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January 2010

SORTA, KINDA WAR ON TERROR? VD HANSON

Our Sorta, Kinda War on Terror President Obama has not signed up for a serious effort against radical Islam. By Victor Davis Hanson After Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Great Britain and France sorta, kinda declared war on Germany. The formal declaration of war was real enough, but the allies’ initial responses were […]

HOOD MASSACRE REPORT; SHAMELESS AND GUTLESS: RALPH PETERS

Hood massacre report gutless and shameful – NYPOST.com http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/hood_massacre_report_gutless_and_yaUphSPCoMs8ux4lQdtyGM Hood massacre report gutless and shameful Ralph Peters, NY Post.com Posted: 12:25 AM, January 16, 2010 There are two basic problems with the grotesque non-report on the Islamist- terror massacre at Fort Hood (released by the Defense Department yesterday): * It’s not about what happened at […]

ISRAEL’S URGENT STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE:LOUIS RENE BERES

UNDERSTANDING THE “CORRELATION OF FORCES” IN THE MIDDLE EAST ISRAEL’S URGENT STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE As published in The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, IV:1 (2010) Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971) Professor of International Law Department of Political Science Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA lberes@purdue.edu ——————- The more things change, the more they remain […]

THE SULTAN’S WEEKLY ROUNDUP

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Friday Afternoon Roundup – Death by Hypocrisy The media has reluctantly broken away from its latest celebrity tabloid feeding frenzy, to shamelessly exploit the disaster in Haiti, and everyone from credit card companies to aid groups to the news media to the corrupt government of Haiti are looking to profit from the disaster. Accompanying […]

TURKISH MOVIE SPARKS ISRAELI PROTEST….PLEASE SEE NOTE

A POX ON THOSE ISRAELI “FILMAKERS” AND WRITERS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS ANTI-SEMITIC TSUNAMI WITH THEIR OWN TREASONOUS CRITICISM OF ISRAEL…..RSK http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100116/wl_mideast_afp/mideastturkeyisraeldiplomacyentertainment Turkish movie sparks Israeli fury ANKARA (AFP) – The scriptwriter of a Turkish television series that sparked a diplomatic row with Israel said his team is working on a movie to show more […]

PLEASE READ BOTH COLUMNS ON HOW ITALY HELPS ARM IRAN

THIS ARTICLE BY ROBINS SHEPARD IS FOLLOWED BY THE COLUMN IN THE WALL ST. JOUNRAL …..PLEASE READ BOTH…..RSK The Italian job: How one of Israel’s closest friends in Europe is helping arm Iran http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-italian-job-how-one-of-israels-closest-friends-in-europe-is-helping-arm-iran/#more-1983 A depressing and extraordinary piece of writing in today’s Wall Street Journal details how Italy has for years been involved in […]

THE HOPEYCHANGER ON THE ROCKS? MARK STEYN

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NTVjMTk2MjIzMjY4YTk2N2Q2MDg5MmI5MjRhMDIyY2E= The Obama Agenda on the Precipice We’ll soon find out whether even Massachusetts is willing to follow him off the cliff. By Mark Steyn I’ve been out of the country for a couple of days, so let me see if I’ve got this right: America is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of Good […]

TRUTH IN TAXES: RICK RICHMAN

Truth in Taxes — Don’t Call It a ‘Medicare’ Tax Posted By Rick Richman Politico reported [1] earlier this week on the “unusual day-long negotiating session” at the White House between President Obama and top Democratic congressional leaders — an eight-hour “de facto conference committee” held in private. Those involved in the talks “sought to […]

NANCY PELOSI SEES A “REAL BOOM” FOR HAITI’S ECONOMY AFTER QUAKE

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/15/pelosi-sees-haiti-boom-quake/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_more_news_carousel Pelosi sees Haiti ‘boom’ from quake Jennifer Haberkorn House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that the earthquake in Haiti and the resulting aid may lead to a “real boom economy” there. Lawmakers say they plan to encourage more charitable donations by making them tax-deductible. “I think that this can be an opportunity for a […]

A VIETNAM VETERAN’S LETTER TO GENERAL McCHRYSTAL

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1223/A-Vietnam-Vets-Ideas-for-McChrystal.aspx From the mailbag — a letter to the general. Hey, McChrystal, It’s Tom Stone again, that pesky old Vietnam vet. Remember me? I wrote you some time ago with the suggestion that perhaps it would be more fitting to rename some of our armed forces to more accurately reflect the strategy that you espouse […]