Obama Rejects False Choice Between Due Process and Certain Outcome
Obama doesn’t accept that there are tensions between the security of the American people and the ideals of our democracy, so it’s not surprising that he would put the men behind the 9/11 attacks on trial in civilian courts and then guarantee the death penalty for the accused. But as the Los Angeles Times reports, [...]
False choice or false alternative?
President Obama said at a news conference today that he will “finish the job” in Afghanistan:
After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job.
Obama added that he plans to [...]
Nobel Laureate Knocked by Human Rights Groups
Eli Lake reports:
Human rights groups are beginning to question President Obama’s commitment to their issue as the administration engages authoritarian regimes, retains the option of sending terrorist suspects abroad to places where they might be tortured and puts off a presidential meeting with [fellow Nobel laureate and actual deity incarnate --.ed] the Dalai Lama….
Tom Malinowski, [...]
If you think the Obama magic is wearing off here. . .
A survey released on Friday shows that only 4 percent of Jewish Israelis believe President Obama’s policies are more pro-Israel than pro-Palestinian. 51 percent believe that his policies are more pro-Palestinian than pro-Israel. 35 percent believe Obama is neutral and 10 percent declined to express an opinion. No one, I hope, [...]
Criminally useful idiocy, Part Three — A farce within a tragedy
This Washington Post story by Glenn Kessler is sub-titled: “Obama seeks way to acknowledge protesters without alienating Ayatollah.” President Obama, we are told, has the U.S. walking “a fine line” between backing the protesters and staying on good terms with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the man Obama calls “the Supreme Leader.”
Obama’s confidence in [...]
Credit where credit isn’t due
Citing the present turmoil in Iran, David Ignatius argues that Barack Obama has shaken up the Muslim world to the point that the tide may be turning against jihad (link not yet available). Ignatius’ argument is built largely upon comments made to him by “U.S. intelligence officials.” It therefore stands mainly for the [...]
