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We were told that the five terrorists recently released from Guantanamo in exchange for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl would be held under house arrest in Qatar for a year.  And, that Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani assured the U.S. that he would maintain surveillance over their activities.… read more

Will GOP learn from Brat win?

First, let’s get it straight.  It wasn’t Tea Party financial support that enabled Dave Brat to beat GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Virginia primary last night as the media has been saying.

Putting it simply, Brat did campaign on principles Tea Partiers and true Republicans stand for – primarily adherence to the Constitution –   not moves to be Democrat-lite, to appear more moderate.… read more

Obama, staff simply inept

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Richard Cohen (Washingtonpost.com)

”The Rose Garden production sticks in my craw – Obama leaving with his arms around Bergdahl’s mother and father.  So touching.  So warm.  So utterly repellent!”  – Richard Cohen, Washington Post columnist

For the past five years I have been writing about a president – Barack Obama, of course – who is in over his head on domestic issues and the economy; national security, foreign policy and on defense.

We have seen his incompetence, lack of judgment, open flouting of the rule of law and the constitution and a disregard for the culture of corruption evidenced within his administration.

The latest Gallop Poll reveals that 74 per cent of Americans express dissatisfaction with the way things are going in the United States at this time, and Real Clear Politics, with its average of all major polls, reflects a 52.5 per cent disapproval of President Obama’s job performance.

Over the past few weeks we have again witnessed his ineptness and that of those around him. With the media showing clips of him promising process improvements for vets dating back to 2008, the president couldn’t pass this off as another phony scandal. Continue reading

General Dempsey’s view, “irrelevant”

I seldom agree with Sen. John McCain, but when I heard him say during an interview on Greta Van Susteren’s On the Record show that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey had “become irrelevant,” I had to double-check what I heard.

Being interviewed regarding the ill-advised Obama deal that freed five top Taliban leaders for U.S… read more