“He did because he could”. Oh, you on the left. I’m talking about Putin, not the savior Obama. ==== By JOSEF JOFFE ‘We are extremely disappointed,” the White House press secretary said after Moscow granted asylum to fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden. A nice understatement. Washington is now looking at the greatest counterintelligence failure since the Rosenbergs betrayed nuclear know-how to Stalin some... Read more
Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category
Exploiting Obama’s Foreign Policy Retreat
August 8 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, The LeftA Clear, Unambiguous Position.
March 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle EastCan you top this? ================= From President George W. Bush’s address to members of Israel’s Knesset, May 15, 2008: As we go forward, our alliance will be guided by clear principles, shared convictions rooted in moral clarity and unswayed by popularity polls or the shifting opinions of international elites. We believe in the matchless value of every man, woman, and child. So we insist... Read more
Risking the Finlandization of the Persian Gulf
March 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle EastI do hope we have some thinking people still in the US Federal Govt that think about these things. ============ By SIMON HENDERSON AND GABRIEL SCHEINMANN Where is the Iranian nuclear showdown going? No doubt that will be a subject of discussion when President Obama visits Israel this week and meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But in Washington, Jerusalem and other capitals, officials... Read more
Morsi as Master
November 27 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Radical Islam, The LeftCan a leopard change his spots? The MB has one goal: autocratic rule. Mr Obama ignores this to all of our peril. ===== … Mr. Obama told aides he was impressed with the Egyptian leader’s pragmatic confidence,” the Times reported. “He sensed an engineer’s precision with surprisingly little ideology. Most important, Mr. Obama told aides that he considered Mr. Morsi a straight... Read more
When the Arab Jews Fled
October 14 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Politically correct, Religious PersecutionI guess it depends on who writes the history books… =========== smaller Larger facebooktwittergoogle pluslinked ininShare.0EmailPrintSave ↓ More . . smaller Larger By LUCETTE LAGNADO Fortunée Abadie is still haunted by the day in 1947 when mobs stormed the Jewish Quarter of the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo, shortly after the United Nations vote that laid the groundwork for the creation of Israel. Aleppo, a city where... Read more
Culture and the Wealth of Nations
August 6 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Middle EastCertainly worth reading. And if you don’t agree, share a reason – don’t simply call us “racists”. ============ By RICHARD LANDES Mitt Romney caused a firestorm last week in Jerusalem by commenting on the cultural dimensions of Israeli economic growth. Palestinian spokesman Saeb Erekat, correctly seeing an implied criticism of Palestinian culture, called Mr. Romney a “racist” and complained that Palestinian economic woes... Read more
