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How Obama’s failed Syria policies
reflect his flawed instincts
Powerline, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By:DebiAnn, 10/15/2012 12:43:06 PM
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Yesterday, I suggested that Mitt Romney needs a foreign policy critique of President Obama that ties Obama’s failings in a specific country or situation to his poor instincts and hugely flawed overall approach. Today, Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post performs this task with respect to Syria, which he calls “Obama’s greatest failure.” As Diehl explains: “The president’s handling of Syria. . .exemplifies every weakness in his foreign policy – from excessive faith in “engaging” troublesome foreign leaders to his insistence in multilateralism as an end in itself to his self-defeating caution in asserting American power.” That sums it up nicely.
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FTA: "Obama essentially has done nothing except, as Diehl observes, to reassert his mindless campaign slogan that “the tide of war is receding” in the Middle East."
It's receding because everyones dead.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
snapper451, 10/15/2012 12:53:44 PM (No. 8934604)
Just like Crazy Joe Biden - quite convicted in what he says, just always wrong. How's that splitting Iraq into several countries working out?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 10/15/2012 1:31:17 PM (No. 8934716)
Leftists invariably think they are going to become pals and partners with foreigners, including declared enemies of the United States - but they cannot even establish a working relationship with their domestic political opponents. It is a peculiarity of Leftism that most Leftists hate fellow Americans who disagree with them far more than foreigners who would like to kill or enslave them. Obama should try getting along with Rush Limbaugh before he extends the olive branch to foreign dictators and enemies of American values.
This weird transvaluation of values is not as paradoxical as it seems. The reason Leftists hate Americans who disagree with them more than they fear foreign adversaries of the U.S. is simple. It is all about ego. Leftism is a pathological disturbance of the ego, a mode of self-inflation and a form of self-esteem regulation. Leftists experience disagreement as personal assault, ego deflation, and hate speech. The hate, in most cases, is their own, projected onto those who dare to disagree with them. Leftism is a fantasy ideology that is much more about wish fulfillment and self-congratulation and feeling good than acknowledging and dealing with reality. Enemies of the U.S., unlike domestic critics, manipulate Leftists by telling them what they want to hear.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
question_complexity, 10/15/2012 2:14:30 PM (No. 8934854)
Obama's policy on uprisings in the Middle East:
If you are rising against a regime that threatens Israel (Iran) or is in a state of war with Israel (Syria), we will do nothing to help you. We want those regimes to stay in power.
If you are rising against a regime that has a peace treaty with Israel (Egypt) or is of no threat to Israel (Libya), we will support you.
Result (just as we planned): The threat to Israel has doubled. Egypt (Morsi) declares that Jerusalem is Egypt's capital. Syria's chemical weapons may rain down on Israeli cities.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
veritas, 10/15/2012 2:40:36 PM (No. 8934919)
#2: Simply a first-rate post. Thank you.
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How Obama’s failed Syria policies
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Powerline, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By: DebiAnn- 10/15/2012 12:43:06 PM
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Yesterday, I suggested that Mitt Romney needs a foreign policy critique of President Obama that ties Obama’s failings in a specific country or situation to his poor instincts and hugely flawed overall approach. Today, Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post performs this task with respect to Syria, which he calls “Obama’s greatest failure.” As Diehl explains: “The president’s handling of Syria. . .exemplifies every weakness in his foreign policy – from excessive faith in “engaging” troublesome foreign leaders to his insistence in multilateralism as an end in itself to his self-defeating caution in asserting American power.” That sums it up nicely.
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 10:27:49 PM
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he´s "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama´s gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama’s initiatives. “If they oppose this legislation, have the courage to say so on the floor and vote no,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. “Don’t block it. Don’t hide behind a procedural action to prevent a vote. That’s the wrong thing to do, and that’s how the president clearly feels.”
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´Mickey Mouse Club´ star
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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:18:00 PM
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia
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Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook
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President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an
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Updated: White House, McCain
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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM
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There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.
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Why Is White House
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Rep, Dana Rohrbacher
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 7:13:10 PM
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More than six months since Ambassador Christopher Stevens was assassinated by terrorists in Benghazi, the Obama administration is still trying to keep a lid on information about the attack. Congress and the American people need to know what happened the night of Sept. 11, 2012. Who did the killing and what was their motive? Why wasn´t help sent? And why did the administration lie about who was responsible? Members of Congress have asked hundreds of questions at hearings conducted by several investigative committees, but many of the most significant have been left unanswered. Information detailing what happened before, during and
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Joe Scarborough: Republicans
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Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor
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Posted By: sparky86- 4/8/2013 11:05:50 AM
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On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough voiced his agreement with Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who on Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS questioned those Republicans who are threatening a filibuster on pending gun control legislation. Scarborough said such a filibuster would be an example of the GOP putting “rapists’ rights ahead over parents’ rights.” “[I] tell you what, Richard Haass, I saw John McCain there,” Scarborough said. “And I’m hopeful. Because, you know, there are a lot of guys out there in the Senate and they are going out because it’s a free shot.
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The World-Changing Margaret Thatcher
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Wall Street Journal, by Paul Johnson
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 8:21:53 PM
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Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around—decisively—the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. "Thatcherism" was the most popular and successful way of running a country in the last quarter of the 20th century and into the 21st. Her origins were humble. Born Oct. 13, 1925, she was the daughter of a grocer in the Lincolnshire town of Grantham. Alfred Roberts was no ordinary shopkeeper.
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Poll: Obama underwater on
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Politico, by Donovan Slack
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/8/2013 10:17:29 PM
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A new CNN/ORC International poll found President Obama´s overall approval rating has ticked up to 51 percent but ratings have fallen on his handling of the key issues on his agenda: immigration, guns, and the deficit. On immigration, 44 percent approve of the way he is handling the issue, down from 51 percent in January. At the same time, disapproval has jumped to 50 percent, up from 43 percent in January. On guns, 45 percent approve and 52 percent disapprove, the poll found. In January, 46 percent approved and 49 percent dispproved. And on the deficit, 38 percent approve
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Obama Responded Faster to Ebert´s
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Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 4/8/2013 10:49:04 AM
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Update: The White House issued a statement on Margaret Thatcher´s death shortly after 10 a.m., hours after the news broke. The entire statement is printed at the end of this report: (CNSNews.com) - Hours after the BBC reported the death of conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Monday, President Barack Obama still had not issued a statement on her passing. But last week, within half an hour of film critic Roger Ebert´s death, the White House tweeted a statement from the president. As of 10:00 a.m. EDT on Monday, there was still silence from the White House on Thatcher´s death,
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