About a week ago, Katie Kieffer dared to ask a few questions of the sort I have in mind on Townhall.com, tentatively advancing the proposition that Ron Paul is not entirely insane. Directly opposing her signature photo on the Townhall homepage was the equally lovely visage of Star Parker—whose column charged Paul supporters with being [...]
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Assuming a Palestinian state is declared by the UNGA in September, Israel and the United States have made it clear that unity talks with Hamas and the PA's unilateral UN bid for statehood will have serious financial and political consequences. [...] These candidates have not yet identified the fundamental causes of our problems, so their current plans are short sighted and tactical. What is the role of our federal government and what are we doing today that we should cease and desist? Who will emerge as a true national leader? [...] The revolts throughout the Arab world have shown that Israel is not the central problem, and yet our president and his State Department seem to follow the old line that the Palestine question is the root of all the Middle East's problems. [...] The irony of liberal Democrat Obama instigating military action while Republicans object, relying upon the Democrat-passed War Powers Act of 1973 to challenge him. [...] To date, too few Western leaders have taken Iranian leaders like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Ali Khameneiat their word when they say that Israel must disappear from the map and/or the pages of history. Nor should jihad be understood only in terms of martial actions; jihad can and does take the form of economic warfare and [...] The Obama administration's reaction to the massive demonstrations and government crackdown in Egypt has been inconsistent, awkwardly changing from day to day. Instead of supporting the protesters and their pleas for democracy and reform, the administration staked out a position last week supporting the existing hard-line regime. Five days later, the administration completely reversed itself. [...] Obama's quandary is that he is a liberal Democrat who opposes most military engagements. But unlike Vietnam, the war appears to be winnable. [...] At the bottom line, foreign aid to Africa is detrimental to African people in the same way that domestic welfare aid is detrimental to American lower economic classes. [...] |
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