Can anyone imagine the press “feeding frenzy” if Pres. Bush had been “snubbed” like this by Saudi Arabia? Maybe Obama isn’t having enough “dialog”? Maybe he should send Michelle to Saudi Arabia to generate a little more good will? ============ Membership in the United Nations Security Council is supposed to be like a Nobel Prize—no one ever turns it down. So when... Read more
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A Crisis of the President’s Own Making
October 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Tax IssuesA week or so old, but good nonetheless. ======= For months now, the GOP has been held hostage by a faction of its party that deluded itself into believing President Obama might be rolled on his signature health-care law. Witness now an equally grand delusion on the Democratic side, one that President Obama nurtures at his peril. According to Democrats, their steadfast refusal... Read more
From Damascus to Tehran
September 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The LeftHook, line and sinker. Any guesses on what the Adminstration will do? ======== The ruling clerics in Tehran haven’t survived in power for 34 years without cunning. Fresh from their ally Bashar Assad’s diplomatic victory in Damascus, they now see an opening to liberate themselves from Western pressure too. They’re hoping an eager President Obama will ease sanctions in return for... Read more
Putin Snookers Obama
September 11 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, SyriaSnookered… How’s that “Change has come…” working for you? ========= Putin’s deft timing on a Syria chemical arms surrender plan snookered Obama Simon Tisdall The Guardian, Wednesday 11 September 2013 10.22 EDT It is no consolation at all to Syria’s suffering people, stuck with Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime. But for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president and long-standing anti-western bogeyman, the decision to put military action on... Read more
Erosion of American Power was/is Going Very Nicely!
September 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaHeavy sigh. And patriotic Democrats [and Republicans] should be ashamed if they are not giving 100% to stop the slide. ====== By NORMAN PODHORETZ It is entirely understandable that Barack Obama’s way of dealing with Syria in recent weeks should have elicited responses ranging from puzzlement to disgust. Even members of his own party are despairingly echoing in private the public denunciations of him as “incompetent,”... Read more
Government and Segregation
September 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, ObamaWSJ editorial. ======= President Obama headlined Wednesday’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, and much of his speech was devoted to eloquently extolling the marchers and civil-rights advocates of that era. They deserve the celebration and applause. We only wish the President showed more appreciation that their achievement required so much risk and sacrifice because it meant... Read more
