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Barack Obama: Gaffe Machine
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2008/05/21/barack_obama_gaffe_machine
– troubling set of gaffes of them all, Obama told a Portland crowd over the weekend that Iran doesn't "pose a serious threat to us" … -- cluelessly arguing that "tiny countries" with small defense budgets can't do us harm -- and then promptly flip-flopped the next … day, claiming, "I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave."…
The Gates Doctrine
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2008/05/21/the_gates_doctrine
with Iran. … There have been at least three practical outcomes of the nicely rhymed Gates Doctrine -- "the war we are in ... is the war we must … "The human terrain," says my source, "is the decisive terrain, and Gates gets it."…
Adhering to the Principles that Keep America Prosperous & Free
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/fredthompson/2008/06/08/adhering_to_the_principles_that_keep_america_prosperous__free
The second thing that is clear is that the American people see the need for strong, experienced leadership in dealing with matters … is the key to our safety. … How they came up with a Constitution that was the envy of the world and still is.…
Adhering to the Principles that Keep America Prosperous & Free
https://townhall.com/columnists/fredthompson/2008/06/08/adhering_to_the_principles_that_keep_america_prosperous__free
The second thing that is clear is that the American people see the need for strong, experienced leadership in dealing with matters … Look at the world today. … How they came up with a Constitution that was the envy of the world and still is.…
Obama and McCain
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2008/06/05/obama_and_mccain
– While all sorts of gushing is going on in the media, and posturing is going on in politics, the biggest national sponsor of terrorism … in the world-- Iran-- is moving step by step toward building a nuclear bomb. … party candidate to show our displeasure-- at the cost of putting someone in the White House who is not up to the job.…
Rockets Illuminate Three-Way Choice For Embattled States
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2008/06/04/rockets_illuminate_three-way_choice_for_embattled_states
– off-the-cuff agreement to the idea of face-to-face meetings in the first year of his presidency with leaders of Iran, Syria, North … in the name of the Palestinian people, and yet he’s perfectly willing to sit down with Ahmadinejad of Iran, who doesn’t recognize … President Reagan at the height of the Cold War.…
Why I'm Voting Democrat
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2008/06/18/why_im_voting_democrat
– A new video on YouTube is taking the Internet by storm. … We're going to reinstitute the draft, start a war with Canada and then relocate African-Americans to Quebec. … I'm voting Democrat because I believe that the best strategy in war is defeat.…
2010: Our Year of Decision
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2010/01/07/2010_our_year_of_decision
– rallied at the sea battle of Salamis and saved the West. … The Soviet Union fought Japan in a border war -- during which it signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact with Hitler's Germany … In 2009, the United States gave Iran at least four deadlines to stop its nuclear program. All were ignored.…
Obama and the Axis of Weasels
https://townhall.com/columnists/christophermerola/2010/01/06/obama_and_the_axis_of_weasels
– It is worth noting that Carter was one of the worst presidents in our history and is to blame for undermining the Shah of Iran, which … Iran now threatens the world with the development of its own nuclear weapons. … Does it ever dawn on them that the worst thing that can happen to the globe and the environment is a nuclear war?…
Who Needs Energy Independence?
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2010/01/20/who_needs_energy_independence
– Al Gore says, "The future of human civilization is at stake." But I need the gas. I need to drive. … Do they threaten us? Venezuela or Iran might, but they need the oil money. … The free market is the way to go.…
The First Year: A Near Total Disaster
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2010/01/18/the_first_year__a_near_total_disaster
– It is always difficult, but rarely has a President been so out of touch with the people of this nation. … For seven years after 9/11, the Bush Administration kept us safe, but now all hell is breaking loose. … Bush made a legitimate effort at the beginning of his term by negotiating with Ted Kennedy and other Democrats on important bills (…
Hillary Goes Weak-Kneed on Iran Sanctions
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/01/16/hillary_goes_weak-kneed_on_iran_sanctions
– But the impotence of sanctions that do not go for the jugular is obvious, and the abysmal record of targeted sanctions aimed at Iranian … The House of Representatives approved a resolution at the end of December that imposed sanctions against Iran, banning any company … The threat of a cutoff is the ultimate weapon, short of force, to be used in compelling Iran to abide by the resolutions of the international…
Obama's Alternative Foreign Policy Universe
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2010/01/15/obamas_alternative_foreign_policy_universe
– He's not trifling so much with the prosecution of war details, but addressing the root causes of the man-caused disaster that occurred … Even though he's convinced that we're not really at war -- and that the enemy we are not at war with does not comprise all Islamic … and sends us back to the Stone Age?…
Israel's Opening to China
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/01/11/israels_opening_to_china
– First, the UN-led system of global governance is working to redefine international law by on the one hand whitewashing war crimes … Unfortunately, it is hard to see how the IDF's efforts to convince the UN or the US that it upholds international law will make any … Over the past 15 years or so, Israel's expanding trade ties with China have been a source of friction with the US.…
Great Expectations
https://townhall.com/columnists/olivernorth/2010/01/29/great_expectations
The commander in chief apparently wants us to ignore that it's not love of country that's the problem. … Simply put, a warrior's ethos is incompatible with illicit, same-sex eros in the ranks. … that "homosexuality is incompatible with military service," holding that active gays in the ranks would pose "an unacceptable risk…
Palin Unloads on Obama, SOTU Address
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/01/28/palin_unloads_on_obama,_sotu_address
– A spending freeze is a nice idea, but it doesn’t address the root cause of the problem. … Despite speaking for an hour, the president only spent 10% of his speech on foreign policy, and he left us with many unanswered questions … True leaders lead best when confronted with the unexpected. But instead of leading us, the president lectured us.…
The Sun Also Flares
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2010/01/28/the_sun_also_flares
The EMP commission also reported that Iran - which is feverishly working to acquire nuclear weapons - has conducted tests in which … concerned exclusively with the EMP challenge. … How likely is a repeat of the Carrington Event? Scientists say it is not only possible -- it is inevitable.…
The State of Our Union
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2010/01/26/the_state_of_our_union
the Patriot Act is about to expire. … view of the present is also borderline mythical. … Announce that the United States won’t quit until the job is done. Mr.…
Hillary Goes Weak-Kneed on Iran Sanctions
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/01/22/hillary_goes_weak-kneed_on_iran_sanctions
– But the impotence of sanctions that do not go for the jugular is obvious and the abysmal record of targeted sanctions aimed at Iranian … The House of Representatives has approved a resolution at the end of December which imposed sanctions against Iran, banning any company … The threat of a cutoff is the ultimate weapon, short of force, to be used in compelling Iran to abide by the resolutions of the international…
Will Obama Play the War Card?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2010/02/05/will_obama_play_the_war_card
– Harry Reid is surely aware a U.S. clash with Iran, with him at the president's side, could assure his re-election. … off the negotiating track and put us on a track to war -- a war to deny Iran weapons that the U.S. … And if Iran is hell-bent on a bomb, why has Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair not revised the 2007 finding and given us
Eye to Eye on Iran
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2010/02/04/eye_to_eye_on_iran
– Iran's 1979 revolution began with the overthrow of the Shah, but it is meant to end with the overthrow of "infidel" dominance everywhere … Right now, Iran is doing billions of dollars of business with Europe; it wields enormous power at the U.N.; and its representatives … Are you with us or against us?" First, of course, the House and Senate bills need to be melded in conference committee.…
Obama: Bank Bailout 'Necessary,' Iraq War 'Dumb'
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2010/02/04/obama_bank_bailout_necessary,_iraq_war_dumb
– into the Iraq War. … TARP and the war in Iraq, begun with bipartisan congressional support, are now unpopular. … Both the Iraq War and TARP are monumental decisions with far-reaching consequences.…
America Rides off Into the Sunset
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2010/02/04/america_rides_off_into_the_sunset
– Our military is rushing anti-missile batteries to Iran's Arab neighbors in the Gulf in anticipation of new Iranian military escalation … As in the case of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami, the U.S. both gives the most aid to a devastated Haiti and still seems to receive the … After winning the cold war, the United States continued to keep the peace that allowed a new globalization to lift millions worldwide…
Is Iran Running a Bluff?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2010/02/16/is_iran_running_a_bluff
– Thus, ISIS is saying Iran cannot make usable fuel for the nuclear power plant it is building, and Gibbs is saying Iran lacks the capability … Are the folks who lied us into war on Iraq, to strip it of weapons it did not have, now trying to lie us into war on Iran, to strip … Maybe the Senate should find out before voting sanctions that will put us on the road to such a war, which would fill up all the empty…
Why Not the Best?
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2010/02/15/why_not_the_best
– Given the state of the art at the time, critics scoffed at the idea that these exotic, speed-of-light weapons could ever be made to … At a time when the Obama administration is rushing anti-missile defenses systems to the Persian Gulf in the face of intensifying regional … , not to deal with the myriad vicissitudes of war-fighting.…
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