Rice, issuer of ultimata That headline is almost perfect. For it to have been 100% perfect, it would have read like this: “White House gives Karzai notice: U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan.” “White House tells Hamid Karzai: Take deal, or U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan,” by Cheryl K. Chumley for The Washington Times, November 26 […]
Wife of Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran devastated after Obama makes no attempt to secure his release
Human rights? Pah! He’s an apostate from Islam! “Wife of imprisoned pastor says family devastated after Iran deal fails to secure his release,” from FoxNews.com, November 25: The wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini says she and her family are devastated after learning that the Obama administration did not try to secure the release […]
Obama briefs Netanyahu on Iran deal, says US committed to Israel’s security
He also offered him a very nice deal on a bridge. One wonders if he was able to keep a straight face during this phone call. How could he sell “We have just made you vastly less safe, but don’t worry, we’re committed to your security” is beyond me. “Obama briefs Netanyahu on Iran deal, […]
US intends to seek Iran’s help in solving Syrian civil war; Israel’s military option against Iran “off the table”
Throwing Israel to the wolves The “Death to America” crowd in Tehran must not be able to stop laughing today. –˜US intends to seek Iran’s help in solving Syrian civil war,– from the Times of Israel, November 24: Having overseen an interim deal with Iran on its nuclear program, the Obama administration now intends to […]
Secret U.S.-Iran talks over the past year set stage for disastrous nuke deal
Showing our allies what he thinks of them Barack Obama: Selling out America’s allies to make concessions to its enemy. “Secret US-Iran talks set stage for nuke deal,” from the Associated Press, November 24: WASHINGTON “” The United States and Iran secretly engaged in a series of high-level, face-to-face talks over the past year, in […]
Obama affirms “respect for Afghan sovereignty” in letter to Karzai
Here is the letter he should have written: His Excellency Hamid Karzai President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Kabul Dear Mr. President: Our “mission” in Afghanistan is pointless. It will never be a stable, pluralistic republic. We have lost thousands of lives and wasted billions of dollars, and the Islamic supremacists of the Taliban […]
Kerry: Egyptian revolution “stolen” by Muslim Brotherhood
It is not at all clear that “those kids in Tahrir Square, they were not motivated by any religion or ideology,” or that the “revolution” got “stolen” by the Muslim Brotherhood. There were early signs that the Brotherhood was the driving force behind the anti-Mubarak protests. However, this is further indication of Kerry’s distaste for […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Magazine: Kerry”s Surprising Defiance of the White House on Egypt
John Kerry, defender of freedom? What is this world coming to? My latest in FrontPage: Josh Rogin reported in the Daily Beast Monday that there is a rift in Barack Obama’s foreign policy team over Egypt. “Before Secretary of State John Kerry”s recent trip to Cairo,” Rogin wrote, “National Security Adviser Susan Rice told him to make strong statements in […]
Obama White House ordered John Kerry to support Muslim Brotherhood
Not as bad as the others But he didn’t say what they wanted him to say. New respect for John Kerry: “Exclusive: John Kerry Defies the White House on Egypt Policy,” by Josh Rogin for the Daily Beast, November 18 (thanks to Kenneth): The secretary doesn’t agree with Obama’s team, especially Susan Rice, on how […]
Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice: “The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity”
What did she say about the “Palestinian” jihadists’ vows to obliterate Israel entirely? What did she say about the genocidal Jew-hating rhetoric regularly featured on “Palestinian” TV? “Obama national security aide chides Israel over settlements,” from Reuters, November 15 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): President Barack Obama’s top national security aide on Thursday blamed Israeli settlement […]