…and when did they known it?: As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied that anyone from the White House … Continue reading →
I watched most of the Panetta interview on the O’Reilly show last night. Panetta tried to pull his punches in the sense that he kept offering tepid excuses for Obama that didn’t sound as though even he was convinced of … Continue reading →
Dana Milbank writes an article parsing the recent spate of books by former Obama advisors (Gates, H. Clinton, and now Panetta) critical of his policies, especially his foreign policies. But in the entire piece he treats their motives as merely … Continue reading →
…and doing next to nothing as ISIS prepares to slaughter many of the remaining inhabitants of Kobani, a mostly Kurdish town on the border of Syria and Turkey: …which is crammed with refugees””Kurdish, Turkmen, Christian, and Arab””from other parts of … Continue reading →
There are so many articles of interest on the subject of Ebola that I think I’ll just do a roundup: My guess is that the suspected Ebola case in DC will turn out to be a false alarm, if the … Continue reading →
…you know it’s serious. Morgan isn’t just lost, either. He’s gone over to the dark side: As Governor Chris Christie pointed out, by saying ”˜they’ rather than ”˜we’, Obama tried to distance himself from any personal responsibility or accountability for … Continue reading →
…throws Obama under the bus: Obama’s former Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, has blamed the president for the chaos unfolding in Iraq. Time previewed Panetta’s upcoming memoir, Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War … Continue reading →
One of Obama’s biggest failings as president has been the rise of ISIS under his watch. He can blame it on George Bush, as is his wont, and some will swallow it. But it’s a little more difficult to do … Continue reading →
Andrew McCarthy says the Khorosan Group is not a separate entity at all. It’s just a useful construction, invented by the Obama administration for its own purposes: …[T]here is a purpose behind this dizzying proliferation of names assigned [by the … Continue reading →
Lately, Democrats have become much less happy with Obama. But don’t get too excited. They appear to be turning on him because he’s not liberal enough and/or competent enough in carrying out the liberal agenda. As the article so delicately … Continue reading →
Finally: Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce Thursday that he is resigning from the Obama administration, a Justice Department official confirmed to Fox News. That’s certainly a consummation devoutly to be wished. However, not so fast: The official said … Continue reading →
…criticizing what I consider to be Obama’s petty offenses. There are so many big ones to concentrate on instead. But there’s something especially galling about the latte salute, especially now, when he’s engaged in military action. Unintentional body language can … Continue reading →