President Barack Obama’s recent announcement of an unexpectedly rapid drawdown of American troops in Afghanistan is producing a bitter reaction in Pakistan to the effect that America makes promises but, once again, is ignoring its promises and abandoning its allies,
LONDON (AP) – News International announced Thursday it is shutting down the News of the World, the best-selling tabloid at the center of Britain’s phone hacking scandal. James Murdoch, who heads European operations for the paper’s parent company, said the
Before and after President Barack Obama announced the new U.S. strategy on Afghanistan, I engaged in a variety of media panels and private discussions with commentators and analysts from Arab and Muslim-majority regions of the world. Some of the individuals
There’s something about our President that has bothered me for some time (okay, a LOT bothers me), but I wasn’t able to put my finger on this one thing until recently. It’s been subtle at times, but lately it has
In his slim book on Churchill, Paul Johnson unearthed a highly instructive quotation to highlight the foundation of some of Churchill’s greatest strengths as a wartime leader: He didn’t worship, defer to, and otherwise treat military men as the Oracle
Before taking questions during yesterday’s press conference, Barack Obama issued a rambling statement that ran the left wing gamut from class warfare to an implied lament that taxes are too low. For the most part, it came across as a
At least sixteen people including eight attackers have been killed while eight others sustained injuries when heavily armed assailants stormed Intercontinental Hotel Kabul, Tuesday night, according to the Wakht News Agency (Kabul). The clash between the attackers and the security
From the Tehran Times: TEHRAN – A top military official restated Iran’s statement that Israel and the U.S. bases in the region and are within Iran’s missile reach. The statement came as the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps successfully test-fired 14
Last Thursday an impressive $507,000- was raised during an eight hour period at the annual event known as Troopathon. Troopathon- which was webcast here on ‘The BIG’s’- brings together celebrities from Hollywood, radio, TV and the media for the purpose
29 June 2011 Kabul, Afghanistan There is heavy security around Kabul. A “ring of steel,” as they call it, which is under Afghan authority. I’ve been driving around Kabul for several weeks and have never seen a foreign guard, and
“One percent of the population has carried three hundred million people through the past ten years of war. Can you imagine what our economy would be if we had another 9/11?” -Vice Admiral Norbert Ryan Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure
Left to right: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, Sudanese President ‘Omar Al-Bashir, Pakistani President Asif ‘Ali Zardari, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, at the “World Without Terrorism
Topics in today’s show:– Obama announces plans to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan– NY legalizes same-sex marriage– NBC omits “Under God” from Pledge of Allegiance– Tom Hanks says Obama has saved 1 billion jobs– China has overtaken America as largest
Part III The Message, Apathy and Malfeasance The Message: The message in Coughlin’s thesis, “To Our Great Detriment”, is principally that ignoring so major a doctrine based ideology as Islam and refusing to consider it’s potential for motivating it’s followers
“America, it is time to focus on nation-building here at home,” said President Obama during his speech outlining his plans for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. First, I’m not the President of the United States and all, but I’m pretty sure
Mark Steyn provides a dissection of President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan and explains the President’s statement that America must “begin nation building here at home.”
Foreign Policy: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker will join the flotilla of ships next week that will try to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip. She says the goal is to bring supplies and raise awareness of the
Pravda, in one of the more bizarre editorials in a long time, touts First Lady Michelle Obama as the better Obama to sit in the Oval Office. An excerpt: “While Barack Obama insulted the Nobel Prize and the international community
Believe me, they’re celebrating at the Weekly Standard over this “get”: Matthew Continetti writes: In a speech tonight, President Obama is expected to announce the staggered withdrawal, over the course of the next year, of the surge troops in Afghanistan.
CBN News reports that President Barack Obama mistook a fallen soldier for a living one when he spoke to troops at Fort Drum today: First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went
Last night, President Obama addressed the nation in what was meant to be an informative outlook on the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He addressed the nation for approximately 13 minutes in which about half of that time rightly
On Thursday, June 23rd Andrew Breitbart will co-host “Troopathon 2011” along with Melanie Morgan. Troopathon raises money for custom care packages sent to our troops fighting overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan. The telethon begins at 4:00 PM ET and can
In November 1963, after President JFK’s life ended tragically in Dallas, Texas, his V.P., Lyndon Baines Johnson, became president. The Vietnam War was already under way, although it was still referred to as a conflict, for JFK had been sending
The pace of the withdrawal is a setback for his top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David H. Petraeus, who has been named director of the Central Intelligence Agency. General Petraeus, who helped write the Army’s field manual on counterinsurgency policy,
JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV The president’s speech is expected to begin at 8:00 PM ET.
