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...In the meantime, long standing US allies in the region have announced that they are supporting Egypt in its struggle against Morsi’s violent Muslim Brotherhood. Israel, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia have pledged support against the violence against the temporary administration in Egypt, even as the United States withdraws support under direction of the Obama Administration, and Senate Democrats....

To embrace the Muslim Brotherhood is to endorse a direct descendant of the Nazi Party. As the military (with the support of secular groups that don’t want an Islamist state) battles the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Americans argue over how to react, we should look back at history to understand why we should support the military as the lesser of two evils and hope for its success. Those who know the history of the Muslim Brotherhood and see the murderous attacks it has launched on the homes, businesses, schools, and churches of Coptic Christians, who represent about 10 percent...

Normally I would recap yesterday’s presser for you, butt in this case, the Daily Mail did it for me: Presidential media cattle call includes questions on Obamacare, national security, immigration, terrorism and the Winter Olympics While 'core al-Qaeda' is decimated, he claimed, offshoot groups 'can drive a truck into an embassy wall, and kill some people' 'There's always been some tension' between Washington and Moscow, Obama explained, promising to 'calibrate the relationship' 'I'm comfortable that the program is not being abused,' he said of the NSA surveillance that has put his White House on defense The East Room press conference...

WikiLeaks founder: Obama surveillance changes vindicate Edward Snowden By Keith Laing - 08/10/13 10:40 AM ET The founder of the WikiLeaks website said on Saturday that President Obama’s announcement of changes to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program this week vindicated Edward Snowden’s release of information about the program. “Today the President of the United States validated Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America’s global surveillance program,” WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange said in a statement. “But rather than thank Edward Snowden, the president laughably attempted to criticize him while claiming that there was a...