Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
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Biden: Stiffing the "Refuseniks" |
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
5:23 PM |
Over at FrontPage Magazine, Vladimir Bukovsky (a former leading Soviet dissident who spent twelve years in Soviet prisons, labor camps and psychiatric hospitals) and Pavel Stroilov (a Russian exile in London) make available secret documents pertaining to Joe Biden's trip to the USSR in 1979.
The then-deputy head of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee (the organization formerly known as the Comintern) wrote a report about a meeting with Joe Biden and Richard Lugar. The official noted that the senators had passed along some letters from refuseniks (that is, Soviet Jews who were refused permission to leave the USSR for Israel on a variety of trumped-up pretexts). The Comintern official then stated flatly in the report:
[T]hey absolutely do not care for the fate of most so-called dissidents.
In contrast, President Reagan did care about the refuseniks -- a lot -- and made their plight an issue during his 1988 trip to the USSR.
Just one more Obama-Biden story the MSM conveniently overlooks.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008 |
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Yet Something Else Barack "Doesn't Understand" |
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
12:06 AM |
Barack Obama tonight:
[C]ountries like Russia and China that are, I think Senator McCain would agree, not democracies, but have extensive trade with Iran but potentially have an interest in making sure Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon. (emphasis added).
From a news account today:
Putin made the nuclear offer after Russia this week delayed talks with the United States and other powers on fears Iran is developing nuclear weapons, concerns critics say have been exacerbated by civilian nuclear technology provided by Moscow. (emphasis added).
If Russia has an interest in preventing Iran from having nukes, it's obviously news . . . to Russia.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
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No "Understanding" Here |
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
11:48 AM |
Over at National Review, Seth Leibsohn discusses the campaign of censorship being led by Keith Olbermann and others to marginalize Obsession, a documentary discussing the uses of Islamofascist propaganda in the Middle East, recruitment of suicide bombers, and the methods and roots of terrorism. The documentary includes an ideologically wide range of experts, from Alan Dershowitz to Daniel Pipes.
The left continues to tell us that they want "understanding" of our adversaries in the war on terror. Perhaps, like Barack (who characterized 9/11 as a "failure of empathy") it's not "understanding" they want of our enemies. It's sympathy for them.
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Monday, September 15, 2008 |
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Stalling the Troops' withdrawal? |
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
3:51 PM |
The Drudge Report has now linked to the piece I discussed this morning here, about Barack's alleged attempts to stall an agreement for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
If the MSM could pause a moment from bashing Sarah Palin and her family, and wringing its collective hands about the economy, perhaps someone could take the time to ask him about this?
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Monday, September 15, 2008 |
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Saying One Thing, Doing Another |
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
9:48 AM |
According to this piece by Amir Taheri in The New York Post, Barack privately tried to prevail on the Iraqis to delay any agreement about withdrawing American troops -- even as he publicly called for that same withdrawal.
The reason is obvious, isn't it? After all, it's much more difficult to stoke widespread anger and discontent about our troops serving in Iraq if the successful end of that service is somehow in sight. If troops can come home because the mission has worked, it also makes it much harder to argue that the surge failed -- as Barack had predicted.
Even so, it's revealing of his character that he'd try to demand a delay in troop withdrawal agreements for his own political benefit. What's more, his latest proposed withdrawal date, 2010, would be impossible to meet if agreements were delayed as he requested.
But what does he care? He'd be President by then . . . or not.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 |
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We Will Never Forget |
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Posted by:
John Campbell at
11:56 AM |
I know most of you will never forget where you were on September 11, 2001. I know I certainly won’t. That day has been permanently ingrained in the minds of Americans. The attacks still resonate in the hearts and minds of Americans. But when we remember the 7th anniversary of that fateful day, I hope you take a moment to remember all those who were lost that day. Also take a moment to think of our sailors, soldiers, Coast Guardsmen, airmen, firefighters, police offices, and other first responders who have sacrificed themselves in the defense and preservation of our nation and freedom. This always reminds us of the importance of defending the Homeland and ensuring that terrorism will never strike on American soil again.
God Bless.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
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Virtual Patriotism by David Bellavia |
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Posted by:
Vets For Freedom at
12:58 PM |
Denver — Having the opportunity to sit courtside at the Democratic National Convention the past few days has afforded me many opportunities to examine what is wrong with our national dialogue over the war.
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Monday, August 25, 2008 |
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Loving the Troops, Hating Their Mission by Pete Hegseth |
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Posted by:
Vets For Freedom at
8:07 AM |
Denver — Yesterday, I once again watched Speaker Nancy Pelosi stubbornly deny the success of the surge. Under questioning from Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press, Pelosi insisted that — despite dramatic improvements on the ground — the surge has not been successful because “the Iraqi government has not stepped up to the plate. . . . ” Her opposition, in the interview and elsewhere, is built on naming three pieces of stalled Iraqi legislation. (Hmm, can you name three pieces of stalled U.S. legislation?)
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Sunday, August 24, 2008 |
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Chalk Up Two For McCain |
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
10:45 PM |
Barack can put Joe Biden on the ticket, but it's not going to change the fact that his inexperience when it comes to foreign policy, coupled with his lefty "blame America first" impulses, render his judgment significantly less than trustworthy.
First, he thought we had lost the Iraq war and should withdraw immediately with our tail between our legs. John McCain supported the surge that has resulted in success.
Now we're faced with another foreign policy challenge centering around Russia's emerging aggression within the old Soviet Union and new diplomatic overtures to Iran. Even before the invasion, it seems that Barack completely misread what the Russians were about. Check out this July 12, 2008 piece from Reuters:
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes excluding Russia from the Group of Eight industrial nations, as suggested by Republican rival John McCain, saying Moscow's cooperation was needed in the fight against nuclear proliferation.
"It would be a mistake . . . Look, if we're going to do something about nuclear proliferation, just to take one issue that I think is as important as any on the list, we've got to have Russia involved," the Illinois senator said.
Hm. His emphasis on the outstretched hand of friendship to Moscow seems a little, shall we say, outdated in light of the August 8 Russian invasion of Georgia, doesn't it? Anyone here think that Putin & Co. is interested in good faith work to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons -- and to prevent Iran from obtaining nukes, given their new diplomatic closeness?
Is this really a time for a newbie Commander-in-Chief?
Chalk up another one for McCain.
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Friday, August 22, 2008 |
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Security Scene by Erik Swabb |
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Posted by:
Vets For Freedom at
7:45 AM |
Baghdad, Iraq — It was easy to be skeptical when Brig. Gen. Raheem, a Shia police chief in Baghdad, declared that his district was welcoming back Sunnis driven from their homes during the previous sectarian strife. Reconciliation between Sunnis and Shias in Iraq was supposedly nonexistent. When I pointed out to the general that it seemed easier to maintain security in one-sect districts, he dismissed the suggestion. If the original residents again lived in the neighborhood, he explained, they could identify any strangers and terrorists entering the area.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |
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For Iran, Even Mentioning Friendship is "Unforgivable" |
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Posted by:
Michael Medved at
8:09 PM |
A hopeful signal from an Iranian official produced an enraged response from the nation’s parliament that shows the true nature of that regime. Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Vice President for Tourism, gave a speech in which he declared “we are a friend of all people in the world, even Israelis and Americans.” Parliament then voted by an overwhelming margin to denounce these words as “an unforgivable mistake” and to demand that President Ahmadinejad dismiss the tourism chief immediately—even though that official is related to the President by marriage, with his daughter having married Ahmadinejad’s son. Of Parliament’s 290 members, 200 signed the statement declaring it “unforgivable” to even discuss friendship with Israelis or Americans. This should serve as a powerful lesson to those who believe that our problems with Iran can be readily solved with more negotiation.
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