Ops, can’t bring that up… ====== WSJ 4/5/2017 Just when Western leaders think they can forget about the Syrian civil war, Bashar Assad drags them back in. A suspected poison gas attack widely blamed on the Syrian regime killed at least 58 people in opposition-held territory Tuesday, including 11 children. Syria’s army denied using chemical weapons, but then that’s what the regime said in... Read more
Archive for the ‘Obama’ Category
Military’s Damaged Morale and Readiness – Letters
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Military, ObamaAnother great letter. I salute Col. McCrindle. ======= WSJ – Letters to the Editor, 3/14/2017 Regarding “Trump’s Defense Buildup” (Opinion, March 4), I am a retired Air Force officer and now serve the force as a civilian employee. I see every day the damage that has been done to our readiness and morale. To be blunt, our military was decimated by the actions... Read more
Books on Cassette? Yes, Your VA Working for Vets!!
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, ObamaMaybe, just maybe, this burns me more than anything Barack Obama has [not] done. He has had eight, 8, EIGHT YEARs to do something about the VA. He as done JACK about it. He’s had time to golf. Time to schmooze with the Iranians. Time to have the IRS spy on Americans. But has he had even one minute of... Read more
Obama’s Parting Betrayal of Israel
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Israel, ObamaMore on the unbelievable position or the Obama administration on Israel. ========= WSJ 12/27/2016 By John Bolton Last Friday, on the eve of Hanukkah and Christmas, Barack Obama stabbed Israel in the front. The departing president refused to veto United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334—a measure ostensibly about Israeli settlement policy, but clearly intended to tip the peace process toward the Palestinians. Its... Read more
Obama’s Fitting Finish
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party PoliticsLot of damage can still be done. ========= WSJ 12/24/2016 Barack Obama’s decision to abstain from, and therefore allow, last week’s vote to censure Israel at the U.N. Security Council is a fitting capstone for what’s left of his foreign policy. Strategic half-measures, underhanded tactics and moralizing gestures have been the president’s style from the beginning. Israelis aren’t the only people to feel... Read more
Obama’s Anti-Israel Tantrum
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Middle East, ObamaTotally despicable. ======== WSJ 12/24/2016 The decision by the United States to abstain from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel over its settlements on the West Bank is one of the most significant, defining moments of the Obama Presidency. It defines this President’s extraordinary ability to transform matters of public policy into personal pique at adversaries. And it defines the reality of... Read more
