Betting the future of the free world on a fiction. “How bad is the Iran deal? Let’s count the ways,” by Amir Taheri, New York Post, September 5, 2015: A fatwa that doesn’t exist, a wish list that no one signed, a resolution that contradicts the wish list, a protocol that no one has seen… […]
Obama: Many more in US die from gun-related incidents than from terrorism
Just as with the recent “study” that purported to show that “right-wing extremists” were more of a threat than Islamic jihadists, in saying this Obama is probably leaving out 9/11. And if even a fraction of the foiled jihad plots had come to fruition, this would be an even more risible claim than it is. […]
CENTCOM reworked reports to make anti-ISIS campaign look successful
Obama’s defense apparatus has become a Ministry of Propaganda. As I asked several months ago, has Baghdad Bob become Secretary of Defense? “Pentagon watchdog probing whether anti-ISIS campaign analysis altered,” Fox News, August 26, 2015: The Defense Department’s inspector general is investigating whether intelligence reports about the progress of the U.S.-led coalition’s campaign against ISIS […]
Samantha Power: “No religious beliefs justify throwing individuals off of buildings or stoning them to death because of who they love”
Samantha Power is Obama’s Ambassador to the United Nations. At the first UN Security Council meeting on LGBT rights, she did the absolutely predictable thing: dissembled about the root causes of why the Islamic State persecutes gays. “No religious beliefs,” she asserted confidently, “justify throwing individuals off of buildings or stoning them to death because […]
Team Obama wins mercy for a sponsor of jihad terrorism
Madness. But of course, madness rules the day. “Team Obama wins mercy for a sponsor of terrorism,” New York Post, August 24, 2015: Back in February, a Manhattan federal jury sent a critical message about holding the perpetrators of terror responsible: It found the Palestinian Authority liable for six attacks and assessed $218.5 million in […]
Islamic State ‘beheading, raping, and selling’ Christians, Obama does nothing
The American Center for Law and Justice is pressing the Obama Administration to act swiftly to stop the genocide of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East, highlighting the administration’s inaction on several fronts. But action is unlikely to be forthcoming. As Raymond Ibrahim has shown, reporting of Muslim persecution of Christians does not fit “The Narrative” […]
A Strange Turn of History
“In a strange turn of history, the threat of global nuclear war has gone down, but the risk of a nuclear attack has gone up.” –President Barack Obama, 2009 While reading Philip Taubman’s book The Partnership, a story about “five Cold Warriors and their quest to ban the bomb,” I was amazed by how he […]
Army kicking out decorated Green Beret who stood up for Afghan rape victim
Is there no end to the degradation that the Obama Administration will inflict upon us? Is there no end to what it will do in order to weaken our military and embolden its enemies? “Army kicking out decorated Green Beret who stood up for Afghan rape victim,” Fox News, August 21, 2015 (thanks to Pamela […]
Geller: I’m Getting Death Threats Daily — and the FBI Is Warning About… Me
This is a disgrace. The FBI should issue a public apology to Pamela Geller and the others thus targeted. But it won’t happen during this Administration. “Geller: I’m Getting Death Threats Daily — and the FBI Is Warning About… Me,” by Pamela Geller, Breitbart News, August 19, 2015: The website Public Intelligence reported that “an […]
Islamic State links its origins to the killing of Osama and US withdrawal from Iraq
Obama’s most significant legacy is the Islamic State. Its rise is the most important accomplishment of his Administration. “Islamic State Links Its Origins To Killing Of Bin Laden,” Investor’s Business Daily, August 17, 2015 (thanks to Anne Crockett): Killing Osama bin Laden may have won President Obama re-election in 2012, but the price was the […]