Barack Obama’s First Military Decision Is Now Proven to be a Bad Decision
Posted by Erick Erickson It has been almost 90 days since General McChrystal asked Barack Obama for more troops. No decision has been made. The General still waits as our soldiers keep dying. But that might actually be a better alternative to any decision Obama might make. As awful as that sounds, new information is […]
No President Has Ever Bowed to a Foreign Leader — Until Now
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Was Obama Simply Following Protocol? You Decide
A senior Whitehouse official defending President Barack Obama claimed he was observing protocol when he bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko upon arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday. I guess the other leaders of the world failed to “observe protocol.” Pictures speak louder than 1000 words: Was Obama Simply Following […]
Fort Hood and the Academic Apologists
by Cinnamon Stillwell In the wake of the horrific attack at the Fort Hood military base in Texas earlier this month, and the mounting evidence that the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was motivated by Islamist beliefs, the media has turned to Middle East studies “experts” for enlightenment. Instead, what the media, and, by extension, […]
Giuliani: 9/11 Trials in NYC Will Lead to More Terrorism
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted the Obama administration on Friday for its decision to try five Sept. 11 suspects in New York, saying that such a trial would only encourage terrorists to target the city once again. Earlier Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and […]
How low will he go? Obama gives Japan’s Emperor Akihito a wow bow
How low will the new American president go for the world’s royalty? This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a […]
Stop Obama From Importing Terrorists Stateside
Posted by Erick Erickson Today Barack Obama is going to announce that the terrorist mastermind of September 11th, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be sent to New York City for a criminal trial in a civilian court. In that trial, the terrorist will get all the rights afforded an American citizen in a criminal trial, including […]
What Was Once Patriotic Is Now Treason
Posted by Erick Erickson During the Bush administration, leaks out of the Pentagon, State Department, and CIA that would undermine national security were routinely praised by the Democrats and mainstream media as patriotic. Now that leaks are coming out showing just how inept Barack Obama’s foreign policy dithering has become, leakers must be shut down. […]
Obama Administration Intends to Purge Republicans From the Civil Service
Remember how the Democrats reacted when the Bush Administration started replacing U.S. Attorneys? At least they were actually political appointees employed at the will and whim of the President. Posted by Erick Erickson Please see the update at the bottom of this post. — Erick “This is what happens in third world kleptocracies and totalitarian […]
Obama Handcuffs Terror Probers
Jim Meyers Veteran political analyst Dick Morris tells Newsmax that the Obama administration is “deliberately mischaracterizing” the Fort Hood massacre by refusing to admit it was a terrorist attack. Morris also said the failure to recognize the danger posed by Major Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of the killings, points to “Obama’s failures in […]
Huge China Crash Coming
Julie Crawshaw To the growing number of China bears, add Kynikos hedge fund manager Jim Chanos, who is reportedly shorting the entire Chinese economy. Chanos, among the first to see through Enron’s web of accounting tricks, told Politico.com he sees a similar situation evolving in China — starting with the fact that the $4.3 trillion […]
