The only surprise…
…here is that the NY Times is actually reporting the story.
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The Muslim Brotherhood struts its stuff
Sad, sad, sad, sad. Predictable, predictable, predictable, predictable. As I wrote in February of 2011, not long after the whole Egyptian joyride began: Amidst all the speculation, I think we discount the possibility of an Islamist state at our peril””and, … Continue reading →
Nile Gardiner is wrong—“Benghazi bungling” is not a “disaster,” although it should be
Or actually, it is a disaster, but not exactly in the way Gardiner meant. Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based British conservative pundit with foreign policy advisor experience, and in an article in the Telegraph headlined “The White House’s Benghazi bungling … Continue reading →
Totten on Morsi
Michael Totten gets around, and yesterday he talked about what’s been going on lately in Egypt: [Morsi’s] already being called the new Pharaoh. It makes no difference that he was elected. Democracy isn’t just about getting elected. A democratic election … Continue reading →
The cover-up of the Benghazi cover-up…
…is described here. There are many reasons for the success of the coverup. One is the nicely coordinated set of messages from the administration and the MSM. Another is the complexity of the story; people have to be motivated enough … Continue reading →
Morsi grabs more power in Egypt
No surprise whatsoever here: Egypt’s president on Thursday issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight and ordered the retrial of Hosni Mubarak for the killing of protesters in last year’s uprising. Mohammed Morsi also decreed immunity for the … Continue reading →
Lindsay Graham asks the questions…
…the MSM should have been asking about Benghazi, but won’t. And don’t sit on a hot stove waiting for Obama’s answer. Many of us have said it before, but it bears repeating: this administration poses a great danger because it … Continue reading →
Who changed the Benghazi talking points? (smoking guns, then and now)
CBS reports that a source says that the Benghazi talking points were changed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, without the knowledge of the White House. Let me stipulate a few things. The first is that I … Continue reading →
Benghazi: Petraeus testifies once again
Reports are that Petraeus has testified that yes, the CIA knew quite early on that the Benghazi attack was probably terrorism, and no, the CIA wasn’t responsible for Susan Rice’s final talking points, the ones from which that information had … Continue reading →
Friedman on the Middle East today
Thomas Friedman surprised me by offering an interesting take on the state of the Middle East today. I’d summarize it as: Iraq is at present the most stable country in the Arab Middle East, at least relative to the others. … Continue reading →
Petraeus to testify tomorrow…
…behind closed doors. How nice for us all.
Continue reading →CBS could have proved that Obama refused to call Benghazi “terrorism”
But instead it released a truncated version of an interview edited to make it seem that the opposite was true. Completely and utterly in the tank, as Brett Baier points out. But what else is new? Understand that this interview … Continue reading →