Tag Archives: Foreign Policy

I Guess Obama Gave Another Speech

WaPo: In his address Wednesday to the graduating cadets at West Point , Mr. Obama marshaled a virtual corps of straw men, dismissing those who “say that every problem has a military solution,” who “think military intervention is the only … Continue reading

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The Seven Scandals of Benghazi

This is really starting to piss me off: Pathetico: The Benghazi-Industrial Complex Will the pseudo-scandal be enough to stop Hillary from running? Perhaps if the Republicans can’t beat Hillary Clinton fairly in 2016, they can make her so disgusted by … Continue reading

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Spin War

This is why we can’t have nice things: Don’t listen to Obama’s Ukraine critics: he’s not ‘losing’ – and it’s not his fight In the days since Vladimir Putin sent Russian troops into the Crimea, it has been amateur hour … Continue reading

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The Epic and Historic Defense of Ukraine

Not Ukraine the country, Ukraine the Obama foreign policy failure. Seriously – Progs, Obots and other Democrats are banding together across the internet and the airwaves to mount an all-out defense of a political fiasco. They are throwing everything including … Continue reading

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Tin Foil Tuesday: Is There a Method to His Madness?

Victor Davis Hanson: Obama’s Recessional Does Barack Obama have a strategy? He is often criticized for being adrift. Nonetheless, while Obama has never articulated strategic aims in the manner of Ronald Reagan or the two Bushes, it is not therefore … Continue reading

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Munich Pact II – Changing the Subject

Apparently we have made some kind of a deal with Iran. I’m sketchy on the details and I really don’t feel like analyzing the deal anyway. If you want some wonky dissection of the terms and conditions there are lots … Continue reading

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Arab Spring Becomes Cairo Summer

I told ya so! Is Egypt headed for a military coup? In 2011, Egyptians poured into the streets of Cairo and other cities demanding that the military give up power and make way for a democratic revolution. This week, they … Continue reading

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Frenemies

This is why we need to stay out of Syria: McCain Wasn’t Posing With Rebel Kidnapper, Spokesman Says Senator John McCain’s office is pushing back against reports that while visiting Syria this week he posed in a photo with rebels … Continue reading

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Just Say No To Military Interventions

Crossing a ‘red line’? US says Syria used poison The White House declared Thursday that U.S. intelligence indicates Syrian President Bashar Assad has twice used deadly chemical weapons in his country’s fierce civil war, a provocative action that would cross … Continue reading

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Defending The Right To Vote For Obama

Kerry defends liberties, says Americans have “right to be stupid” Secretary of State John Kerry offered a defense of freedom of speech, religion and thought in the United States on Tuesday telling German students that in America “you have a … Continue reading

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I won’t call him a contender

Hot Air: Rand Paul’s foreign policy speech: No to isolationism, no to neoconservatism, yes to containment Carve out time for the video or the transcript, as he’s already the GOP’s leading advocate after two short years in the Senate for … Continue reading

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Libya Lies

Foreign Policy: State Department: No video protest at the Benghazi consulate Prior to the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi late in the evening on Sept. 11, there was no protest outside the compound, a senior State Department official … Continue reading

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Lara Logan Disses Obama On Middle East Foreign Policy

Chicago Sun-Times on a speech by Lara Logan: Her ominous and frightening message was gleaned from years of covering our wars in the Middle East. She arrived in Chicago on the heels of her Sept. 30 report, “The Longest War.” … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney On Foreign Policy

Mitt gets all up in Obama’s grill with “Hope is not a strategy“: I know the President hopes for a safer, freer, and a more prosperous Middle East allied with the United States. I share this hope. But hope is … Continue reading

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The Opology Tour Continues

USA Today: President Obama will address “the recent unrest in the Muslim world” in his speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly, the White House is saying. That includes denouncing both the protests at American diplomatic posts in the … Continue reading

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