Obama’s weakness issue

By Dick Morris "In the meantime, Obama’s pathetic performance vis-à-vis Iran and North Korea cannot but send a message to all of America’s enemies that the president of the United States does not believe in using power — that he is a wimp and they can get away with whatever they want. A dangerous reputation indeed."

A Dangerous Delusion/ We go to war to defend our interests, not to encourage democracy.

By Andrew C. McCarthy = "Have you taken a look at Iraq lately? We went there to topple Saddam; we stayed to build an Islamic “democracy,” and the result is an Iranian satellite. The new Iraq is a sharia state that wants us gone, has denied us basing rights for future military operations, has pressured a weak American president into releasing Iran-backed terrorists, has rolled out the red carpet for Hezbollah, allows Iranian spies to operate freely (causing the recent ouster of the intelligence minister, who was an American ally), tolerates the persecution of religious minorities, and whose soon-to-take-power ruling coalition vows “not to establish relations with the Zionist entity” — a vow that would simply continue longstanding Iraqi policy, as Diana West points out. If that’s success, what does failure look like?"

Airstrike creates Taliban firestorm

Blackfive "Prep yourselves for another round of dead civilians or dead tangos. Sadly the narrative has been spun out so far towards the idea that anyone killed is called a civilian that we suffer some hearts and minds damage regardless."

A Migrating Maine Snowe-Bird

Pajamas Media "Snowe seems to be trying to make herself a darling of the Obama administration, with the fact that her proposals reflect none of the thinking of her party being of no concern to her. Neither, of course, are the millions of American citizens, many from Maine, appalled by the Obama administration’s push to Euro-socialism."

White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism

Washington Post ""On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones,... said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

From Preparedness to Appeasement and Back/ Are we about to repeat this tired cycle?

By Victor Davis Hanson "We are more likely now to put CIA interrogators on trial than to arrest and berate new terrorists. Dick Cheney, not Osama bin Laden, has become the new national threat. George W. Bush has been reduced to Orwell’s Emmanuel Goldstein, the “He did it” collective menace at whom we are supposed to yell out in hatred each morning. We now live in an era of renewed appeasement, faith in the United Nations, no “inordinate fear,” and all the usual tired slogans."

Time to End the Hyphenated American Thing

By Lloyd Marcus "These same Americans who so desperately want to be united without hyphenations are called racists by the Obama administration for disagreeing with his radical agenda.Freedom to identify one's self in whatever way one pleases is a part of the greatness of America. While I acknowledge my African descent, I will always proudly refer to myself as an American!"

AP is 'truly appalling' - UPDATED

Mudville Gazette "Associated Press says photo of Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard shows realities of war. Ms Jacobson wanted people to see the 'realities' of war. She not only photographs his death she describes explicitly how he was injured and his last moments for his parents and family to read." Photos are available, but we have elected not to overtly link to them.

Mr. President, here is how to properly research job candidates

By George Jetson , blogger at redstate.com

White House Memo to Al-Qaeda: Now Is the Time to Strike

Pajamas Media "...it was equally ludicrous to suggest that a president of either party would embrace a policy that would directly lead to the death and injury of more Americans under his watch for his own political purposes. That is because before last week it was ludicrous to suggest that any president would order criminal investigations of executive branch employees for performing their duty to keep the country safe from attack."

Obama’s Friends ‘Out’ the Death Panels

Jennifer Rubin "We need look no further than the worshipful David Brooks, Obama’s political soul mate. He confesses, in a sort of Jack Nicholson code red moment that yes, darn it, he wants death panels. He chats with colleague Gail Collins in the New York Times blog: “I’m pro-death panel. We spend so much money on end-of-life care we have to have some way of talking about it.”"

Breaking the Afghan-Deployment Divide

By Max Boot "Here’s one idea that Obama should embrace: military historian Mark Moyar’s suggestion of assigning American officers and NCOs to command Afghan army units. This is an idea based on long-standing practice..."