International Affairs

OBAMA KNOWS WHAT CHAOS HE HAS UNLEASHED

AMERICAN THINKER February 05, 2011 By Victor Sharpe Not content with creating havoc in the U.S. economy, setting Americans against each other, and forcing through a health reform act which has nothing to do with health but everything to do with the redistribution of wealth and an immense increase in governmental interference, our president has

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EGYPT’S DANGEROUS ROAD AHEAD – KRAUTHAMMER

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Egypt’s dangerous road ahead: The Muslim Brotherhood’s a force, ElBaradei’s a useful idiot Charles Krauthammer Friday, February 4th 2011, Who doesn’t love a democratic revolution? Who is not moved by the renunciation of fear and the reclamation of dignity in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria? The worldwide euphoria that has

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THE ROCHE RECORD – BLOWBACK: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

February 2, 2011 by Frank Roche Chalmers Johnson’s book, “Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire” was published in 2000.  Johnson tells us the title referred to a term adopted by the CIA to refer to “…the unintended consequences of American policies.”  Johnson cites examples of “Blowback” in the book including Okinawa, North & South Korea, Iran, Iraq,

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OFFICIAL NICETIES OBSCURE HU JINTAO’S BLOODY RECORD

TRIPLETT: Who is Hu Jintao? Official niceties obscure his bloody record By William C. Triplett II    The Washington Times January 14, 2011 President Obama makes a courtesy bow to welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao to the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington earlier this week. A report by the CIA’s Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center links

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BEING HOSNI MUBARAK

February 1, 2011 Egypt’s leader has gambled that he can ride out the protests and hold on. It’s a pretty good gamble. By BRET STEPHENS Imagine yourself as Hosni Mubarak, master of Egypt for nearly 30 years. You’re old, unwell, detested and addicted to power. You could have orchestrated a graceful exit by promising to

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THE PRICE OF POWER – The Benefits of U.S. Defense Spending Far Outweigh the Costs

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The benefits of U.S. defense spending far outweigh the costs Robert Kagan January 24, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 18 The looming battle over the defense budget could produce a useful national discussion about American foreign and defense policy. But we would need to begin by dispensing with the most

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FEAR THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Andrew C. McCarthy January 31, 2011 4:00 A.M. Fear the Muslim Brotherhood At the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel has posted an essay called “Don’t fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” the classic, conventional-wisdom response to the crisis in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood is just fine, he’d have you believe, no need to worry.

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