Quite a Legacy
For those of us accustomed to watching the Obami try very hard to do as little as possible on Iran, this should come as no surprise: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday it could take months...
View ArticleSorry, Obama, but Russia and China Are Never Going to Help You on Iran
The headline says it all: “Clinton appears to extend timeline for Iran sanctions.” The Secretary of State told reporters aboard her flight to Argentina: “We are moving expeditiously and thoroughly in...
View ArticleLeftist Soccer Agony: U.S. Victory Equals Jingoism
You would think that leftists who hope that American sports exceptionalism is breaking down in the face of World Cup fever would be thrilled by the big American victory in a game against Algeria. And...
View ArticleThe World Cup and American Exceptionalism
Jonathan, it took me a while to read your response to my response to your response — I am watching football! Far from me the thought that a game of football is anything more than a game of football....
View ArticleThe Economic and Budget Issue Brief: Read It and Weep
The CBO’s July 27 Economic and Budget Issue Brief, “Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis,” is short (8 pages), accessible, and worth reading. It covers past and projected federal debt held by...
View ArticleBlock This Sale
The bad ideas just keep coming. A few bloggers and news outlets picked up this week on the report that a Russian company wants to acquire a 51 percent stake in a U.S. uranium-mining operation. Four...
View ArticleTime Magazine Takes Its Israel Hatred to a New Level
Yesterday, I wrote that the recent controversial legislation at the Knesset would likely result in a full-fledged freak-out from the left over Israel’s supposed slide toward totalitarianism, and this...
View ArticleThe Slap Heard Round the World
It is amazing that the political revolution now sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa was started by a 26-year-old unemployed Tunisian man who self-immolated. On December 17, 2010, Mohamed...
View ArticleMore on the Freedom Agenda
I want to add several thought to John’s illuminating post on neoconservatism and democracy. 1. The most radical Islamic governments in the world — Iran, Afghanistan under the Taliban, Iraq under...
View ArticleIs Obama Repeating April Glaspie’s Gaffe?
On July 25, 1990, April Glaspie, a career foreign service officer and ambassador to Iraq, made what in hindsight was one of the biggest gaffes in State Department history. During a rare meeting with...
View ArticleBuenos Aires Bombing Remembered
Today marks the 18th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association in Buenos Aires, an attack that killed 85 and seriously injured hundreds. The attack was planned...
View ArticleIran Isolated? Don’t Ask Argentina
Many in the United States assume that the international sanctions being enforced against Iran and the threats from American leaders about Tehran’s nuclear program have isolated that Islamist regime....
View ArticleAnother (Self-Induced) Diplomatic Headache for Obama
For an administration that has made no effort to conceal its disdain for allied diplomacy, whether with an Israel that President Obama insists doesn’t know its own interests or a British political...
View ArticleA Falkland Islands Coda
Spurred on by James Kirchick’s superb piece on why the Falkland Islands matter, and by my on-going visit to the UN, it’s worth pointing out how the Falklands illustrate one more thing: how the...
View ArticleKirchner to Skip Bombing Memorial Again
Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, points out to me that for the second year running, Argentine President Christina Kirchner is going to...
View ArticleObama’s Luck on the World Stage
When it comes to global security, it may seem counter-intuitive to suggest that Barack Obama is one of the luckiest American presidents on the world stage. After all, Russian forces invaded Ukraine...
View ArticleWill 2015 be the Year of the Second Falklands War?
In 1982, Argentina, beset by its own economic woes and looking for a way to rally its people around the flag, launched a surprise attack on the Falkland Islands, a British crown colony since 1840 and...
View Article“I Am Nisman”
On Sunday night, Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor charged with investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, was found dead in his apartment. A gun was found by his...
View ArticleA Shameful Attack on Alberto Nisman
Predictably, elements of the left are now waking up to the political implications of the death, on January 18, of Alberto Nisman, the Argentine Special Prosecutor who spent the last decade...
View ArticleKirchner’s Jew Hatred Casts Cloud on Argentina
In recent years, a rising tide of anti-Semitism has made much of Europe a hostile place for Jews. But the resurgence of Jew-hatred has not been limited to that continent. As Ben Cohen noted in the...
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