Former Defense Policy Board Chairman and Bush adviser Richard Perle…said the Bush administration was beginning to appease rather than confront America’s enemies.
In a recent post, I wrote that everything we think we know about the war on terror and the war on drugs is turned on its head in Kosovo. Here is some elaboration, from Defense & Foreign Affairs editor Gregory Copley’s presentation for a September panel in D.C., put together by the American Council for Kosovo:
Yesterday in northern Lebanon, a group named Fatah al Islam conducted several attacks against the Lebanese Army killing (up to) 25 soldiers and losing (up to) 15 members in addition to civilian casualties. The fighting is still raging at this hour. This security development, which could be happening in many other spots in the troubled Middle East, from Iraq to Gaza, and from Somalia to Afghanistan, has however a special dimension. It signals in fact the opening of a new front in the War with al Qaeda’s Terror: Lebanon. Here are the reasons
I feel sorry for Jimmy Carter. He is probably a nice guy in real life. He may know his peanuts but if you get him on any subject a little more substantial than that you can see the uncanny resemblance to his brother, Billy.
Something monumentally important and hopeful is happening in Turkey. Since 9/11 we have been asking, where are the Muslim moderates? All too often the answer is manning the barricades for the extremists. No more. In Turkey they march, organize and march some more. How come?
I have a million things going on right now, so I’m sorry that I can’t give the immigration deal the full attention that it deserves. However, one thing that definitely jumps out: Fairly or unfairly, this agreement likely drives the final stake through the heart of John McCain’s presidential campaign.
With U.S. gas prices at record highs–and the peak summer driving season upon us–most Americans still think we get the bulk of our imported oil from the sands of the Middle East.
Apparently a lot of Americans don’t know when they’re being profoundly insulted. Perhaps it’s because their fellow Americans, led by the president of the United States and Congress, are the ones doing the insulting. Unfortunately, the insulters may be right.
Jimmy Carter calls President Bush’s international relations “the worst in history.” The White House fires back, calling Carter “increasingly irrelevant.” Perhaps. But as you can see in this photo of an Amman bookshop window display featuring Jimmy Carter’s new book and Adolf Hitler’s old book, some still find the former president sufficiently relevant.
When the Alibris.com used book site came online a few years back, I set about ordering books that I fondly remembered from my youth. Among the first was Air War Against Hitler’s Germany by Stephen Spears, published by the American Heritage Junior Library.From the dramatic cover painting — a landscape viewed from the position of a B-17 waist gunner, the most dangerous spot on a Flying Fortress — the book was one vast thrill that still causes my knee to jiggle just thinking about it — just thinking about that star-crossed raid to hit the ball-bearing plant at Schweinfurt.
Not being as slick as the telegenic Mitt Romney, Rudy has figured out that finessing, fudging, or otherwise obfuscating his liberal positions on abortion, gun control and other issues is a losing strategy for him. His challenge now is to persuade conservatives who judge candidates on single make-or-break issues to focus instead on his track record of competence.
