Jan 20, 2009 – ’s bungling of the Iraq war in the first place. … For the bulk of two years, while the country was dealing with an ever-worsening war and a devastating natural disaster, Bush was the … thumping at the ballot box.…

Jan 16, 2009 – Candidate Obama repeatedly described Afghanistan as "the central front in the war on terror." … First, we're not at war against the Taliban or al-Qaida or Jemaah Islamiyah or Hamas or Hezbollah or any other group, no matter what … Our fight is against radical Islam, which declared an unprovoked war against us -- just like the ideological struggle we waged against…

Jan 13, 2009 – The war Wilson led us into "to make the world safe for democracy" gave us Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and 70 years of the most barbaric … Sixteen days into the Gaza war, with the Palestinian dead and wounded near 5,000, and a humanitarian catastrophe at hand, has our " … Working-class Americans pay the price of the idealism around the dinner table at the Crawford ranch.…

Jan 12, 2009 – BUSH: And one common area that at least the four of us -- we all had different circumstances and experiences, but one thing is we've … And we believe that the best way to ensure that there is a sustainable cease-fire is to work with Egypt to stop the smuggling of arms … The real challenge is to be in a position to deal with the unexpected.…

Jan 28, 2009 – In the interview, he demonstrated with the utmost clarity that his understanding is inversely proportional to his arrogance. … He pledged to talk with Iran -- on the same day that Iran’s government spokesman branded the Holocaust “a big lie.” … Your job is not to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world harbors us no ill will. That is their job.…

Jan 28, 2009 – First, there is Obama the Environmentalist. … Then there is Obama the Man of Peace. He is less worried about sending oil money to the Middle East than sending bad vibes. … "And what I've said, and I think Hillary Clinton has expressed this in her confirmation, is that if we are looking at the region as…

Feb 6, 2009 – The administration has made it clear that they intend to cut defense spending -- even though we are at war -- despite the job losses … The green-eyeshade gang at the CBO also pointed out that $2.1 billion could be "saved" by increasing health care charges for the dependents … In an increasingly dangerous world, in the midst of a war and serious global economic woes, this kind of thinking is lunacy.…

Feb 4, 2009 – MM: My question is, why then do you have more confidence in agreements with Hamas, given the fact that, by any standard, Hamas is … I first stopped at Sderot with my wife and saw the missiles coming in—and I condemned the firing of those missiles as terrorism. … There’s also a timeless, eternal quality to the nature of the ongoing struggle—which is, at its heart, a conflict between life and…

Feb 19, 2009 – The buzzword on Afghanistan is "trust." … The president's top military adviser explained the policy this way: "We have learned, after seven years of war, that trust is the coin … I am not suggesting that the U.S. remove itself from a "war footing" because we are still in a war, however ill-defined, that is by…

Feb 13, 2009 – That’s the US treasury. … So now Biden is just the annoying crazy guy yelling at the coaster as it hurtles towards the big plunge. … Biden said the Obama administration wants to “press the reset button” with Russia, even as they help Iran complete their nuclear bomb…

Feb 10, 2009 – The new administration is entitled to pursue whatever foreign policy they think best in the next four years (God help us). … The United States, along with the other nations, has been following a 'dual track strategy' with Iran, which includes tightening sanctions … What they have never seemed to appreciate is that diplomacy without the threat of force is as effective as a watchdog with a muzzle…

Feb 27, 2009 – is seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon and constitutes the gravest threat to our existence since the war of independence." … Mohamed El-Baradei, head of the IAEA, believes this is a signal that Tehran wishes to negotiate with the United States, but without … But that is no threat to us to justify war.…

Feb 26, 2009 – And proactive on the economy -- at last. Is this a great country, or what? … It is of course a great country -- the best ever. The question is whether, with this bunch, it can remain so. … Only ramping up for World War II pulled us out of the Great Depression.…

Feb 24, 2009 – One of the many symptoms of this decay from within is that we are preoccupied with the pay of corporate executives while the leading … charge of Iran or the fanatics in charge of the international terrorist organizations that Iran supplies. … In the World War II naval battle of Midway, if things had not happened just the way they did, at just the time they did, the American…

Feb 20, 2009 – The message is clear. … And for emphasis, after the roundhouse hook, came the poke in the eye. A U.S. women's badminton team had been invited to Iran. … On Feb. 4, Tehran denied the team entry into Iran.…

Mar 17, 2009 – people is high among the reasons America is no longer seen as a beacon of liberation in the Arab and Muslim world. … The foreign country is Israel; the political faction Likud. … Nor did Freeman shrink at naming the source of the noxious campaign of slander against him.…

Mar 12, 2009 – Here’s what happened in recent days to change the game and make us closer to a cataclysmic confrontation with dire consequences for … The situation is hair-triggered as Israel and Iran both contemplate pre-emptive action. … the indispensable Ras Tanura gulf oil terminal and the Saudi oil facility at Abqaiq.…

Mar 31, 2009 – …”” The second excerpt is from much later in the novel and is a conversation that takes place at the White House between the former … the sick notion that all that is wrong with the world is the fault of the United States, and that our way of life is the enemy, then … India is preparing for an all out nuclear war with Pakistan, and Iran, even after a joint attack years ago from Israel and the United…

Mar 30, 2009 – me of the Bush Is Hitler crowd on the left. … He is not the anti-Christ, although a disturbing number of people on the right are convinced he is. … that the American system, the one the Founders created, is still in place.…

Mar 23, 2009 – According to this logic, the various steps Barack Obama is taking with respect to the armed forces, the foreign battlefields in which … Consider some illustrative examples: The Obama administration is cutting the defense budget by 10%. … The President is on a path to denuclearizing the United States by refusing to modernize the arsenal or even to fund fully the steps…

Apr 5, 2009 – These days the war on terror is over as a nomenclature as if changing terminology can change reality. … Is anyone noticing that President Obama is much more comfortable talking about his bona fides with the Islamic world as someone who … with infidels (read: “We the People”).…

Apr 20, 2009 – is also concerned about the impact that oil revenues have on freedom abroad and security at home. … It may sound strange to say that the gasoline we consume on a daily basis is funding terrorism and increasing the cost of the war on … Doing so will be a long process, but the current recession presents us with a golden opportunity.…

Apr 17, 2009 – The result would be a "man-caused disaster," and what could the SEALs have done with that? … His new strategy for dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat is to dispense with the reasonable precondition that Iran shut down its … A strategy of "sensitivity" when the stakes are so high, whether with pirates on land or pirates at sea, is, to say the least, "inappropriate…

Apr 16, 2009 – Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on Afghanistan: "This is a long fight, and I think we're in it until we are successful along with the … dioxide is neither polluting nor warming the planet: "Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. … far left, better than the cadres in MoveOn.Org, is no extremist.…

Apr 14, 2009 – Payne was headed home, having dispensed his cogent advice at the end of a visit with Somali leaders of one kind or another concerning … So also Russia, with its aggressive attitudes toward the United States on practically everything, including the war on terror. … Depend on the bureaucracy to come up with language that leaves everyone in doubt as to whether America is contending with people who…