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 case of Rashad Hussain
Watching the speech given by Obama national security adviser John Brennan at the NYU Islamic Center this past weekend, one is struck by the extent of his abasement before his audience. Brennan’s speech is full of the apologetics, false equivalences and straw men that we have come to expect from the Obama administration in [...]
Sen. Sessions: John Brennan has "Confused Reality"
In a USA Today op-ed this week, assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser John Brennan wrote that "politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda." He's referring to the bipartisan criticism of the administration's decision to Mirandize the Christmas Day bomber rather than detain Abdulmutallab as an enemy [...]
Video: Jeff Sessions (R-AL) blasts Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan for USA Today op-ed
Perhaps ‘ripping him a new one’ might be a better description.
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The downside of Barack Obama
In his interview with Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday yesterday, Obama administration Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan defended the administration’s treatment of Umar Abdulmutallab as a criminal defendant rather than an enemy combatant. The questions culminated in this exchange:
WALLACE: Just briefly, what’s the downside of treating him as an enemy combatant?
BRENNAN: There’s [...]
John Brennan’s disgraceful performance
Scott and John have already eviscerated the dreadful performance of Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan on FOX News Sunday. Before his appearance, the Washington Post had reported that “the normally reclusive Brennan is scheduled to appear on several Sunday TV talk shows.” We now have a pretty good idea of why [...]
