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Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Nobel Commitee: Obama Wins "Most Likely to Succeed"

Friday, October 9, 2009

As I contemplate this award to Obama based on a nomination made about a week and a half into his presidency, I can already hear the media chorus of “unpatriotic” and “opposing Obama at all costs in all regards.”   From my perspective, it’s hard to ignore the fact that the last American president to win [...]

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New Al-Qaeda Tape: Muslims to Take Obama Down

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The AP reports on a new tape being distributed by Al Qaeda, predicting the demise of President Obama at the hands of Al Qaeda.
“America has come in a new, hypocritical face. Smiling at us, but stabbing us with the same dagger that Bush used,” said Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri in the message. “God willing, [...]

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Echoes of JFK and the Missile Crisis

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

President Obama is flexing his appeasement muscles at Russia – the same Russia that rebuffed his previous attempts to pucker up for them with this scathing dismissal.
Asked whether Russia would take concrete steps to respond to Washington’s overtures, Ivanov was cautious, saying: “It is not an oriental bazaar and we do not trade the way people [...]

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