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Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike if Iran nukes Israel - Haaretz - Israel ...
haaretz.com — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Israel a "nuclear umbrella" against the threat of a nuclear attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close to the new administration, said ... (more) Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike ...
Thinking the no longer unthinkable
Thinking the no longer unthinkable
pajamasmedia.com — Fox News reports that Barack Obama is offering Israel an nuclear guaranty against Iranian attack, signalling that a nuclear Iran is inevitable. President-elect Barack Obama will offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on ... (more) Thinking the no longer unthinkable
Geert Wilders in Jerusalem “The Jihad against Israel is the Jihad against the West.”
andrewbostom.org — Video excerpt December 14, 2008 Thank you very much. It’s a privilege for me to be here in this beautiful city Jerusalem, the capitol of the only democracy in the entire Middle East. When I was a teenager I lived some years here in this city and ... (more) Geert Wilders in Jerusalem “The Jihad against Israel ...
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Creating Strategic Ambiguity Over Obama's Iran Policy
Newshoggers.com — ... recently - or actually outside Obama's nascent administration looking in, even perhaps a part of the Bush team's transition liason, is unclear. Haaretz might even be the target of deliberate disinformation or making the story up out of whole cloth in a way that can't be proven. But one of those Real Men, Jim Geraghty, is beside himself with glee that the idea was first put out there by another Manly Man, Charles Krauthammer, back in April. ...

The Hillary Doctrine?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... As Haaretz points out, the premise of any official security guarantee along those lines would be a concession to the reality of a nuclear Iran. Obama still maintains that a nuclear Iran would be unacceptable, but one can see the appeal of the Hillary Doctrine -- look tough, do nothing. The left already trashed the idea when it was first put forward by Krauthammer and then picked up by Hillary, but hypocrisy won't be a stumbling block for Obama supporters. What this proposal doesn't do is offer any way to deal with the broader problem of proliferation in ...

Creating Strategic Ambiguity Over Obama's Iran Policy
Crooks and Liars — ... recently - or actually outside Obama's nascent administration looking in, even perhaps a part of the Bush team's transition liason, is unclear. Haaretz might even be the target of deliberate disinformation or making the story up out of whole cloth in a way that can't be proven. But one of those Real Men, Jim Geraghty, is beside himself with glee that the idea was first put out there by another Manly Man, Charles Krauthammer, back in April. ...

Its going the be the four most interesting years in human history
Varifrank hehehhheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh. Everyday, every single day since the election, I find more and more of these moments where I just fall over laughing.

Links for 2008-12-11 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... facts out. Fast. Otherwise, Emanuel and the Obama administration will be in for a tough ride. So, is it over? (The honeymoon, of course.) Let’s just say the press is finding something more tantalizing than Obama-promotion: a fascinating scandal that potentially touches a key member of the new administration. +++++++ Rahm will be OUT before he started and the Obama Administration will be in for a rocky start. But, whose fault is that for poor vetting prior to the election? Who Originated the 'Nuclear Umbrella for Israel' Proposal? Answer Charles Krauthammer ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: barack_obama Rod_Blagojevich valerie_jarrett) Who Originated the 'Nuclear Umbrella for Israel' Proposal? Answer Charles Krauthammer That would be Charles Krauthammer. When he proposed it, liberals declared ...

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