Tag Archives: Russia

P.J. O’Rourke: Dear Mr. President, Zero-Sum Doesn’t Add Up

Posted on December 28th, 2012

  Is life like a pizza, where if some people have too many slices, other people have to eat the pizza box?   By P.J. O’ROURKE Given that hypocrisy is an important part of diplomacy, and diplomacy is necessary to foreign policy, allow me to congratulate you on winning a second term. I wish I [...]

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The Obama Doctrine: Leading from Behind

Posted on May 1st, 2011

A foreign policy of hesitation, delay, and indecision.  Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president’s actions in Libya as “leading from behind.”  — Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker, May 2 issue To be precise, leading from behind is a style, not a doctrine. Doctrines involve ideas, [...]

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Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant

Posted on August 20th, 2010

Source: Reuters * Bushehr plant to be loaded with fuel Saturday   * Most experts say does not add to arms proliferation risk * Iran insists it has right to enrich uranium By Robin Pomeroy TEHRAN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Iran’s first nuclear power station will be loaded with fuel on Saturday, a showcase for [...]

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Daschle accuses Romney of flirting with ‘nuclear anarchy’

Posted on July 20th, 2010

Ex-Sen. Tom Dascle delivered a speech at the uber-leftie Center for American Progress recently where he accused Mitt Romney of advocating policies that would result in “nuclear anarchy.” Really? What would need to change for that to happen? Last time I checked that’s what we already have. Iran’s program to “generate electricity” from it’s nuclear [...]

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Crisis Deepens; Chaos Grips Greece

Posted on May 6th, 2010

ATHENS—Greece’s fiscal crisis took a new turn to violence Wednesday when three people died in a firebomb attack amid a paralyzing national strike, while governments from Spain to the U.S. took steps to prevent the widening financial damage from hitting their own economies. U.S. Treasury officials have been quietly urging their European and International Monetary [...]

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America and Brittania: The Special Relationship Endures

Posted on April 3rd, 2010

Charles Krauthammer has his usual excellent article in the NRO in which he talks about Obama’s slight of one of our most reliable allies in the world, Great Britain. This “island race of people” as Winston Churchill used to refer to them, has been our ally in both World Wars and through other regional brush [...]

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Putin: Russia to Build New Strategic Bomber

Posted on March 1st, 2010

MOSCOW (AP) – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia will build a new strategic bomber, a move that comes as the nation tries to upgrade its aging military arsenal. Putin said in televised remarks that work on the bomber must follow the development of a prospective stealth fighter, which made its maiden flight [...]

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Calvin Woodward of AP Debunks #SOTU

Posted on January 28th, 2010

Calvin Woodward the chief AP  debunker has gone over Obama’s claims during last night’s State of The Union address. By CALVIN WOODWARD WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama told Americans the bipartisan deficit commission he will appoint won’t just be “one of those Washington gimmicks.” Left unspoken in that assurance was the fact that the commission won’t [...]

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Our 2009 Chickens and Their 2010 Roost–By: Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on January 1st, 2010

Although 2009 was a very good year for me and my family, it was a miserable year for many people I know and for many Americans I will never meet. So, while I have much to be grateful for, it saddens me to see how much the country has suffered this past year. But even [...]

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Obama raced clock, chaos, comedy for climate deal

Posted on December 20th, 2009

Here is a story from the Associated Press that is being carried by breitbart.com. It is both fascinating and worrisome. I have been saying for months, both in my commentary on this blog, as well as on our podcasts, that when our enemies abroad get the sense that an American President is weak, they move [...]

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