Obama Reaches Out to Iran, Iran Calls Obama a Failure

Obama renews diplomatic dialogue The new administration wasted no time in expressing its intent to engage the troublesome regime in Iran, in sending veteran negotiator George J. Mitchell on an eight-day mission to the violent Middle East and in speaking directly to the people of the Muslim world on one of its own satellite TV [...]

Blair Reaches Out to Hamas, Hamas Calls Blair Foolish

Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza in the quest for a settlement will not work, Tony Blair has told The Times. The former prime minister implicitly criticises the strategy followed by the Bush Administration [...]

Life During Wartime, Obama Style

Defense Official: Obama Calling for Defense Budget Cuts The Obama administration has asked the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon’s budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 percent — about $55 billion — a senior U.S. defense official tells FOX News. Last year’s defense budget was $512 billion. [...]

Same as it Ever Was

Kassam rocket hits Ashkelon region Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip fired a Kassam rocket at Israel on Saturday morning, the third since both Israel and Hamas declared cease-fires on January 18. There were no reports of casualties or damage in the attack /how do you make peace with those vowed to destroy you?

Sunshine on the “Stimulus”

As the bright sunlight mercilessly beats down on the “stimulus” bill, it’s becoming exposed for what it really is, the rotting, stinking carcass of a bloated pig. Stick a fork in the pork! Harvard prof slams stimulus plan Harvard University professor Martin Feldstein may not be the Democrats’ favorite conservative economist for much longer. Feldstein, [...]

Putting ACORN’S Gravy Train on a Diet

Voter ID Was a Success in November Remember the storm that arose on the political left after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Indiana’s voter ID law last April? According to the left, voter ID was a dastardly Republican plot to prevent Democrats from winning elections by suppressing the votes of minorities, particularly [...]

Please Don’t Disturb the Jihadis While They’re Praying

Pakistan’s Partial Crackdown Lets Imams Preach Jihad A dozen Pakistani policemen stood watch last week outside a Lahore mosque known to be a stronghold of the Lashkar-e-Taiba guerrilla group — while the imam inside preached jihad to thousands of worshippers. The squad’s presence was part of Pakistan’s vow to curb Lashkar, which India blames for [...]

Another Idiot Goes to Bring Peace to the Middle East

Mitchell: Open Gaza crossings with PA US Middle East envoy George Mitchell on Thursday said that the Gaza crossings must be opened in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority. In a press conference Mitchell held with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, Mitchell told reporters that “to be successful in preventing the illicit traffic of [...]

Ich Bein Ein Gaffer

Biden to make ‘major’ US foreign-policy speech in Munich Vice President Joe Biden is to make a ‘major’ speech about the new US administration’s defence and foreign policy at the end of next week in Munich, the organizer of a German conference said Thursday. Wolfgang Ischinger said the address at the annual Munich security conference [...]

This Could Get Interesting

Military Judge Refuses to Halt Trial of USS Cole Bombing Suspect A military judge has refused the Obama administration’s request to delay the arraignment of Abu al-Nashiri, the accused planner of the 2000 USS Cole attack in Yemen, FOX News learned Thursday. Judge James Pohl’s ruling throws a wrench in President Obama’s plans to suspend [...]