Benghazi: now it can be told
Because, after all, what difference does it make? So 60 Minutes takes notice.
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Rift with the Saudis: nice going, President Obama!
Michael Totten explains.
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…chaos: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan was snatched by gunmen before dawn Thursday from a Tripoli hotel where he resides, the government said. The abduction appeared to be in retaliation for the U.S. special forces raid over the weekend that … Continue reading →
Guess who
Who do you think this beauty is? (a) Vivien Leigh in a costume drama (b) a model from the 50s (c) ? No, it’s not Vivien Leigh in a costume drama: Nor a model from the 50s: It’s Princess Fawzia … Continue reading →
Remembering the Lod Airport massacre
The Nairobi mall attack has conjured up memories of the first terrorist attack I ever remember: the Lod airport massacre. You may never have heard of it—or of Lod airport, for that matter, which is in Tel Aviv and was … Continue reading →
Jim DeMint replies to Putin
I don’t know tons about Jim DeMint, but what I do know I like. Back when the candidates were throwing their hats in the ring for the 2012 race (it seems like eons ago), he was one of the people … Continue reading →
Michael Totten: on destroying Syria’s chemical weapons
And he knows whereof he speaks: Let’s say, though, just for the sake of discussion, that the process goes just as smoothly in Syria as it did in Oregon, that it will take precisely the same amount of time to … Continue reading →
In the MSM’s continuing effort to out-Pravda Pravda…
…we now have Vladimir Putin’s oh-so-thoughtful, oh-so-helpful op-ed in the NY Times advising the US on what to do in Syria. As Democratic Senator Robert Menendez says, “I almost wanted to vomit”—only maybe we should omit the “almost.” The Putin … Continue reading →
Obama: the clingers on the right, revisited
I neither watched nor listened to Obama’s speech last night. Fortunately I was out with friends, so I didn’t even have to ponder whether or not to subject myself to it. I did read about it (and the transcript) when … Continue reading →
The Syria situation segues into bizarro world
From the start, President Obama’s confrontation (for want of a better word) with Syria’s Assad was odd, then meandering and contradictory, but always somewhat mysterious. What was Obama’s goal? Was it just to appear a certain way for political reasons? … Continue reading →
The trouble with John Kerry’s “unbelievably small” comment
Here’s what Kerry said: “We’re not going to war,” Mr. Kerry told reporters Monday after meeting with British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London. “We will be able to hold [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad accountable without engaging troops on the … Continue reading →
Putin: Kerry is lying
Well, of course he is. He’s moving his lips. I know, it’s a cheap shot. But anyone who has followed the career of John Kerry can’t help noticing he’s a frequent liar. I knew it back in the early 70s, … Continue reading →