Dec 14 2009

Barack Obama says sending more troops of Afghanistan was ‘hardest … - Daily Telegraph

The newly-crowned Nobel laureate told CBS that the experience of attending ceremonies for fallen soldiers returning home in coffins or visiting scarred veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had deeply marked him. “There is nothing more …
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Oct 18 2009

Have You Stopped Beating Your Climate Science Yet?

I always love it when the “sophisticated” side of the aisle demands an immediate “yes or no” answer to a complex, multifaceted question; and when the Right can’t give it and won’t fake it, the Left brays that we’re dodging the question!
I stumbled across this crock of globaloney that occurred in the Virginia governor’s race, [...]

Oct 17 2009

Major New Appeasement Initiative Set for Monday

Credit to the Washington Post, which reports this story with all the context necessary to demonstrate how truly cynical and pathetic this Nobel laureate-led administration is on the issue of human rights:

After lengthy debate, the Obama administration has settled on a policy toward Sudan that offers a dramatically softer approach than the president had advocated [...]

Oct 15 2009

Human Rights Groups Unhappy With Nobel Laureate’s Sudan Appeasement

The Washington Post reports:

Human rights groups and lawmakers are ratcheting up pressure on the Obama administration this week over its approach to ending violence in Sudan, saying the White House and the State Department are treading too cautiously in dealing with the government in Khartoum.
A coalition of U.S.-based advocates focused on the Darfur region — [...]

Sep 21 2009

Webb Goes on the Record on Burma

Josh Rogin sat down with Senator Jim Webb last week and tried to get some answers on Burma. According to Webb, everything that’s been written about his botched Burma diplomacy is wrong, a lie, a distortion, or a misunderstanding. But there is one incontrovertible fact: Webb’s meddling has gotten him at odds with Burma’s democratic [...]

Sep 16 2009

Obama Appeasement of the Day: No Meet for Dalai Lama

In April, China warned President Obama not to meet with Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader of Tibet.
Of course, dictating who a foreign leader can meet would usually be considred interfering in a soveraign country’s internal affairs — something the Communist leadership in Beijing vociferously opposes. Bejing’s double standards [...]