Can We Finally Start Talking About The Global Persecution Of Christians?
In order to get caught up — for a few more days I’m going to continue with two issues of the day — here’s the first. The above headline is a good question from…
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‘A war that the mainstream media is ignoring’
Rand Paul is still learning — but when he says things like this — as he did at last week’s Value Voter’s Summit — I have hope he’s headed in the right direction: “Today…
Read MoreObama is Transforming America: From energy to foreign policy to the presidency itself, Obama’s agenda rolls along
Victor Davis Hanson lays out the ugly details in this post. And what are Republicans and conservatives doing about it? So far…not enough since they’re still not effectively reaching the uninformed. Here’s VDH: “We…
Read MoreThe Myth of American Isolationism: Commerce, Diplomacy, and Military Affairs in the Early Republic
From the Heritage Foundation: Abstract: America’s founding principles do not call for an isolationist grand strategy, and early U.S. statesmen did not adhere to a non-interventionist foreign policy as they sought to secure the…
Read MoreThey Are Us: Evangelicals and Middle Eastern Christians
Eric Metaxas is exactly right. (Also recommended is this update from the Middle East Forum.) From Breakpoint: Well, there’s some good news coming out of the Middle East: American evangelicals have awakened to the…
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Jim DeMint Pens Rebuttal to Putin’s NYT Op-Ed
Sarah Jean Seman at Townhall.com writes: President Obama ignored questions Thursday relating to Vladimir Putin’s NYT op-ed. However, the Russian president’s article, which he addressed “to the American people and their political leaders” did…
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Deconstructing Putin
An important article from Kim Zigfeld at American Thinker: Writing in the New York Times in 1999, Vladimir Putin argued that Russia could bomb Chechnya regardless of what the rest of the world might…
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How to Avoid an Unconstitutional War: A Beginner’s Guide for Presidents and Congresses
An interesting and timely article from Michael Stokes Paulsen at the Witherspoon Institute: Without authorization from Congress, American presidents can only start unconstitutional wars, even if they are motivated by good intentions. A president…
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American Ineffectualism: Every American ally is cringing with embarrassment at the amateurishness of the last month
It’s the end of the week and you need a laugh…well, here it is. Just don’t think too much about the topic which isn’t funny (Obama’s “leadership”). From Mark Steyn (you can read my…
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An Explanation of American Exceptionalism for Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama
September 13th UPDATE — also recommended reading is this from Guy Benson at Townhall.com: “This Has Been one of the Most Humiliating Episodes in Presidential History.” It’s something I’ve never seen and didn’t expect…
Read MoreWhy Charles Krauthammer Thinks Obama’s Syria Address Was ‘One of the Most Odd Presidential Speeches Ever Delivered’
Here’s the text from the YouTube page where this is posted: Krauthammer says that Obama urgently addressed the nation tonight, only to call for a pause in military action that the American people don’t…
Read MoreVictor Davis Hanson On The President’s ‘Mini-Munich’ Speech and America’s Looming Challenge
Two from VDH. First, a quote from his interview with Hugh Hewitt on the radio: “He wants to use force, but he doesn’t quite want to use force. It’s going to be substantial, but…
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FACT CHECK: Obama’s Syria case still lacks proof
The liberal Associated Press hits Obama: President Barack Obama voiced his conviction Tuesday night that Syrian President Bashar Assad was to blame for deadly chemical attacks against civilians, but again he offered no proof….
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Did Obama set foreign policy via gaffes?
The liberal newspaper USAToday hits Obama: Did U.S. set foreign policy via gaffes? An unscripted comment a year ago put President Obama into a box on Syria. An offhand remark two days ago gave…
Read MoreThe White House Time Line on Syria
An interesting video from Fox News…and good luck trying to follow the logic of why things developed as they did.
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