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In 1981, Israel launched Operation Opera and directly saved millions of Israeli and Middle Eastern lives, while also making conditions far safer for Americans and for the western world. The task was clear and simple. Israel bombed Iraq's Osirak Nuclear Reactor and prevented Saddam Hussein from wreaking havoc in the Middle East. The strategy was reasonable and spoke to a reasonable era. Today's buffoonery is shameful and dangerous. The following is a possible solution and, at the very least, constitutes a sensible path. In 2006, those who opposed then President Bush yelled that he should have gone to war against...

I have long admired John McCain and wanted to like him as a presidential candidate. I've been rereading his remarkable memoir "Faith of My Fathers" in the hope that the time might come when I could pay tribute to his manifest gifts. I've reserved judgment on the relative merits of the three major Republican candidates. Never mind. Usually a presidential candidate waits at least to secure his party's nomination before he reaches beyond (sells out) his party's base. It seems to me that for those of us who have kept an open mind on Senator McCain, hoping that he might...

John McCain decreed yesterday that his immigration bill would be the law and that there would be no dissent. My new Townhall.com column deals with the extraordinary repulsiveness of such a stance, but in practical terms, the only way to respond is by contributing to a serious opponent of McCain, either Mayor Giuliani or Governor Romney. Or both. If you don't like being treated like a political serf, fund the opponent of the candidate who embodies contempt for the Republican base. To remind you of the law as laid down by Senator McCain, here is what he said: "We can...

Senate Deal Detonated Against The Constitution By Moderates By Kevin Fobbs May 25, 2005 The Senate deal worked out by 14 moderate Republican and Democratic senators may look official and sport an official sounding name -- "Memorandum of Understanding on Judicial Nominations" -- but America and the U.S. Constitution were hoodwinked. Yep, they pulled a quick one all right. We actually were able to see the Constitution being literally hijacked, yes, heisted right from under our very noses. Some in the Senate felt that the institution was dangling dangerously on the precipice, like Senator Robert Byrd -- absolutely the last...