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President Obama giving Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-dominated govt. half a billion in “emergency funds” With friends like these …
September 30, 2012
Buried on the inside pages of our nation’s great newspapers last Friday was the news that President Obama has decided to be extremely generous with U.S. tax dollars to Egypt. These “emergency funds” (half a billion...
Bibi draws a red line; recalls JFK backbone in Cuban missile crisis
September 29, 2012
In his speech before the U.N. General Assembly last Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called upon the United States and other world powers to draw a red line beyond which Tehran’s leaders will not be allowed to advance...
President Obama, It’s Not About the Film
September 25, 2012
Just watched President Obama deliver his speech at the U.N. A few thoughts.
First, the President did a decent job condemning extremism and pointing out that most people around the world are peaceful and moderate. He also stood up for the principle...
President Obama, it’s not about the film; it’s about facing realities
September 25, 2012
Just watched President Obama deliver his speech at the U.N. A few thoughts.
First, I thought the President did a decent job condemning extremism and pointing out that most people around the world are peaceful and moderate. He also stood up for the...
Freedom of speech cornerstone of American identity, way of life
September 25, 2012
In the aftermath of the attacks on U.S. embassies in Benghazi and Cairo, many outlets rushed to condemn the creators of the film that supposedly prompted the attacks. The fact that information has emerged in recent days suggesting that the...
Thomas Sowell: income redistribution doesn’t work
September 20, 2012
Thomas Sowell has a great piece in today’s New York Post about why income redistribution, which then-state-Senator Obama was revealed this week on tape to have endorsed, doesn’t work.
Why, for instance, within a few years of...
Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in Manhattan today says, “We have to be ready to defend ourselves”
September 18, 2012
Today Michael Oren, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, spoke during High Holy Day services at Town & Village synagogue in Manhattan. Oren, who was profiled in today’s New York Times, which characterized him as the...
Islamist extremists up to their old tricks; moderate/reformist Muslims exist and need our support
September 13, 2012
On Tuesday, September 11 Islamist extremists murdered U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three staffers in Benghazi, Libya, and others attacked the U.S. embassy in Cairo. Protests continue to rage at U.S. embassies throughout...
J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. ambassador, murdered in Libya; Islamist extremists torch U.S. embassy in Egypt
September 13, 2012
Yesterday Islamist extremists attacked the U.S. embassy in Egypt. Islamist radicals in Libya murdered four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, pictured above.
Prior to serving as ambassador, Mr. Stevens did...
Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood crack down on Egyptian press
September 10, 2012
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has been cracking down on journalists, targeting those who criticize the Muslim Brotherhood.
This development is a sobering indicator of Egypt’s regression toward theocracy in the year and a...