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Liberals split on which war to accuse the GOP of supporting; going to war with Iran or the war on women

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Acting more like the commander-in-cheap, the president compared Republicans to Iranian hard-liners in his speech at the American University. (jonathanernst/reuters)

The president continues to say that the only alternative to his nuclear deal with Iran is war, and used a ridiculous analogy in making his case that Republicans want to go to war with Iran.

“Many of the same people who argued for the war in Iraq are now making the case against the Iran nuclear deal,” he told an American University audience yesterday. Need he be reminded that 29 Democrat Senators, including Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, were among those voting in favor of the Iraq resolution?

Acting more like the commander-in-cheap, he likened the Republicans to the hard-liners in Iran saying, “It’s those hard-liners chanting ‘Death to America’ who have been most opposed to the deal. They’re making common cause with the Republican caucus.” How insulting! How unstatesman like.  Someone failed to tell him that they’ve already selected a new host for The Daily Show. Continue reading →

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Obama sticks us with another legacy loser

President Obama today announced his latest effort to secure his legacy in the climate change controversy. And again the American taxpayer is the loser.

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The Grand Poobah of Climate Control (lloydmarcus.com)

Setting himself up to be the Grand Poobah of Climate Control at the international climate conference set for December in Paris, he revealed his Clean Power Plan, another legacy scheme that calls for compliance two years after he leaves office. Continue reading →

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We are NOT a war-weary nation, Part 2

In Part 1, I wrote of my concern over the constant drumbeat that Americans have become war-weary, a belief attributed to President Obama, his supporters, and an adoring media.

I believe Americans are Obama-weary.  They simply cannot support a commander-in-chief who is unwilling to use what is still the best fighting force on the planet. And it doesn’t help when his generals echo his belief.

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The Military Oath courtesy of the angelfire.com

When I hear the president say he’s not going to send our troops into harm’s way, I am reminded of a recent exchange between Fox’s Melissa Francis and a fellow panelist.  Francis had just made a strong position for U.S. involvement in Iraq when she was asked, “would you send your son or daughter?”  Embarrassingly, she said, “no,” and was not pleased with herself.

There was no reason for her to be embarrassed.  We have an all-volunteer military, a courageous group of warriors, men and women, who sign up knowing that they are signing up for war. Continue reading →

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We are NOT a war-weary nation, Part 1

I’m tired of hearing the president and some politicians talk about how Americans are war weary. The same goes for the pundits who repeat that belief over and over.

The president’s political promises to get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan may satisfy him and the left, but to our enemies it is a sign of weakness.

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This graphic courtesy of spenttheyearasaghost.wordpress.com

I wonder what “The Greatest Generation” must think.  Growing up during the Great Depression, many went off to fight in World War II, and others made their contribution at home.  These men and women fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the “right thing to do,” wrote Tom Brokaw in his book.

In his transformation of our country, President Obama has turned this once strong country into a nation willing to let the Hitler’s, Mussolini’s and Hirohito’s of today slaughter their way across the Middle East, annex neighboring countries and expand their reach.  We have forgotten what it means to go to war to win.

Today we see history being repeated and clearly laid out in a recent op-ed by Victor Davis Hanson, a historian and columnist of note.  He reminded readers how we stood by and allowed Hitler and the Third Reich to terrorize Europe, Mussolini take over much of the Mediterranean and the Japanese war machine occupy much of the Pacific.  Had they just been satisfied with their winnings, writes Davis Hanson, “there was no evidence that the tired Western democracies would ever have stopped them.” Continue reading →

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A crash course analogy

After hearing one more statement or action taken by President Obama, do you feel helpless, unable to do anything about it?  Your Congressman never responds and letters to the editor only allow you to get it off your chest.  Helpless and hopeless, you feel locked out.

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We’re at the intersection of Discouraged and Hopeless and all we can do is hang in there until 2016. (kitchentablenewsforkids.wordpress.com)

A friend recently sent me a copy of an analogy to this currently circulating on the Internet.

The writer* relates the harrowing 8-minute plunge of German Wings Flight 9525 in the French Alps, in which 150 innocent people met an immediate, unthinkable death.

The co-pilot Andreas Lubitz couldn’t be stopped because he had locked the pilot out of the cockpit. “It’s hard to imagine the growing feelings of fear and helplessness that the passengers felt as the unforgiving landscape rushed to meet them,“ the writer stated.

He wrote of the feeling in the pits of the stomach and hearing the shake and rattle of structures stressed beyond their limits.  And it was only near the end of the 8-minute plunge that everyone finally understood what was really happening and began to scream. Continue reading →

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Obama hell bent to strike bad deal with Iran

I have been writing about President Obama’s abandonment of the goal to stop Iran’s development of nuclear weapons in favor of a cockamamie negotiation to further delay that effort.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming to speak to a joint session of Congress this week to tell us about the threat the world faces in Iran, and the president doesn’t like it.

He has turned the dogs loose in a bitter personal attack against Netanyahu and Israel, one of our strongest allies.

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Secretary of State Kerry was sent out to denigrate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a House hearing. (nypost.com)

Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, shamefully said, “The prime minister, as you will recall, was profoundly forward-leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading Iraq under George W. Bush, and we all know what happened with that decision.”  This, despite the fact that Netanyahu wasn’t prime minister at the time,

I didn’t hear anyone challenge Kerry on that statement, so I will. Nearly everyone, including Kerry, and Hillary Clinton, voted to attack Iraq on Oct. 11, 2002.

We captured Saddam Hussein, of whom Kerry said in 2003, “If you don’t believe … Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn’t vote for me.” Continue reading →

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Iran still getting the best of us

In my Jan. 20, post on Iran’s exploitation of President Obama’s foreign policy weakness I mentioned hints that U.S. negotiators were backing off their demand for an outright halt to Iran’s nuclear program in favor of a lesser demand that would provide Iran with a window to gradually build up its capability.  Today, it appears we’re a step closer to such an agreement.

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Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week, Secretary of State John Kerry insists Iran will not get the bomb. (newsweek.com)

Secretary of State John Kerry told senators yesterday, “There is no deal yet.  And I caution people to wait and see what these negotiations produce.” All reports indicate, however, that a deal in the works would supposedly slow the Iranian nuclear program.

“The president has made clear – I can’t state this more firmly – the policy is Iran will not get a nuclear weapon,” Kerry tried to assure members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Continue reading →

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Obama administration promotes another amateur

On a number of occasions I have noted how the two State Department spokespersons, Jen Psaki and her assistant Marie Harf, are ill-suited to perform their roles.

As recent as Feb. 11, I wrote in my post, “Surprise! There were Jews in the Jewish kosher deli, that Jen Psaki said we couldn’t assume that those targeted and killed in the deli were Jewish.

Now we learn that Psaki has been promoted and will move from State to the White House, where she will serve as Communications Director.

Do you suppose the president remembered what she said about him last year? Continue reading →

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Iran continues its exploitation of President Obama’s foreign policy weakness

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“We have never pursued or sought a nuclear bomb and we are not going to do so.  We are solely seeking peaceful nuclear technology.” – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, September 2013.

Two months later, as Iran agreed to rollback parts of its nuclear program in exchange for relief from some sanctions, President Obama assured us he wouldn’t allow and interim agreement to become a means for Tehran to play for time in the development of a nuclear weapon. … read more