Afghanistan: Better Be Sure

Blackfive "We'll be carrying all of that weight in Afghanistan for a long time to come. We need to know if the political will exists to do that. That is what the military is counting on to make the projected, very small Afghan security forces workable. "...."Our soldiers and Marines must not be kept out there if we do not mean to win."

Treasury Memo: Cap and Trade Would Devastate U.S. Industrial Base, Trigger Energy Rationing

California Chronicle "The United States gained steel jobs from Spain because the manufacturer's costs under the European Union’s cap-and-trade program chased the jobs to Kentucky, Horner said. However, that foreshadows how cap and trade could cost the United States jobs that move abroad, he said. "

An Obama Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes

Herman Steinbeck Three blind mice, three blind mice See how they sneer, see how they sneer They all play up to the left wing base They cut off their nose to spite their face Have you ever seen such a total disgrace As three blind mice. (ABC, NBC & CBS?)

IS NATIONAL SECURITY BACK ON YOUR MIND?

Boortz "Worried? Even a little? How far would you want our government to go in trying to get to the bottom of these threats ... and perhaps save lives? Would you care if we poured water on Zazi's head to make him THINK he was drowning, even though he would be in no danger? If not that, could we just deprive him of a little sleep to make him talk? Nope ... can't do those things. That would be torture. Besides, remember that the White House is now in charge of interrogations ... so maybe now you feel even a little bit safer! Right?"

Obamathon

USS Neverdock

A Devolving, Depressing, and Debased Debate

by Victor Davis Hanson "Jimmy Carter, at 84 no less, of course had his say. In blanket fashion, without qualification, he blasted opponents of Obama as racists. Projection? One of the reasons as a Democrat I did not vote for Carter ages ago in 1976 was his own racist past. During the 1976 campaign, it surfaced that in the 1950s Carter himself as a school board member had tried to block new black schools as part of Byzantine efforts to circumvent integration."

Mike Ramirez cartoon

Townhall

Canada set to boycott Iran's UN speech

Ottawa Citizen "Walking out of the chamber is seen as a strong diplomatic show of disgust at the UN — and since the chamber is generally packed on the first day of the annual summit, Canada’s empty seats will not go unnoticed." How about the US seats?

Obama urges 'new era of engagement' around world

Yahoo News "In a blunt challenge to his nation's critics, President Barack Obama says world leaders who once accused the United States of acting alone must now join with him to solve global crises rather than "wait for America" to lead."

Bosnia Risks Sliding Into Turmoil, Diplomat Says

WSJ MARCH 26, 2009 "The top diplomat overseeing the divided Balkan nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina says the country risks deep political instability unless the international community acts soon to break a deadlock over the country's future."

Obama Caves to Iran ...Again.

by Stephen F. Hayes "Obama has spent the intervening eight months attempting to convince Ahmadinejad and Iran's clerical leadership that he is not a bully. Despite these efforts--and in some ways because of them--the Iranian leadership remains firmly in power, more radical and more dangerous than ever. The Obama administration's short history of relations with Iran is a picture of weakness."

Job One / The only way Obama can pull his presidency back from the brink.

TNR "Barack Obama looks like he will succeed where three Democratic presidents, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, so famously failed--by passing health care reform. That is an achievement for which posterity will likely reward him. But it may not help him and his party avoid setbacks at the polls."