Once again, Obama uses the exact logic to support his position that he used to oppose Bush – yet the press will not call him out on it. Makes me sick[er]… ====== By STEPHEN F. HAYES Perhaps historians will provide a clear understanding of Barack Obama’s head-snapping decision to pause his administration’s urgent case for military strikes in Syria to seek the formal... Read more
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The Hawk’s Case Against Obama on Syria
September 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Obama, SyriaThe Al Qaeda Obama Ignored
August 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Obama, Radical Islam, The LeftThe second shortest distance in Washington now runs between an Obama speech and its empirical disproof …the executive branch of government has been operating on a contrary set of assumptions… …the gist of the address was clear, as was its purpose: to declare the war on terror won—or won well-enough—and go home. Facts and analysis were arranged to suit the policy goal.... Read more
Exploiting Obama’s Foreign Policy Retreat
August 8 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, The Left“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
A 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
