, Hero’s unwelcome By ANNIE KARNI February 20, 2011 Columbia University students heckled a war hero during a town-hall meeting on whether ROTC should be allowed back on campus. “Racist!” some students yelled at Anthony Maschek, a Columbia freshman and former Army staff sergeant awarded the Purple Heart after being shot 11 times in a […]
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PAJAMASMEDIA.COM By Victor Davis Hanson February 13, 2011 In times to come, the period between the failed campaign of John Kerry and the Democratic control of the Congress, coupled with the beginning of the successful surge, should be known as “The Insane Years.” This was the era in which Guantanamo was a gulag, renditions were
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January 31, 2011The Scrapbook intends no disrespect to British prime minister David Cameron. But the more we hear from his predecessor Tony Blair, the more we’d like him back in office, if only to explain the world to Barack Obama. Last week, Blair testified once again before Britain’s Iraq Inquiry commission, which is examining the
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Newsmax Rumsfeld Warns of Iran, N. Korea Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Sunday, February 13, 2011 09:23 AM By: Ken Timmerman EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Rumsfeld said he is worried about the threat from an electromagnetic pulse attack from countries such as Iran and North Korea. “We’ve thrown away the shoeboxes with the 3-by-5 cards,” he
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FEBRUARY 8, 2011 In an interview, the former secretary of defense explains how Washington feuds harmed Iraq policy, and why the surge was less vital than you think. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL ‘I’d read other folks’ books about things I’d been involved in . . . and I’d think, ‘My goodness, that’s not my perspective,’”
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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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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A World in Crisis What the thirties tell us about today. Matthew Continetti January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 On December 13, 1931, there was a traffic accident in New York City. A man exited a cab on the Upper East Side and was crossing
S. Florida’s West ready to charge Capitol Hill Elected as warrior for ‘tea party’ By Sean Lengell– The Washington Times December 27, 2010 Depending on who is asked, Republican Rep.-elect Allen West is either a hothead radical who will chip away at what little civility remains on Capitol Hill, or is an energetic, principled pragmatist who
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2011 looks grim for progress on women’s rights in Iraq Men view a Baghdad display that warns that women who don’t wear the hijab, or traditional Muslim head covering, will be punished in the afterlife. The display, which depicts women engulfed in flames, was erected by Islamist leaders as part of what many women see
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December 7, 2010 Two Shots at History By Mona Charen Washington Times Liberals get one as events are unfolding and another when the literati recount them later. It was pleasant — and frankly a little shocking — to see the Washington Post editorialize over the weekend about the recent film Fair Game, which purports to
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