Obama administration’s Syrian engagement policy: ‘Fruitless ingratiation with despots, disregard for human rights, and predictable (horrible) results’
That’s the way Jennifer Rubin describes Barack Obama’s approach to foreign policy - and how Syria aligns with the Obami’s overall approach: “Syria Engagement, or How America Loses Its Soul”:
Elliott Abrams, former Deputy National Security Adviser, recounts the series of unilateral gestures and offerings that the Obami have served up to Syria - from [...]
The Lights Go Out on Chavez
There's an amusing video this week of the Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez in the midst of a televised attack on–who/what else?–George W. Bush when the lights go out. Chavez is plunged into darkness and, miraculously, ceases talking.
The spectacle reminds me of an incident in Havana in 2002 when I was listening to the president of [...]
Mugabe’s Super Sweet Sixteen
Reuters has an interesting story up on Robert Mugabe's birthday celebration, hosted by the new soft imperialists, communist China. Last year, the Zimbabwean dictator's 85th birthday was globally mocked as an embarrassing Marie Antoinette moment (one of many, really), as Mugabe spent a huge sum on a lavish party while his once prosperous population starved. Seems he learned his lesson this year, [...]
Death to the Dictator
The Iranian people are once again in what, at least to the outside world, seems just short of full-scale revolt. Some dramatic video out of Iran today, none more so than this violent four-minute clip showing a crowd of people cutting down three men that are being hanged in the street by some kind of [...]
Chavez Prepares for War on Colombia
He’s going through the motions at least. It’s doubtful that Chavez initiates a conflict with his better-armed neighbor while he’s still waiting for those big Russian arms shipments. Chalk this up next to the dictator’s long list of prior attention whoring: hosting of Russian supersonic bombers, his announced uranium sharing plan with Iran, and his [...]
Join the Senate and Don’t See the World
From the very day (June 28th, 2009) that José Manuel “Mel” Zelaya Rosales was impeached and removed from office by the Honduran supreme court and arrested by the military — the organization tasked with removing presidents under the Honduran constitution — the Barack H. Obama administration cast their lot with the so-called “Bolivarist.” Zelaya [...]
