUNE 22, 2010 Washington’s foreign-policy circles clearly find it fashionable to talk about pressing the “reset” button on international relations. The […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online June 25, 2010 http://www.danielpipes.org/8536/faisal-shahzad-jihadi-explains-terrorism Jaw-dropping court testimony by Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber, singlehandedly undermines Obama administration efforts to ignore the dangers of Islamism and jihad. Shahzad’s forthright statement of purpose stands out because jihadis, when facing legal charges, typically save their skin by pleading not guilty […]
“But Hussain employed a phrase that must have been chilling to those who heard in it an echo, saying “Islam is a solution†to the current global challenges emerging from Muslim ranks.  A “post-Cairo†phrase indeed: “Islam is the solution†is the slogan of the radical Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.  Are we learning yet?” Obama’s Islamic […]
