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Breitbart News: Is the current US strategy implemented by the Obama administration sufficient in containing the Islamic State? West: No. We have no strategy toward the Islamists. Not in regard to the air, and not regarding anything else. We are drifting. Breitbart News: Is the Islamic State the chief threat to US national security interests today? West: We have four threats. The foremost threat is the fecklessness of our commander-in chief, who has allowed the other threats to fester and become worse. The second threat is Russia, with its arrogance upsetting the balance in eastern Europe. The Middle East is...

Russian takeover of the Crimea, as well as many of our problems in the Middle East, was funded by high oil prices. Since there is no military solution to the Crimea conflict, President Obama should look closely at the successful pages of the Reagan playbook. Before the Reagan and Gorbachev Summits could begin, Reagan needed to rebuild our defenses to bring the Soviets back to the bargaining table. The Kremlin was pressured to end the Cold War on America’s terms because of President Reagan’s policies of supporting the mujahedeen in Afghanistan, deploying Pershing cruise missiles in Western Europe (to counter...

Today would have been Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday. A lot of folks are taking the opportunity to talk about our 40th president, his life, and his legacy. And one of those reminiscences got me thinking. Last week, I heard Michael Reagan being interviewed by Jim Bohannon. And one thing Michael said that really struck me was about how many people are quoting Reagan, citing Reagan as their role model, and endless variations of "WWRRD?" That, according to Michael, is very un-Reagan. Ronald Reagan didn't talk about the legacy of Goldwater or other prior conservatives. Reagan didn't litmus-test his ideas against...

and the movie is also a virtual love letter to Ronald Reagan. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr., whose performance seems meant to school Christian Bale in the art of playing things loose) finds himself in trouble with a weaselly senator (Garry Shandling). The lawmaker accuses Stark, who has been boasting to the world of his ability to keep the peace, of purposely developing an offensive weapon that he misleadingly calls a defensive weapon. That this is exactly the argument liberals (and the Soviets) used to excoriate Ronald Reagan and his SDI plan is delicious — but it gets better. As...

Once a separate nation, Texas has recently been behaving more like an independent economic republic than a regular state. While it hasn't been immune to the problems plaguing the nation, the Texas housing market, employment rate, and overall economic growth are relatively strong. Chalk some of this up to accidents of geology and geography. But Texan prosperity also reflects the conscious efforts of a once-parochial place to embrace globalization. On several measures of economic stress, Texas is doing quite well. The state unemployment rate is 8.2 percent—high, but still one many states would envy. (California's is 12.5 percent; Michigan's is...

Hunter warns Columbia University Cancel Invitation to Iranian President September 22, 2007 Mackinac Island, MI...Congressman Duncan Hunter issued a statement this morning from Mackinac Island directed to Columbia University. "To host the leader of Iran when he supports terrorists that are moving deadly roadside bombs across the Iraqi border to be used against American troops is a slap in the face for the entire 165,000 men and women in Iraq and to those that have served before them," said Hunter. "If President Lee Bollinger follows through with this hosting of the leader of Iran, I will move in Congress to...

What would President Reagan do? JACK KEMP - COPLEY NEWS SERVICE May 2, 2007 As the Republican candidates all gather at the Reagan Library for their first debate of the presidential campaign, what follows is my advice on “what would Ronald Reagan do?” I'll start with the economy and follow later with foreign policy. In giving thought to what Reagan would do about tax and budget policy, we must never forget the times in which he led our nation. When he was first sworn in in 1981, Reagan faced a divided government, an economy in deep recession with rising prices...

Rudy Giuliani's interview on Hannity and Colmes, 2/6/2007 HANNITY: Generally speaking do you think it's acceptable if citizens have the right to carry a handgun? GIULIANI: It's part of the constitution. People have the right to bear arms. Then restrictions have to be reasonable and sensible. You can't just remove that right. You got to regulate consistent with the second amendment If there is a terror attack involving guns on US soil during the tenure of a President Rudolph Giuliani, will President Giuliani adhere to the sentiments about the right to bear arms that he expressed recently during his Hannity...

"Referendum C opponent Jon Caldara today had an employee hand-deliver a red rubber bracelet stamped "What would Reagan do?" to Gov. Bill Owens’ office. "

Perhaps President Bush has inadvertently nominated a true conservative to the court with this Roberts fellow. I remain skeptical based on the following facts: Anita Hill has not stepped forward to accuse Roberts of sexual harassment. The Democrats did not accuse Roberts of having a secret life as a racist. We have no idea what kind of videos he rents. Also, I'm still steamed that Bush has now dashed my dreams of an all-black Supreme Court composed of eight more Clarence Thomases. Incidentally, eight more Clarence Thomases is the only form of human cloning I would ever support. As liberal...

Perhaps President Bush has inadvertently nominated a true conservative to the court with this Roberts fellow. I remain skeptical based on the following facts: Anita Hill has not stepped forward to accuse Roberts of sexual harassment. The Democrats did not accuse Roberts of having a secret life as a racist. We have no idea what kind of videos he rents. Also, I'm still steamed that Bush has now dashed my dreams of an all-black Supreme Court composed of eight more Clarence Thomases. Incidentally, eight more Clarence Thomases is the only form of human cloning I would ever support. As liberal...