If this event and subject even needs to be explained, then we have more basis problems. ========= WSJ 8/19/2016 The Obama Administration’s handling of the Iran ransom-for-hostages story brings to mind the classic Chico Marx line in the movie “Duck Soup”: “Who are you going to believe— me or your own eyes?” After everyone in the Administration from President Obama on down... Read more
Archive for the ‘Iran’ Category
Your President negotiating on your behalf…
January 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ObamaNot sure how many more days I can simply go on … “Oh, well, Not a concern of mine…” ======= WSJ 1/21/2016 By David Locke Hall The release Saturday during a prisoner swap of four Americans held by Iran, including the reporter Jason Rezaian and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, is certainly welcome news. But the details of this deal, arranged after a year... Read more
Who Lost Saudi Arabia?
January 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Obama, RussiaHe is negotiating with Iran and Russia. He snubs his nose at the Saudis, at Israel, at Egypt. Let me ask: Who are our friends? Who are the enemy? And Obama thinks he is the smartest guy on the planet. ========= WSJ Jan. 3, 2016 5:20 p.m. That headline question may seem premature, but it’s worth asking if only to reduce the... Read more
Bring them Home:
December 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Obama, The LeftImpotent. That’s the polite term. C______ is the other . . . ===== By William McGure WSJ Dec. 28, 2015 6:39 p.m. On Thursday night as the ball drops in Times Square, millions of Americans watching on TV will join the revelers in Manhattan to celebrate the new year. For other Americans, alas, the arrival of Jan. 1 will mark only... Read more
Freedom for an Iranian Pastor
December 25 | Posted by mrossol | Iran, Religious PersecutionYes, Merry Christmas! ===== WSJ – Dec. 23, 2015 6:49 p.m. Iran’s ayatollahs are fond of timing and symbolism. So it’s no accident that the regime freed jailed Christian Pastor Farshid Fathi on Tuesday in time for Christmas. The news is welcome, but it doesn’t mean the mullahs are calling time-out on their war on dissidents. Security forces arrested Pastor Fathi five years ago... Read more
Iran Nuclear? No!
August 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, IsraelWell, finally some clarity. =========
From “My Position on the Iran Deal,” by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), Aug. 6. A related editorial appears nearby: If one thinks Iran will moderate, that contact with the West and a decrease in economic and political isolation will soften Iran’s hardline positions, one... Read more
