nypost.com - 10/20/2008
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Posted: 4:51 am October 20, 2008 IF Sen. Barack Obama is elected president, our re public will survive, but our international strategy and some of our allies may not. His first year in office would conjure globe-spanning challenges as our enemies piled on to exploit his weakness. Add in Sen. ...
haaretz.com - 10/22/2008
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haaretz.com —
Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike
against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran's...
nuclear reactors, a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London. The official, Dr. Seyed G. Safavi, ...
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Top Iran officials recommend preemptive ...
ynetnews.com - 10/27/2008
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ynetnews.com —
Survey finds 46% of Israelis would vote for
Republican nominee if given chance to elect US president;...
Democrat Barack Obama receives 34% of votes. Almost half of those polled believe McCain would better impact Jewish state Roni Sofer Israel chooses ...
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Poll: Israel votes McCain in US elections - Israel News, ...
longwarjournal.org - 10/20/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
Iraqi police and border guards have arrested seven
members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps since Oct 18....
The arrests come as the senior US commander in Iraq accused Iran of attempting to bribe Iraqi members of parliament to vote against the ...
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Iraqi forces detain seven Iranian agents in Iraq
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America the Weak
Hyscience —
Ralph Peters via the NY Post offers his take on what an Obama presidency would do to America defense-wise, and the picture he projects is neither attractive nor safe for America - a second Carter presidency - only far worse: ...
Tuesday morning links
Maggie's Farm —
... Obama cannot change the lives of black Americans Somebody told me Iceland was a hedge fund, not a country. I guess so. Two faces of Socialism: RFK and Obama The most ancient dog What kind of diapers are the greenest? And who cares? Campaign finance reform is dead, and Obama killed it. He's up to $600 million now. Anna Schwartz: The feds are fighting the last war America the Weak. Ralph Peters Lord Monckton's letter to John McCain Obama's taxes target ...
Hot steaming links, straight off the griddle
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... : "Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof!" • New York Post : "IF Sen. Barack Obama is elected president, our republic will survive, but our international strategy and some of our allies may not. His first year in office would conjure globe-spanning challenges as our enemies piled on to exploit his weakness... Add in Sen. Joe Biden - with his track record of calling every major foreign-policy crisis wrong for 35 years - as vice president and de facto secretary of State, and we'd face a formula for strategic disaster." Labels: ...
Ralph Peters Offers Obama Scorecard
Wizbang —
If you missed my friend Ralph Peters yesterday in the New York Post , be sure to go back and read "America The Weak." Peters laments what an Obama presidency would inspire from bad actors around the world, and he wrote it well before Joe Biden spoke yesterday saying aggressors would test Obama within the first six months. (Speaking of Joe Biden, he has no appearances today, even with Obama off the trail in Hawaii. ...
Lunatic America
Brilliant at Breakfast —
A reader from New Zealand tipped me off to this insane screed by Ralph Peters from the New York Post. You'd have to love a paper where the subtitle of an op-ed is "US RISKS TURMOIL UNDER PREZ O" were the stakes not so incredibly high this year. ...
Important Reading
Chicago Boyz —
Ralph Peters on some of the foreign policy and national security issues at stake in this election.
Those planning to cast their votes based primarily on economic issues should consider: there is a strong link between national security and the economy. If we have multiple terror attacks of the 9/11 scale (or higher), the economy will be in shreds. If the Iranians close the Straits of Hormuz, gasoline prices will soar. If the Russians bully Western Europe with sustained natural gas shortages, the result could be an actual global depression.
(via Maggie’s ...
alicublog —
THE GENERAL DONS THE CHICKEN TRACK. Back before the election, MyGodIt'sFullOf-Star General Ralph "Blood 'n' Guts" Peters told as many white people as he could reach that if elected, Obama was going to capitulate in (among other places) Afghanistan ...
The Humiliation Doctrine v. The Humility Doctrine
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
A common metaphor runs through the words that most conservative commentators use to describe Barack Obama's foreign policy, and, in particular, his speech early tomorrow morning to the Muslim world, which the White House has entitled "a New Beginning." It is that Obama does nothing but concede American weakness -- and, in particular, by apologizing or somehow ...
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A Big Difference
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/20/2008 —
Ross Douthat forecasts Barack Obama’s political strategy :
Even with the GOP brand in the toilet, Republicans are still trusted as much or more than Dems on foreign policy, mostly for somewhat nebulous “toughness” reasons. So ...
In Time of War
michaelyon-online.com 11/10/2008 — 10 November 2008 The Iraq war is over. Barring the unforeseen, the darkest days are behind, though we are still losing soldiers to low-level fighting with enemies that are true “dead-enders.” Last month we lost seven Americans in combat in Iraq. ...
Biden for Afghanistan
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/21/2008 — Senator Biden has been repeatedly criticized by Senator McCain for calling for the dismemberment of Iraq. McCain charged Biden with saying that "that Iraq had to be broken up into three different countries," and called the plan "one of the more ...
Barack Obama looks to Iran to help bring peace to Afghanistan
telegraph.co.uk 11/12/2008 — Aides said the incoming Democratic president wants to explore a more regional strategy in Afghanistan, including the possibility of negotiations with Tehran. During the campaign, Mr Obama described Afghanistan as the central front in the war on ...
Prepping to Lose Afghanistan
confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/21/2008 — U.S. forces have turned over the majority of the country to Iraq security forces with little recognition by a media obsessed with the cost of Sarah Palin's campaign wardrobe. There are units that had shed their once-required body armor because...
Bob Burnett: Obama's Foreign Policy
huffingtonpost.com 2/9/2009 — During his first 100 days in office, the deteriorating economy will occupy most of President Obama's attention. Nonetheless, he will have to attend to a host of international problems. By May 1st, his foreign policy should be apparent.
The most ...
Iraq
change.gov 11/6/2008 — The Problem Inadequate Security and Political Progress in Iraq: Since the surge began, more than 1,000 American troops have died, and despite the improved security situation, the Iraqi government has not stepped forward to lead the Iraqi people and to ...
Arduous Transition Awaits Next President —
Wash Post Elections 10/19/2008
If Sen. Barack Obama wakes up as the president-elect on Nov. 5, he will immediately assume responsibility for fixing a shredded economy while the Bush administration is still in office. If Sen. John McCain wins the election, he will face an imminent ...
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