Senator Kit Bond of Missouri is the vice-chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. In that position, the Senator is privy to the latest classified information on the Obama administration’s most consequential foreign policy initiative, the follow up Strategic
by Secure Freedom Radio11 Oct 2010, 9:59 AM PST0
The latest efforts to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians are hanging by a thread, which should be no surprise. Perhaps, based on the 2000 Camp David peace talks, sponsored by President Clinton, when the Palestinians walked away, essentially,
by Of Thee I Sing 177611 Oct 2010, 4:57 AM PST0
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank is joined by former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton. This enlightening and comprehensive discussion ranges from the submission of U.S. sovereignty to the U.N., the role of the U.S. in
by Secure Freedom Radio8 Oct 2010, 5:04 PM PST0
Few fiscal-policy terms these days seem as elastic as the word “subsidy.” In a strict sense, it means a direct payment from government (i.e., taxpayers) to influence economic behavior. So it was with great interest that I read Robert H.
by Andrew Moylan5 Oct 2010, 9:01 AM PST0
I’ve always liked getting to the heart of the matter—something the activist old media has no interest in doing during this election cycle. November 2 is a mandate on whether America will remain a country based on the Constitutional values
by Ron Futrell3 Oct 2010, 1:09 PM PST0
Two weeks ago U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, cruised down the Potomac River on a U.S. Navy barge. Gates’ goal: find common ground on issues critically important to free nations such as preventing Iran
by Rebeccah Heinrichs29 Sep 2010, 5:38 AM PST0
Obama administration policies have caused “irreperable harm” to the Gulf Coast economy, stifling the energy sector and culling employment within it to a degree previously underestimated by the administration itself. That is the conclusion drawn by Louisiana State University economics
by Capitol Confidential26 Sep 2010, 9:04 AM PST0
In yet another sign that the Russians are looking to stir the pot in the Middle East, they’ve decided to sell P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria. The sale is worth at least $300 million and will have the Russians
by Rob Miller23 Sep 2010, 3:31 AM PST0
While his influence on domestic politics is waning, President Obama’s latest foreign policy blunder–the dangerous new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia–may have opened the floodgates to similar capitulation to Moscow in Europe by putting America’s imprimatur on
by Seth Mandel22 Sep 2010, 2:19 AM PST0
It was a dry bureaucratic announcement appearing in the official Granma web site (Translation). It signaled the end of Cuba’s Communist economy. Fidel Castro Here are some excerpts (sometimes paraphrased): “After 52 years, the Cuban Revolution is a living and
by John J. Xenakis17 Sep 2010, 4:42 AM PST0
One of the most famous words regarding the Obama presidency thus far is “reset”–the administration’s term for a fresh start with Russia’s governing tandem of President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The strategy behind the “reset” has been
by Seth Mandel16 Sep 2010, 8:56 AM PST0
The Iranian Ahmadinejad regime repeated announced goal is the destruction of the State of Israel. The goal of the State of Israel is survival. Israel feels it has the absolute right to defend itself against a potential nuclear attack. Iran
by Peter C. Maffitt14 Sep 2010, 8:24 AM PST0
On Tuesday, Mozambique’s government announced that it will begin to subsidize bread prices, after bread prices had risen 22% in the previous month. The move was forced by massive food riots and looting that occurred in the last few days,
by John J. Xenakis13 Sep 2010, 6:38 AM PST0
Only a few days before September 11, 2001, my girlfriend Tanya had come to the US for the first time on a visa from Russia. We were to be married that year. The economy had been rough that year due
by James Hudnall11 Sep 2010, 12:39 PM PST0
As President Hugo Chavez binds Venezuela ever tighter to every international enemy of the USA, at home he confronts high inflation, dropping oil revenue, a falling GDP, and a National Assembly election just a few weeks way. That said he
by Peter C. Maffitt10 Sep 2010, 6:30 AM PST0
[The following was provided to Big Peace by an anonymous source in Poland.] Crash of government’s plane (Polish president does not have one and it is very important for defining who takes responsibility for a preparation of the president’s flight)
by Sun Tzu9 Sep 2010, 4:50 AM PST0
After reading a studious account of Imam Feisal Rauf’s Malaysian activities by my journalist colleague Alyssa Lappen, and listening to an interview of the courageous investigative reporter Steven Emerson, who has compiled recorded evidence of Rauf’s Islamic radicalism based upon
by Andrew G. Bostom26 Aug 2010, 8:40 AM PST0
After reading a studious account of Imam Feisal Rauf’s Malaysian activities by my journalist colleague Alyssa Lappen, and listening to an interview of the courageous investigative reporter Steven Emerson, who has compiled recorded evidence of Rauf’s Islamic radicalism based upon
by Andrew G. Bostom25 Aug 2010, 6:12 AM PST0
I don’t think it would be news to anyone here that Pakistan’s intel service ISI plays both sides or more in dealing with us, the Taliban, al Qaeda, and the Afghans, plus they are always paranoid about India. The NY
by Jim Hanson24 Aug 2010, 4:08 PM PST0
It’s never been clear what really happened on that foggy morning of April 10 when a Polish airplane crashed on a Russian runway, killing all 96 people aboard including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, cabinet ministers, military service chiefs, intelligence officials,
by Diana West23 Aug 2010, 5:58 AM PST0
With Dr. Evil: …and his Mini-Me’s: …plus their Russian Wolfhound: George Soros now rules over half of the Earth: Eurasia, North America and, with his foot in Brazil, a large hunk of South America. With a Sorosian Barack Obama running
by Michael Moriarty22 Aug 2010, 10:35 AM PST0
The 65th anniversary of the surrender of Japan (following what was for US forces a three year and eight month ordeal of savage fighting across the Pacific starting at Pearl Harbor and finally culminating in the incineration of two of
by Brad Schaeffer22 Aug 2010, 8:14 AM PST0
The word is that Palestinian President Abbas is refusing to have face to face talks with Israel unless those talks are based on Israel returning to the pre-1967 borders. What Abbas knows but won’t admit is that there is no
by Jeff Dunetz20 Aug 2010, 5:50 AM PST0
Just when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Team Obama’s other boosters for the New START Treaty thought the time ripe to press the U.S. Senate to consent to the ratification of that accord, legislators were given two powerful new
by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.17 Aug 2010, 5:15 AM PST0
The Left in the mainstream media are desperately attempting to characterize conservative views of the Cordoba Initiative mosque as question of religious freedom. Yet, no apologist for the mosque, thus far, from the White House, to the Mayor’s office, to
by Secure Freedom Radio16 Aug 2010, 5:28 PM PST0