As soon as Obama was elected it was a foregone conclusion that this would be the result in Iraq—that the country would be taken over by the worst forces in the area. Since then, it’s just been the slow denouement: … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a repeat of a previous post from the 65th anniversary of D-day. I have added some new commentary in brackets to update.] Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII. Here’s a … Continue reading →
Let’s see if I’ve got this straight. We have Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, released in exchange for five of the most notorious Taliban terrorists held in Guantanamo, the place Obama keeps saying he wants to empty. This certainly helps to empty … Continue reading →
…is having been born with two X chromosomes. I didn’t say it—they did: Note that the video was made at George Washington University. Although GW isn’t exactly Harvard, it’s a very respectable university and it’s located in Washington DC, where … Continue reading →
My new piece is up at PJ.
Continue reading →…Holocaust Remembrance Day. Bookworm writes: Back in the 1930s, no one could believe that the Germans, considered the most civilized and advanced of all Europeans, could become so bestial. The tragedy today is that, when we look at the Islamists, … Continue reading →
…Putin doesn’t. Europe has long relied on the US to save it. But courtesy one Barack Obama, America is now trying to be more like Europe. [*NOTE: The title of this post is a twist on a combination of the … Continue reading →
Scott Johnson writes the following about Obama’s recent statement “Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness”: You have to wonder just how weak Russia is, in … Continue reading →
Why was our intelligence community caught flat-footed about Putin’s moves? That’s a question being asked on Capitol Hill, and in Politico. One answer is, “No, it wasn’t.” That one was given by James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, and CIA … Continue reading →
Seeing into the future is easy sometimes when you take a look and pay attention: So Russia invaded Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. I’m surprised that anyone is surprised. I’m hardly an expert on Ukrainian history or politics, but I’ve been there, … Continue reading →
…at this warning from President Obama: “We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine,” Obama said in a hastily arranged public statement from the White House briefing room. “Just days … Continue reading →
This exactly coincides with my own opinion about the main motive behind Obama’s desire to drastically slash the military: Limiting the power his successors can wield is, for Obama, not just an unalloyed good idea but an imperative. Call it … Continue reading →