February 2009

Foreign Policy as Magical Thinking

by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPageMagazine.com President Obama’s foreign policy team is built around one key idea: the neglect of diplomacy by President Bush’s “cowboy” unilateralism has damaged American prestige, alienated our allies, and worsened our problems abroad, particularly with the Islamic jihadists. Share This

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More on the New Horizon

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Such a Strange Malady A strange thing, this Obama worship (cf. the New York Times op-ed on Sunday where the columnist imagined having sexual relations with Obama) and Bush hatred (cf. the Will Farrell Broadway show trashing Bush, and showing images of his purported penis). Share This

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Been There, Done That: Policy in the Middle East

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services With much fanfare, President Barack Obama announced a new effort to end the endless Israeli-Palestinian struggle — by naming a brand-new Middle East envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell. Share This

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The Apocalyptic Style

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner The Problem Following the speaker’s prediction of 500 million jobs lost a month, Secretary of Energy Chu now warns there will be no more vineyards in California soon, indeed, no more agriculture at all as we know it. Share This

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Unwarranted Self-Abasement

by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPageMagazine.com George Bush’s vigorous defense of our national security and vocal pride in our values and goodness went a long way to getting rid of the “kick me” sign liberal America has hung on our collective back. Share This

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Hope He Can Change

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media An Obamaplosion I get loads of quasi-hate mail about questioning Obama’s candidacy and governance. But I am worried, not about Obama, or the politics of governance, but about the nation itself. Share This

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Suicidal Appeasement

by Bruce S. Thornton FrontPageMagazine.com One of the most potent weapons in the jihadist arsenal is the failure of nerve that has afflicted the West for the last forty years. Share This

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It Isn’t Easy Being a Saint

by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media All of you readers have had this odd experience. Just remember a bit. Share This

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Time to Beam Down to Earth

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Last week the United States got lucky again and took out several suspected terrorists by Predator drone attacks over Pakistan. Anti-war critics prior to Jan. 20 used to decry “collateral damage” from such controversial strikes. Share This

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