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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Military growing impatient with Obama on Afghanistan

Miami Herald "Those officials said that taking time could be costly because the U.S. risked losing the Afghans' support. "Dithering is just as destructive as 10 car bombs," the senior official in Kabul said. "They have seen us leave before. They are really good at picking the right side to ally with."" Hat tip to Weasel Zippers.

Are you a racist? "Obama Criticism Flow Chart"

Missourah.com "It’s pretty exhausting trying to keep track of what is legitimate criticism of President Obama and what is racial hatred. That’s why I developed this handy flow chart:..."

Dr. Barack and Mr. Obama; Voters learn that Obama is not the man they thought.

By Victor Davis Hanson Powerful, as usual "Obama’s real problem is not conservative rabble-rousers at town halls or Republican activists. Rather, it is the Democratic rank and file. They may rewarm with an improving economy, but for now they are discovering that just as Obama could take them individually to great heights last fall, so too he could soon bring them down collectively to unprecedented depths."

Desperate measures on the left

By Thomas Lifson "The left is quite properly terrified of the widespread and broad-based populist movement building in America in opposition to Obama's transformation strategy. They never counted on this happening. Expert astroturfers themselves, they are not really familiar with the notion of a genuinely popular political movement."

Madeleine Albright: "America Has No Intention of Being First Nation of the World"

Gateway Pundit "Madeleine Albright, a democratic expert on foreign policy, let her hair down during a recent speech to Russian students in Omsk." They must have wondered how could they lose the cold war to THESE people?

Obama shoots self in foot on Mideast negotiations

By Leo Rennert "So, as a prelude to negotiations, Obama demanded an absolute Israeli construction freeze in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a start by Arab nations toward normalization with Israel, and moves by the Palestinian Authority to dismantle terrorist groups and put an end to anti-Israel incitement in PA organs. The big new wrinkle, however, was Obama pressuring Israel to make significant concessions -- even before there was any resumption of negotiations and while he was being snubbed and publicly humilitated by Arab leaders and Abbas..." Hubris: noun; excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

UN General Assembly urges Israel to accept nuclear inspections

By Rick Moran "In short, this is a 180 degree flip in policy on the part of the US who apparently did nothing to stop the vote. The last time it was tried in 1991, the measure was soundly defeated.But a new team is in charge in Washington - a team that apparently believes that lumping an ally with our enemies is perfectly alright."

Holder throwing in the towel on CIA investigation?

Clarice Feldman "Either way, he looks foolish. If we accept the "government source's" version of the events, it's a good thing he decided to cut his losses early on this one. He would be well advised to seek new legal counsel though, because whoever told him reopening these cases was the thing to do is an idiot."

AP warns Democrats: Time to ease off on the race-baiting

Hot Air "The left has gotten tremendous mileage out of it over the years, but to be this cynical about it when there are clear majorities with serious concerns about health-care reform is practically an admission to independents that it’s little more than a type of McCarthyism." With more wisdom from Charles Krauthammer, Then there's this: 1963? Good grief.