Send andrew over to iran to negotiate. Should be interesting.
Israel didn’t send in troops to protect Mubarak and it’s not likely to send in troops to protect Gadaffi.
Let unsaid, is that Andrew Sullivan is as queer as a three dollar bill.. and is a Normal-phobe..
When all of these little spats are over ,Muslims (radical Muslims of the Al Quaeda sort) will be in charge of the Middle East .
Their first trial will come when they openly attack Israel and get cooked by the radiation from the Nuclear bombs. Muslims don’t really care how many die, they can always breed more.
Anyone who believes that there will be a Thriving Democracy in any of these countries is not a fool, but a damned fool.
Christians had better leave while the leaving is good. Church’s here should be taking up collections and seeking sponsors to get their people the hell out of there.
Typical David Horowitz, more information in half a page than most manage in 5 pages. I find it interesting that Samantha Power is back in the “in” crowd with the 0bama White House. I also find it interesting that Soros, when one of his shills is CinC, can find a way to invade a sovereign nation.
Power was right about Rwanda; 5 officers from the San Antonio Police could have stopped that. Every genocide/massacre isn’t Rwanda, though. Unless 0bama is your guy.
This was how we imposed lasting change in Germany and Japan. The lack of these elements in Iraq and Afghanistan are why they will revert to traditional modes of government when our troops leave. Bush's lack of leadership and historical knowledge combined with traditional State Department backstabbing are why our trillion-dollar investment in those two countries will result in two countries that are only marginally less hostile to us than they were when we initially invaded. This is why GWB is a less capable executive than his father, who presided over two wars - Just Cause and Desert Storm - at minimal cost in men and money (and even managed to get $60b from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Japan to cover Desert Storm expenses). GWB got minimal support from allies after devastating attacks on American soil, and managed to spend $1.2T in two wars that are ongoing a decade after he started the first one.
And for Horowitz to call himself a Realist is absurdity.
There was no time emergency that required Obomber to bomb before he sought Congressional permission.
We don't have to go back 1500 years. All we have to do is look at two Muslim countries in which we have invested $1.2T and put hundreds of thousands of GI's in-country. Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The doctrine under which Hillary Clinton persuaded Obama to invade a sovereign country and thereby to disregard his Secretary of Defense (an actual pragmatist on Obama’s ship of state) is called “Responsibility to Protect.” It is the invention of NSC adviser Samantha Power and her patron George Soros. Soros describes the doctrine like this:
“If governments abuse the authority entrusted to them and citizens have no opportunity to correct such abuses, outside interference is justified. By specifying that sovereignty is based on the people, the international community can penetrate nation-states’ borders to protect the rights of citizens.”
So Hillary, Samantha Power and Susan Rice, with Soros blessing, invade Libya while Obama votes present.
So next we 'protect' the Palestinians in Gaza from big bad Israel and invade Israel. Check. Next it's on to those right wingers here in our own country. Check. . . Well, we need to protect D.C. don't we?
As Savage said, quoting Isaiah 3:1-15: "A babe is their master and women rule over them. ..."
a must read - soros connection clearly explained
That's all I needed to know.
That "poor track record," is it just a coincidence or something? Because if it isn't -- if it's related to the fundamental beliefs of Islam -- you might want to think about being against those people after all. Without them, the religion is meaningless. It has meaning, and evil meaning, and evil when practiced (poor track record) because those "people whose religion is Islam" practice it. If they are not blameworthy, who or what is?
Actually, not Horowitz's position but isn't there evidence that a dictator is more or less needed in Muslim states to keep order, especially given a 'tribe' culture? We do have an experiment going on in Iraq but time will tell if that works and although it may, history says no. And, at what cost to us (blood and treasure)?
It seems like Muslims within a tribal culture are somewhat uncivilized and we need to be somewhat uncivilized to deal with them directly or not deal with them at all.
The world has been dealing with the Muslim problem for thousands of years with no progress to date.
That about sums up our predicament.
Andrew Sullivan’s mind has seen better days. He should reserve the use of his big mouth for the bedroom.