Sen. John McCain Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter Syria since the bloody civil war there began more than two years ago, The Daily Beast has learned. McCain, one of the fiercest critics of the Obama administration’s Syria policy, made the unannounced visit across the Turkey-Syria border with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader [...]
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Bush Legacy and Library in Torture’s Shadow
But there is another building, far from Dallas on land leased from Cuba, that symbolizes Mr. Bush’s legacy in a darker, truer way: the military penal complex at Guantánamo Bay where Mr. Bush imprisoned hundreds of men after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a vast majority guilty of no crime. [New York Times] A LIBRARY [...]
George W. Bush Library Opens, Amnesia Ensues
It took less than 4 1/2 years of the Obama presidency for President George W. Bush to mount his comeback. While doing absolutely nothing on his own behalf (he’s been the most silent ex-president in my lifetime), his approval is up to 47 percent according to The Post/ABC poll. That’s up 14 points from his [...]
Dzhokar Tsarnaev Awake, Responding to Questions in Writing
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding sporadically in writing to questions, authorities said. Investigators are asking about other cell members and other unexploded bombs, law enforcement sources told ABC News. [ABC News] IT DIDN’T take traveling to a foreign country for Dzhokar Tsarnaev to be radicalized, though there is evidence that [...]
The Legacy of George W. Bush *Updated*
Also see Showtime’s Dick Cheney Doc Reveals What Obama and Hillary Clinton Did in Resurrecting America’s Foreign Policy Brand. Even though the benefits outweighed the costs, that does not mean we simply leave Iraq once we depose the Husseins. The legal system in such situations might still require a benefiting party to compensate a harmed [...]
Obama is Suddenly the “Puppet Master” of the Press
The results are transformational. With more technology, and fewer resources at many media companies, the balance of power between the White House and press has tipped unmistakably toward the government. This is an arguably dangerous development, and one that the Obama White House — fluent in digital media and no fan of the mainstream press [...]
Bill Kristol is Leading Chuck Hagel Swiftboating, Launches Cable Ad Campaign [Video]
What I will say is this: Kristol is offensive, wrong, and this kind of swiftboating must stop, now. I know Chuck Hagel, and consider him a friend. I’m also Jewish. I know who Senator Hagel is, and what he stands for. I also know anti-Semitism when I see it, and for William Kristol to use [...]
After Oddly Blistering Statement, Mitt Romney Calls Attack “Outrageous… Disgusting” [Updated - Full Remarks]
“It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.” – Mitt Romney THE STATEMENT Mitt Romney released last night shown above came in the midst of swirling events and lack of information. Instead of waiting, Romney’s desperate situation [...]
Romney Campaign Attacks Hard After Ahmadinejad Statement on Israel
“As President, Barack Obama has never visited Israel and refuses to recognize Jerusalem as its capital. … Mitt Romney will be a different kind of president—a strong leader who stands by our allies. He knows America holds a deep and cherished relationship with Israel.” [Romney campaign commerical (seen above)] SINCE FRIDAY, Team Romney has sent [...]
Mitt Romney Falls on his Face, Lands at the Feet of the Palestinians
“As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000 dollars, and compare that with the GDP per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is more like $10,000 per capita, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality.” – [...]
Just Call Him Barack Obama, The Israeli Hawk
“It felt like pandering.” – Steve Clemons Clemons is talking about the interview Pres. Obama gave to his colleague Jeffrey Goldberg. Coming just before the annual AIPAC meeting, how could it not be presidential pandering? For me, it just seemed like the same old political game from a man who knows better, but who is [...]
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