JANUARY 26, 2012 The Arab revolutionaries didn’t look to China or Russia as examples of good government. By ED HUSAIN Upon landing at Cairo’s international airport, I see a billboard that quotes none other than Barack Obama saying: “American young people need to grow up more like Egyptian youngsters.” Thus one year after their revolution […]
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Nations that choose butter over guns atrophy and die By Victor Davis Hanson– The Washington Times Wednesday, January 11, 2012 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Unfortunately, defense cuts do not occur in isolation. They feed a syndrome best typified by an insolvent and largely defenseless, socialist Europe. The more prosperous societies cut their defenses to expand
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JANUARY 24, 2012, 7:19 P.M. ET Yes, we spent more after 9/11—but in ways that impeded modernization. By MACKENZIE EAGLEN On Thursday, the Pentagon will begin detailing its plans to cut $500 billion from the military’s budget over the next decade. The reason, insists President Barack Obama, is that “since 9/11, our defense budget grew
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January 19, 2012 Ron Paul and America’s Alleged Racism By Dennis Prager 1/17/2012 In the Republican presidential candidates’ debate on January 7, Congressman Ron Paul said: “I’m the only one up here . . . that understands true racism in this country is in the judicial system.” He said this racism has to do with
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JANUARY 10, 2012 Spending less on defense means squandering the money elsewhere. By BRET STEPHENS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Or consider Mr. Obama’s favorite subject, nuclear proliferation. In April 2009, he gave a speech in Prague dreaming of a nuclear-free world. Almost immediately, North Korea tested a weapon, Pakistan expanded its arsenal, Iran moved ahead
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JANUARY 6, 2012 Obama’s Defense Drawdown Entitlements begin to crowd out the American military. A QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT EISENHOWER – ” WEAKNESS IN ARMS, OFTEN INVITES AGGRESSION.” President Obama yesterday put in a rare appearance at the Pentagon, flanked by the four service chiefs and his Secretary of Defense. Saying that now is the time
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