The following came up recently, and I thought it important enough to merit its very own post. Remember this moment back in March of 2012?: Mr Medvedev, who steps down in May, said he would pass on Mr Obama’s message … Continue reading →
Referring to the horrific act of “15 Muslim asylum-seekers [who] reportedly threw 12 Christian asylum-seekers overboard as they made their way from Libya to Sicily this week,” Kirsten Powers writes: As [Italian PM] Renzi was questioned about the incident, Obama … Continue reading →
I’m not sure whether the question is rhetorical or not: The Obama administration apparently believes that only after a nuclear agreement is signed can the free world expect Iran to stop its attempts at regional domination, improve its human rights … Continue reading →
…are of no interest to the press.
Continue reading →…and the Obama administration says it doesn’t matter much: …Ramadi’s looming collapse has long been predictable. After all, it’s not exactly a secret that ISIS wants to control the arterial roads that connect central Syria with central Iraq (if you … Continue reading →
Word is that a deal is in the making: Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee said they had a deal Tuesday that could lead to a bipartisan vote in favor of giving Congress a vote to approve or disapprove a … Continue reading →
And Brian Beutler has a dream, which he unveils at TNR: The challenge, then, is to make sure Clinton’s age and ethnicity don’t discourage Obama’s youthful, diverse supporters from turning out in November 2016. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to … Continue reading →
This article is an excellent demonstration of how hard—how really really hard—it is to change one’s political mind. It’s written by Mitch Ginsburg, a man who appears to be some sort of military expert—at least, expert enough to work for … Continue reading →
…but not quite far enough Here’s what Cheney said about President Obama: HEWITT: Is [Obama] naive, Mr. Vice President? Or does he have a far reaching vision that only he entertains of a realigned Middle East. That somehow it all … Continue reading →
Is it possible that Obama thinks that agreements have some worth in and of themselves, irrespective of what’s in them? I think so. Obama has spent nearly his entire life as a Potemkin (cargo cult) achiever and leader. Even when … Continue reading →
Remember this? It’s one of the few papers that Obama wrote while in college or law school that is available; the rest seem to have disappeared. It is a 1983 article in the Columbia campus paper, and it constitutes pretty … Continue reading →
The more I think about the Iran deal announced yesterday, the stranger it gets. One strange thing about it is that it’s not a deal at all; it’s certainly not a contract, a treaty, or an agreement. It’s an announcement … Continue reading →