Senator James Inhofe cited a letter by a distinguished group of retired senior U.S. military leaders — who earned between them 33 stars — voicing strong concerns that ratification of the United Nations Convention would be detrimental to the national interests of the United States. Active duty officers follow the chain of command in supporting the president’s objectives no matter how detrimental to the nation.
Archive for Category: "Foreign Policy"
June 26, 2012 07:58
Egypt’s Turmoil
Islam and democracy are entirely incompatible. Islam is more than a religion. It is a political system as well. There is no secular divide between the two. Its concept of justice and law remains rooted in the seventh century. It subjugates all non-Muslims and reduces women to chattel.
June 25, 2012 12:44
Muslim Brotherhood’s Bait and Switch
[S]ince the first “Arab Spring” uprisings in February 2011, Team Obama has engaged with the Brotherhood extensively – both here and in the region – and signaled its willingness to do so in government. Notably, in April 2012, after the Brotherhood dominated parliamentary elections, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered the transfer of $1.5 billion in a lump-sum, no-strings-attached grant to Egypt.
June 19, 2012 03:00
Trying to Drag the Middle East into the 21st Century
Islam and democracy do not mix. What the Egyptian and Iranian revolutions have in common is the support of many different factions that brought them about, but once Islamists are in power, Sharia law drags a nation back to the seventh century.
June 15, 2012 04:05
Who is the White House Mole?
If it is so easy to turn over national security information to the media, it may be just as easy to turn the state secrets directly over to the enemy. Either way, our adversaries benefit.
June 14, 2012 13:48
World wises up to Obama fraud – popularity slips
Global approval of U.S. President Obama’s policies has fallen significantly since he first took office, a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday indicated. Besides the slippage in global approval, overall confidence in Obama and attitudes toward the United States dipped, results indicated. – UPI
June 13, 2012 06:15
Organization of Anti-American States
Concurrently, new inter-American institutions are being created that exclude the United States and Canada. What happened at the OAS General Assembly was another very sophisticated step.
June 13, 2012 04:51
Castro Endorses Obama
This is the kind of thing that makes U.S. presidents look weak in the eyes of tyrants and that seems to be the way Ms. Castro likes it. If Mr. Obama had more backing from Americans, she speculated in her CNN interview, U.S.-Cuba relations could be “as good or better than we had under President Carter.” And isn’t every American just pining for the good old days of Carter foreign policy?
June 13, 2012 04:26
Dozens die in attacks across Iraq
A wave of bombings in six Iraqi provinces, including 10 locations in Baghdad, has killed 62 people and wounded dozens more, Iraqi police say. – BBC News
June 12, 2012 15:55
China: Woman Forcibly Aborted at Seven Months (warning, graphic image)
According to a report by the China-based human rights organization 64Tianwang, the woman, Feng Jianmei, was beaten and dragged into a vehicle by a group of Family Planning Officials while her husband, Deng Jiyuan, was out working.
