Commenter “T” asks an excellent question: I really don’t know how intentional the foundation of this [foreign policy] implosion was, but I’d bet good money on one thing: that Obama never thought he’d be diminishing his own persona to the … Continue reading →
That’s Peter Wehner’s opinion: In the first year of his second term, the president has failed on virtually every front. He put his prestige on the line to pass federal gun-control legislation”“and lost. He made climate change a central part … Continue reading →
…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 →
A certain segment of the liberal MSM seems to have turned on Obama (at least temporarily) for his Syria policy. One would expect criticism from Niles Gardiner of Britain’s Telegraph; after all, he was once an aide to Thatcher. But … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
I have a new post up at American Thinker entitled “Obama and Syria: Words versus Deeds”: In trying to puzzle out what might be going on with President Obama’s muddled, non-strategic, and fundamentally “unserious” approach to Syria, it helps to … Continue reading →
…and offers the answer “both”: The chaos we see throughout the world results from the Obama misadministration’s lack of preparedness and manifest incompetence from the start. Or does it? Either that or we are left with a much darker possibility: … Continue reading →
…because it’s much more fun to, you know, make stuff up. Facts are not stubborn things, they’re slippery things.
Continue reading →I’ve got a new article up at PJ: “The Magical, Mysterious, Disappearing Obama Red Line.” If you think you know how twisted Obama’s latest statements on the “red line” were, think again. They’re even worse than that. [ADDENDUM: James Taranto … Continue reading →
Obama passes the buck again, this time to the world: “My credibility is not on the line — the international community’s credibility is on the line,” President Barack Obama said Wednesday in Sweden… President Barack Obama said Wednesday the “red … Continue reading →