Saturday, October 11, 2008 Brits At Their Best Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 10:10 AM A magnificent site, especially The Liberty Timeline. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (3)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, October 09, 2008 Biden: Stiffing the "Refuseniks" Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 5:23 PM Over at FrontPage Magazine, Vladimir Bukovsky (a former leading Soviet dissident who spent twelve years in Soviet prisons, labor camps and psychiatric hospitals) and Pavel Stroilov (a Russian exile in London) make available secret documents pertaining to Joe Biden's trip to the USSR in 1979. The then-deputy head of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee (the organization formerly known as the Comintern) wrote a report about a meeting with Joe Biden and Richard Lugar.  The official noted that the senators had passed along some letters from refuseniks (that is, Soviet Jews who were refused permission to leave the USSR for Israel on a variety of trumped-up pretexts).  The Comintern official then stated flatly in the report: [T]hey absolutely do not care for the fate of most so-called dissidents. In contrast, President Reagan did care about the refuseniks -- a lot -- and made their plight an issue during his 1988 trip to the USSR.  Just one more Obama-Biden story the MSM conveniently overlooks. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (2)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 "Security Incidents Had Declined To Levels Not Seen In Four-And-A-Half Years" Posted by: Matt Lewis at 8:48 AM As this graph shows, the secuity situion in Iraq continues to improve in a dramatic way ... "During this reporting period, the average number of security incidents in Anbar Province decreased to less than 1.5 incidents per day … a 96% reduction compared to the summer of 2006…"   Defense Department's '9010' report (PDF). Email It |  Print It |  Comments (0)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Saturday, September 27, 2008 Yet Something Else Barack "Doesn't Understand" Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 12:06 AM Barack Obama tonight: [C]ountries like Russia and China that are, I think Senator McCain would agree, not democracies, but have extensive trade with Iran but potentially have an interest in making sure Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon. (emphasis added). From a news account today: Putin made the nuclear offer after Russia this week delayed talks with the United States and other powers on fears Iran is developing nuclear weapons, concerns critics say have been exacerbated by civilian nuclear technology provided by Moscow.  (emphasis added). If Russia has an interest in preventing Iran from having nukes, it's obviously news . . . to Russia. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (6)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Friday, September 26, 2008 A Question for Tonight's Debate: Did You Try to Undermine America's Foreign Policy? Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 2:59 PM Melanie Phillips points out holes in the Obama campaign's denials of Amir Taheri's report that Barack was working to undermine American foreign policy for his own political advantage, by seeking to persuade the Iraqi government  to delay negotiating the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. The Obama campaign -- via ABC's Jake Tapper -- noted that Bush administration officials and others said he had done no such thing in the meeting they all attended.  But was Tapper had? As Ms. Phillips notes, Taheri's account alludes to a private meeting between Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari and Barack -- not a group meeting including Senator Chuck Hagel, Bush administration officials and Prime Minister al-Maliki (which is the one Tapper wrote about). So let's someone ask Barack tonight:  In any meeting, ever, with any Iraqi official, did you attempt to persuade Iraqi officials to delay negotiating troop withdrawals with the Bush Administration? Email It |  Print It |  Comments (7)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, September 25, 2008 No "Understanding" Here Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 11:48 AM Over at National Review, Seth Leibsohn discusses the campaign of censorship being led by Keith Olbermann and others to marginalize Obsession, a documentary discussing the uses of Islamofascist propaganda in the Middle East, recruitment of suicide bombers, and the methods and roots of terrorism.  The documentary includes an ideologically wide range of experts, from Alan Dershowitz to Daniel Pipes. The left continues to tell us that they want "understanding" of our adversaries in the war on terror.  Perhaps, like Barack (who characterized 9/11 as a "failure of empathy") it's not "understanding" they want of our enemies.  It's sympathy for them. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (13)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Monday, September 15, 2008 Stalling the Troops' withdrawal? Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 3:51 PM The Drudge Report has now linked to the piece I discussed this morning here, about Barack's alleged attempts to stall an agreement for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. If the MSM could pause a moment from bashing Sarah Palin and her family, and wringing its collective hands about the economy, perhaps someone could take the time to ask him about this? Email It |  Print It |  Comments (21)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Monday, September 15, 2008 Saying One Thing, Doing Another Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 9:48 AM According to this piece by Amir Taheri in The New York Post, Barack privately tried to prevail on the Iraqis to delay any agreement about withdrawing American troops -- even as he publicly called for that same withdrawal.  The reason is obvious, isn't it?  After all, it's much more difficult to stoke widespread anger and discontent about our troops serving in Iraq if the successful end of that service is somehow in sight.  If troops can come home because the mission has worked, it also makes it much harder to argue that the surge failed -- as Barack had predicted. Even so, it's revealing of his character that he'd try to demand a delay in troop withdrawal agreements for his own political benefit.  What's more, his latest proposed withdrawal date, 2010, would be impossible to meet if agreements were delayed as he requested. But what does he care?  He'd be President by then . . . or not. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (9)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, September 11, 2008 We Will Never Forget Posted by: John Campbell at 11:56 AM I know most of you will never forget where you were on September 11, 2001. I know I certainly won’t. That day has been permanently ingrained in the minds of Americans.  The attacks still resonate in the hearts and minds of Americans. But when we remember the 7th anniversary of that fateful day, I hope you take a moment to remember all those who were lost that day. Also take a moment to think of our sailors, soldiers, Coast Guardsmen, airmen, firefighters, police offices, and other first responders who have sacrificed themselves in the defense and preservation of our nation and freedom. This always reminds us of the importance of defending the Homeland and ensuring that terrorism will never strike on American soil again. God Bless. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (10)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, August 28, 2008 Virtual Patriotism by David Bellavia Posted by: Vets For Freedom at 12:58 PM Denver — Having the opportunity to sit courtside at the Democratic National Convention the past few days has afforded me many opportunities to examine what is wrong with our national dialogue over the war. Read More... Email It |  Print It |  Comments (1)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Monday, August 25, 2008 Loving the Troops, Hating Their Mission by Pete Hegseth Posted by: Vets For Freedom at 8:07 AM Denver — Yesterday, I once again watched Speaker Nancy Pelosi stubbornly deny the success of the surge. Under questioning from Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press, Pelosi insisted that — despite dramatic improvements on the ground — the surge has not been successful because “the Iraqi government has not stepped up to the plate. . . . ” Her opposition, in the interview and elsewhere, is built on naming three pieces of stalled Iraqi legislation. (Hmm, can you name three pieces of stalled U.S. legislation?) Read More... Email It |  Print It |  Comments (0)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Sunday, August 24, 2008 Chalk Up Two For McCain Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 10:45 PM Barack can put Joe Biden on the ticket, but it's not going to change the fact that his inexperience when it comes to foreign policy, coupled with his lefty "blame America first" impulses, render his judgment significantly less than trustworthy. First, he thought we had lost the Iraq war and should withdraw immediately with our tail between our legs.  John McCain supported the surge that has resulted in success. Now we're faced with another foreign policy challenge centering around Russia's emerging aggression within the old Soviet Union and new diplomatic overtures to Iran.  Even before the invasion, it seems that Barack completely misread what the Russians were about.  Check out this July 12, 2008 piece from Reuters: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes excluding Russia from the Group of Eight industrial nations, as suggested by Republican rival John McCain, saying Moscow's cooperation was needed in the fight against nuclear proliferation. "It would be a mistake  . . . Look, if we're going to do something about nuclear proliferation, just to take one issue that I think is as important as any on the list, we've got to have Russia involved," the Illinois senator said. Hm.  His emphasis on the outstretched hand of friendship to Moscow seems a little, shall we say, outdated in light of the August 8 Russian invasion of Georgia, doesn't it?  Anyone here think that Putin & Co. is interested in good faith work to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons -- and to prevent Iran from obtaining nukes, given their new diplomatic closeness? Is this really a time for a newbie Commander-in-Chief? Chalk up another one for McCain. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (3)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Friday, August 22, 2008 Security Scene by Erik Swabb Posted by: Vets For Freedom at 7:45 AM Baghdad, Iraq — It was easy to be skeptical when Brig. Gen. Raheem, a Shia police chief in Baghdad, declared that his district was welcoming back Sunnis driven from their homes during the previous sectarian strife. Reconciliation between Sunnis and Shias in Iraq was supposedly nonexistent. When I pointed out to the general that it seemed easier to maintain security in one-sect districts, he dismissed the suggestion. If the original residents again lived in the neighborhood, he explained, they could identify any strangers and terrorists entering the area. Read More... Email It |  Print It |  Comments (0)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, August 21, 2008 RevokeTheGames.com Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 9:20 AM Victor Davis Hanson catalogues the various responses to Russia's rape of Georgia and the incoherence of them all. (HT: RobinsonandLong.com). The most accessible pressure point is the 2014 Winter Games, and withthe IOC assembled in China, the U.S. should start making the demand to move the games away from the scene of the Russian aggression.  Sochi is what, a mere 30 minute tank ride down the road?  Senator McCain? RevokeTheGames.com. Email It |  Print It |  Comments (5)  |  Trackbacks (0)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 For Iran, Even Mentioning Friendship is "Unforgivable" Posted by: Michael Medved at 8:09 PM  A hopeful signal from an Iranian official produced an enraged response from the nation’s parliament that shows the true nature of that regime. Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Vice President for Tourism, gave a speech in which he declared “we are a friend of all people in the world, even Israelis and Americans.” Parliament then voted by an overwhelming margin to denounce these words as “an unforgivable mistake” and to demand that President Ahmadinejad dismiss the tourism chief immediately—even though that official is related to the President by marriage, with his daughter having married Ahmadinejad’s son. Of Parliament’s 290 members, 200 signed the statement declaring it “unforgivable” to even discuss friendship with Israelis or Americans. This should serve as a powerful lesson to those who believe that our problems with Iran can be readily solved with more negotiation.    Email It |  Print It |  Comments (7)  |  Trackbacks (0)

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