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NATO defense ministers have thrown their support behind General McChrystal's plan for Afghanisant, in an implicit snub of Joe Biden's alternative.
So now, does the Administration "go it alone" -- or do they listen to our allies?
All this, coupled with Obama's mishandling of the leaders of both Great Britian and France, means it's getting harder and harder for the President to claim that he's the one who's restoring solid relationships between America and her allies, isn't it? Let's hope he's not deliberately mistreating our long-time allies in order to curry favor with and present himself as the face of "change"...
So now, does the Administration "go it alone" -- or do they listen to our allies?
All this, coupled with Obama's mishandling of the leaders of both Great Britian and France, means it's getting harder and harder for the President to claim that he's the one who's restoring solid relationships between America and her allies, isn't it? Let's hope he's not deliberately mistreating our long-time allies in order to curry favor with and present himself as the face of "change"...
NATO vs. the Biden "Plan"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034574.html
Despite the tense rift between Republican and Democratic Jews over the course of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, exit polls on Tuesday showed that Barack Obama received about 77 percent of the Jewish vote.
These numbers were higher even than the 2004 election, when Democratic candidate John Kerry received 74 percent of the Jewish vote. Al Gore received the highest percentage of Jewish votes in 2000, with 79 percent.
Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of the J Street lobby group on Tuesday called Obama's victory a sign that the...