June 19, 2012 A Leaderless World Signs of disorder grow as American influence recedes. Not so long ago much of the world griped about an America that was too assertive, a “hyperpower” that attempted to lead with too little deference to the desires of those attending the G-20 meeting today in Mexico. Well, congratulations. A […]
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May 24, 2012, Tom Manion: Why They Serve—’If Not Me, Then Who?’ After more than a decade of war, remarkable men and women are still stepping forward. By TOM MANION Col. Manion, USMCR (Ret.), is on the board of the Travis Manion Foundation, which assists veterans and the families of the fallen I served in
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Reuel Marc Gerecht May 14, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 33 Is Barack Obama a warrior president? Not in the British tradition, of course, which gave us Winston Churchill, with his crazy cavalry charge against Sudanese spears, or the more cerebral Harold Macmillan, shot to pieces in World War I,
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May 18, 2012 We do not get to choose if a freedom revolution should begin or end in the Middle East or elsewhere. We only get to choose what side we are on. By GEORGE W. BUSH These are extraordinary times in the history of freedom. In the Arab Spring, we have seen the broadest
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May 1, 2012 The American people may demand more than the killing of bin Laden and the hunting down of Somali pirates. By FOUAD AJAMI In a speech at New York University last week, Vice President Joe Biden laid out the case for the Democratic ticket’s re-election: “Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors
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Updated March 16, 2012, The Magician In a re-election year, the U.S. president is making the world and all its troubles . . . vanish. By DANIEL HENNINGER In a re-election year, the U.S. president is making the world and all its troubles…vanish. Photo: Getty Images. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Pakistan,
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February 23, 2012 A U-Turn Strategy for the GOP By Herbert E. Meyer Herbert E. Meyer served during the Reagan administration as special assistant to the director of Central Intelligence and vice chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council. He is the author of several books including Hard Thinking, How to Analyze Information, and The
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FEBRUARY 13, 2012 The Taliban Five Meet the men the U.S. might release as a goodwill gesture. The Obama Administration is pursuing peace talks with the Taliban, and as a goodwill gesture it has been leaking the news that it may pre-emptively release five of their leaders held at Guantanamo. We thought you might like
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Strategic Retreat The war on terror is far from over. Why are we coming home? Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn February 6, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 20 The killing of Osama bin Laden was a monumental tactical success in the war against al Qaeda. For millions, bin Laden had
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Washington Post Fact checking the 2012 State of the Union speech Glenn Kessler 01/25/2012 A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes
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