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Discussing the Iraq war with the Washington Post last week, former General Anthony Zinni took the path chosen by so many anti-Semites: he blamed it on the Jews. Neither President Bush nor Vice-President Cheney—nor for that matter Zinni’s old friend, Secretary of State Colin Powell—was to blame. It was the Jews. They “captured” both Bush and Cheney, and Powell was merely being a “good soldier.” Technically, the former head of the Central Command in the Middle East didn’t say “Jews.” He instead used a term that has become a new favorite for anti-Semites: “neoconservatives.” As the name implies, “neoconservative” was...

With Saddam finally in custody, it’s not just the politics over the war in Iraq that has experienced a seismic shift; the question of “where’s Osama?” has gone from possible campaign bumper sticker to a non-entity.    Not necessarily in the way you might think, though.  Saddam’s capture left the Democratic pretenders to the throne speechless, and President Bush was given fawning coverage by every network, from CNN to CBS.  Many pundits and even newscasters suggested that arresting Saddam vindicated Bush’s decision to liberate Iraq.  And with the way the news media operates, Democratic frontrunner Howard Dean is now being barraged with questions...

Contrary to various media reports, the joint statement that almost resulted from the six-country talks concerning North Korea’s nukes is actually a victory of sorts for the “hawks” in the administration who favor taking a hard line against Pyongyang. Notes one hawkish administration official familiar with the contents of the joint statement, “We got 80% of what we wanted.” The other 20%, the official explains, mostly consists of one point that institutionalizes the engagement, by calling for talks every other month. What has attracted the most attention is the willingness of the U.S. to offer North Korea a written security...

Because he didn’t run a “win at all costs” program, Frank Solich is no longer a head coach. He was not ousted from an NFL or NBA team, but from a college football program. University of Nebraska Athletic Director Steve Pederson explicitly stated that the reason he canned Solich is that the coach was not running a “win at all costs” program. The truly sad part of all this is that “win at all costs” has turned into a larger cultural trend. The irony in Solich’s situation is that Nebraska is not a losing team. Far from it, in fact....

The date was April 24, 2002. Standing on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, Texas, the cadre of FBI agents, Secret Service, and Customs agents had just been informed by law enforcement officials that there was a ?snag? with Crown Prince Abdullah?s oversized entourage, which was arriving with the prince for a visit to George W. Bush?s Western White House in Crawford, Texas.   The flight manifest of the eight-plane delegation accompanying the Saudi would-be king had a problem. Three, to be exact: one person on the list was wanted by U.S. law enforcement authorities and two others...

After a year in which financial improprieties gobbled up headlines like never before, it would stand to reason that a brewing scandal involving a major international organization, millions of dollars, and alleged tax evasion would receive similar treatment. But if that major international organization is famed environmental group Greenpeace, the media goes mute. Two months ago, nonprofit watchdog Public Interest Watch (PIW) filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service alleging that Greenpeace has engaged in massive transfers of money between its many subgroups in order to skirt U.S. tax laws. PIW simultaneously issued a companion report, called “Green Peace,...

<p>"Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East," President Bush said in a recent major speech, "did nothing to make us safe." His claim implicitly swept into its indictment previous administrations, even his father's, and served as a reminder, if one were needed, of how much has changed since Sept. 11, 2001.</p>

<p>Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East," President Bush said in a recent major speech, "did nothing to make us safe." His claim implicitly swept into its indictment previous administrations, even his father's, and served as a reminder, if one were needed, of how much has changed since Sept. 11, 2001.</p>

After a year in which financial improprieties gobbled up headlines like never before, it would stand to reason that a brewing scandal involving a major international organization, millions of dollars, and alleged tax evasion would receive similar treatment. But if that major international organization is famed environmental group Greenpeace, the media goes mute. Two months ago, nonprofit watchdog Public Interest Watch (PIW) filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service alleging that Greenpeace has engaged in massive transfers of money between its many subgroups in order to skirt U.S. tax laws. PIW simultaneously issued a companion report, called “Green Peace,...

The left’s latest experiment with segregation has certainly started out with a bang. This September, New York City opened the nation’s first taxpayer-funded school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered teens—Harvey Milk High School—and a crime wave is already underway. Last week, police arrested five cross-dressing Harvey Milk students who posed as female hookers and robbed men who approached them for sex. According to news reports, the teens dressed up as female hookers, and when would-be johns approached to solicit sex, other students posing as cops would start “arresting” the men. After allegedly taking wallets, cash, ATM and credit cards—and...

There they go again.  Liberals, that is.  The left is fuming over CBS’s decision to pull “The Reagans” miniseries, crying censorship and the like.  Of course it’s not censorship when a commercial network decides to pull a product that might lose money and certainly would have tarnished its reputation.  But that hasn’t stopped the carping.  USA Today TV critic Robert Bianco—who thankfully did not use the “c” word—called CBS “cowardly” for its “shameful” decision to “rob viewers of a chance to decide the movie’s merits for themselves.”  But that’s the thing: the “merits” were often fictitious, even by the filmmakers’ own admissions.  Notice...

http://www.jewishworldreview.com | In the wake of three U.S. diplomats losing their lives in a terrorist attack on their convoy in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered powerful remarks, in which he condemned the "heinous acts" and pledged to bring "the murderers to justice." Too bad the actions of his department fail to live up to his lofty rhetoric. FBI agents on the ground trying to solve the "heinous acts" are running into resistance — not just from overt terrorist operations but from the U.S.-backed Palestinian Authority, which several administration officials diplomatically describe as being "less than cooperative."...

In the wake of three U.S. diplomats losing their lives in a terrorist attack on their convoy in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered powerful remarks, in which he condemned the "heinous acts" and pledged to bring "the murderers to justice." Too bad the actions of his department fail to live up to his lofty rhetoric. FBI agents on the ground trying to solve the "heinous acts" are running into resistance — not just from overt terrorist operations but from the U.S.-backed Palestinian Authority, which several administration officials diplomatically describe as being "less than cooperative." Not even...

<p>If reporter Joel Mowbray thinks he is on a Department of State blacklist now, he should wait until the department's bigwigs read author Joel Mowbray's book, "Dangerous Diplomacy," subtitled "How the State Department Threatens America's Security."</p> <p>Mr. Mowbray is the reporter and columnist who, when he was covering the State Department for National Review, had a penchant for asking tough questions and writing tougher stories, both of which made him few friends and more enemies among the department's upper echelons. In his book, thoroughly documented, he pulls no punches, names names and explores attitudes and actions that will outrage any reader who thinks the department should put the interests of America and American citizens first.</p>

As the new Iraqi government takes shape, there is growing agreement among many in the administration that the country is likely to become officially an Islamic republic when the new constitution is drafted in coming months, according to informed sources in Iraq and several administration officials. With the United Nations resolution resolved, attention will soon shift to drafting a constitution, which seems unlikely to include a provision declaring Iraq a secular democracy. Conversations with various officials reveal that civilian administrator Paul Bremer and State Department officials — 'who serve as his principal advisors — 'are not planning to push for...

<p>As the new post-Saddam Iraqi government takes shape, there is growing agreement among many in the administration that the country is likely to become officially an Islamic republic when the new constitution is drafted in coming months, according to informed sources in Iraq and several administration officials.</p>

This week on RadioFR: (all times Eastern) Tuesday, October 14 8pm Always Right with Chuck Muth     10pm On Fire! with Tom Adkins       Wednesday, October 15 8pm The Daly Report with Kay Daly Guest: Manuel Miranda, Senior Counsel to Majority Leader Bill Frist     Thursday, October 16 8pm The Doug from Upland Hour Guest: Joel Mowbray, author Dangerous Diplomacy     10pm Unspun with AnnaZ Guest: Victor Davis Hanson, author Mexifornia

WASHINGTON (AFP) Oct 13, 2003 Just days after being harshly criticized for on-air comments suggesting the US State Department be obliterated with nuclear weapons, prominent conservative televangelist Pat Robertson renewed his attack on Monday, calling for the agency to be "gutted." An apparently unrepentant Robertson did not retract his earlier comments -- although he allowed they had been "rather graphic" -- and maintained they had been intended to be lighthearted. The one-time Republican presidential hopeful also said he had mistakenly attributed the sentiment to columnist Joel Mowbray, author of a scathing critique of the State Department. "I was trying to...

PAT ROBERTSON ISSUES CORRECTION TO STATE DEPARTMENT ON TODAY’S EDITION OF “THE 700 CLUB”.VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., October 13, 2003-- PAT ROBERTSON: A couple of weeks ago I had guest on with me named Joel Mowbray. He’d written a book called Dangerous Diplomacy. It was so scathing about the State Department that I characterized it in rather graphic terms, and I want to issue a correction to the State Department. I mentioned the question of nuking the State Department. Mr. Mowbray did not use the term “nuke,” he said it should be gutted, and I think we ought to make that...

<p>Foggy Bottom's Friends Why is the State Department so cozy with the Saudis?</p> <p>The date was April 24, 2002. Standing on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, the cadre of FBI, Secret Service and Customs agents had just been informed by law-enforcement officials that there was a "snag" with Crown Prince Abdullah's oversized entourage, which was arriving with the prince for a visit to George W. Bush's Western White House in Crawford, Texas. The flight manifest of the eight-plane delegation accompanying the Saudi would-be king had a problem. Three problems, to be exact: One person on the list was wanted by U.S. law enforcement authorities, and two others were on a terrorist watch list.</p>