“HEARTS AND MINDS” THERAPY FAILING…THEY NEED SERIOUS, LONG ACTING SEDATION…RSK  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704904604575262881112265548.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_world  By ALAN CULLISON And MARIA ABI-HABIB KABUL—A bold attack on NATO’s largest military base in southern Afghanistan this weekend signals that the Taliban are determined to keep up the pace of high-profile strikes against coalition troops, despite high casualties among the attackers […]
MIDDLE EAST NEWS MAY 21, 2010 TYPICAL RUSE AND THE SO CALLED DEAL COMES WITH GETTING AN “INTERNATIONAL FORCE” AND REMEMBER 1967 FOR THE EFFICACY OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN DETERRING ARAB WAR ON ISRAEL…..RSK  By CHARLES LEVINSON Palestinians Offer Wider Concessions on Land JERUSALEM—Palestinian negotiators have surprised Washington with a bold opening offer […]
ASIA NEWS MAY 21, 2010, 6:50 A.M. ET By JAY SOLOMON U.S., Allies to Punish North Korea  “This can not be business as usual,” “The evidence is overwhelming and condemning,” Mrs. Clinton said. “The U.S. strongly condemns this act of aggression.” TOKYO—In her first public comments since a report blaming the sinking of a South […]
By MARK HELPRIN http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342604575222092593622512.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion Farewell to America’s China Station Beijing is poised to project ever greater power in the Pacific. The U.S. doesn’t appear up to the challenge. The United States and China are on a collision course in the Western Pacific. Far sooner than once anticipated, China will achieve effective military parity in Asia, […]
OPINION: OUTSIDE THE BOX MAY 17, 2010 Americans Know the Drill The people support offshore oil exploration. The politicians should listen. By PETE DU PONT The amount of energy America’s economy consumes is rising, and oil is a significant portion of its generation. But the domestic production of American oil is falling, and that means […]
 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703674704575235010085124830.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_us By NAFTALI BENDAVID By NAFTALI BENDAVID Both parties are pouring in money and dispatching heavy hitters in advance of a May 18 special election in western Pennsylvania, a race that could provide important signals about the outcome of the November elections. Associated Press In campaign mode in Pennsylvania, Republican Tim Burns, above, and Democrat […]
 A recent Washington Post/ABC poll showed that less than one in three people said they plan to vote to re-elect their member of Congress — numbers that haven’t been seen in Post/ABC data since the Republican wave election of 1994.  NUMBER 1: Alan Mollohan loses primary fight West Virginia Democratic Rep. Alan Mollohan […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703322204575226613386709330.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop  Infiltrating Jihadis’ World Officer Goes Undercover in Terror Fight By JOEL STONINGTON After the failed attempt to bomb Times Square, New York police are dispatching more officers to be seen on the streets, around landmarks and on subways.  Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal The undercover policeman who went by the […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342604575222580743250128.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion  By DANIEL BALSON At some point in the early part of the 20th century, the Tsarist authorities deemed my great grandfather to be a “useful Jew.” He was a pianist and his musical talents fit nicely with Russia’s classical preoccupation with high European culture. And so, under this vulgar appellation, he was issued […]
Get Ready for a Nuclear Iran Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and others will surely follow suit. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703871904575216260958684670.html Get Ready for a Nuclear Iran Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and others will surely follow suit. By JOHN BOLTON Negotiations grind on toward a fourth U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran’s nuclear weapons program, even as President […]