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Obama strikes me as a modern Chamberlain, praising his (oh-so-transient) “peace with honor.” McCain, however, comes across as “peace when we’re done kicking you ass and not one moment sooner.” And since this was ostensibly a foreign policy debate, I give the win to McCain. Oh, and one other thing — Obama is still talking as I write this. But he’s spending his last answer angling for the European vote, which does nothing but reinforce my point....

http://www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress/?p=1110Flashback: Barack Obama didn’t seem to know what the Bush Doctrine was all about either September 11th, 2008 · No Comments In a Democratic Primary Debate, the One, the Messiah, Barack Obama had a chance to define the Bush doctrine and then give his vision for the Obama doctrine. Here is what he said, see if any of it reminds you of a certain politician: SIEGEL: Senator Obama, the short version of the Obama Doctrine. SEN. OBAMA: Well, I think one of the things about the Obama Doctrine is it’s not going to be as doctrinaire as the Bush Doctrine...

Greta Van Susteren interviews Major General Craig E. Campbell, a longtime commander of the Alaska National Guard. Major General Campbell provides a description of what is required of a governor as head of a statewide national guard unit, and talks about Sarah Palin’s intense interest and commitment to the unit that she commanded, which made her an excellent Commander in Chief.

HAYY EL-RAMEL, Lebanon (AP) - As soon as the truckloads of Syrian soldiers had left for home, Mariam Majzoub started dishing out paint to erase the last vestiges of their 29-year presence. Her children, nephews, nieces and neighbors stuck Lebanese flags on top of the abandoned posts near her home in this tiny Bekaa Valley village, slapped whitewash on the walls and celebrated the departure date in green paint: "Independence 2005, Sunday, April 17." "We started dancing in the street even before they turned the corner," said Majzoub, her plump face glowing with joy. "We could finally express ourselves, and...

Okay guys, lets take a trip down memory lane. If I remember correctly in 2000, this is almost exactly what the MSM media did to Bush the first time. They said he screwed up, blew it. Lets review the facts of what really happened in the debate. -Bush did not land a knock out punch, but did not have to. (I know we all wanted him to) -Kerry was constantly on the attack and did NOT offer any plan. It was one attack after another. There was no substance to it at all. -Bush stayed focused on the one message...

GET INVOLVED NOW! A few days ago, I recommended a unified effort to use letters to the Editor to fight this fight. See original post Link to Original Post The first issue set deals with Mr. Kerry's foriegn policy. The material is only suggested. If there's other issues you want to tackle, do so, but please make sure you're doing something. This election is too important for us not to be involved. Go to the link below. The Freep United site has links for finding the email address for the letter to the editor section of your newspaper. It contains...

There is an ominous tone emanating from some of those who supported the war in Iraq. The failure of a democratic regime to emerge within a year after the war, and the ongoing violence in certain parts of the country, have led to a sense of frustration. If the administration’s policy has not worked as quickly as they had hoped, they reason, the problem must be that not enough force has been employed. They bristle at the continuing coverage of the prison abuse scandal of Abu Ghraib, reminding their fellow Americans that sometimes during a war the rulebook has to...

In the terrorism business, it seems, diversity is all the rage. What Hemant Lakhani, an international arms dealer of British nationality and Indian ethnicity, Moinuddeen Ahmed Hameed, a Muslim from Malaysia, and Yehuda Abraham, a Jewish-American gem dealer who works out of New York City's diamond district, have in common is that they are all being held in connection with a plot to purchase surface-to-air missiles on behalf of terrorists. Except that the alleged terrorists they were dealing with were really FBI agents and informants, who had been tracking them for over a year in an effort to smoke out...

It was another hot muggy day in southern Louisiana as we sought shelter from the angry day in the Our Lady Queen of Heaven Library. Myself and three other red blooded fiery Cajun American sixth graders were all huddled around a picture of Mickey Mouse shooting the bird and saying f**k Iran. We thought that was funny. I, of course, wondered aloud why we haven’t attacked Iran already. The rest of the memory fades into oblivion, not too soon. Which brings me to my point. What if we would have invaded Iran and did what militaries did back then to...

Last week's pre-emptive strike by ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich on the State Department and Colin Powell may appear purest madness. But there is method in Newt's madness. For in his attack on State, Newt – front man for the neoconservatives – fired a shot across the bow of the West Wing, i.e., you have blundered in backing off the threats against Syria, but do not believe you can pressure Israel, with impunity, into making concessions to the Palestinians. Consider the site Newt chose to launch his attack. The American Enterprise Institute, the creation of Lebanese-American William Baroody Sr., was begun...

The Long Arm of Terror Ruth King There is an Arab saying: "When the cow stumbles, the long knives come out." America and Israel have clearly stumbled in the war against terrorism. While Colin Powell was conducting a shameless diplomatic dance with Arafat, thugs throughout the Arab world were rioting, burning American flags, inciting anti-American hatred, and extolling the suicide bombers who have devastated Israel. Even as Israelis were still identifying victims, following the attack on the Jerusalem market (which merely led Powell to postpone his meeting with Arafat by a day), the Saudis were holding a telethon to raise...