Barack Hussein Obama rose to power by attacking–in a somewhat apocryphal 2002 speech–what he called George Walker Bush’s “dumb war” in Iraq. Let us compare Obama’s approach to Syria with Bush’s in Iraq. 1.Bush in Iraq: Attacked an evil regime
In a shockingly short period of time, the American people have learned about four massive failures in our government’s ability to treat a red flag like a red flag and screen out troubled individuals before they are given extraordinary access
The alleged use of deadly chemical weapons by the Syrian regime against civilians and opponents on the anniversary of President Barack Obama’s “red line” statement might have marked the collapse of Obama’s foreign policy–if such policy actually existed. In fact,
Sen. Mark Udall appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” (D-CO) Sunday to discuss the NSA’s mega data-mining program and how Congress can balance the war on terror with innocent citizens’ privacy.
Accused Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan has released a statement claiming the U.S. military is at war with his religion. Acting as his own attorney in his trial over the shooting that killed 13 and wounded more than 30
“The necessity of conducting the global war on terror should not render the U.S. government so afraid of its own shadow that it refuses to release truthful information to the American people when required by FOIA.” This was an argument
A panel discussion on Fox News Watch last weekend focused on the question of Glenn Greenwald and asked whether activist journalism can be trusted. The Fox Panel completely skirted the the specifics about Greenwald, however, so it ended up being another case
During the 2011 Egyptian revolution Obama showed full support for ‘democracy’ by supporting the protests to overthrow Mubarak. Now we see the largest mass demonstration in human history and it seems Obama has changed his position on standing for democracy.
Let’s pause and give The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill his due. The liberal war correspondent isn’t just firing off accusations from the comfort of his couch. He travels to the hottest spots in the world to file war dispatches, and with
Over the course of just one month, President Obama’s approval rating in the CNN/ORC poll has dropped a full eight points to 45%-his lowest rating in eighteen months. His disapproval rating climbed to 54%. On the all-important issue of trust,
Jodie Evans, 2008 Obama bundler and co-founder of the leftist anti-American group Code Pink, is in Yemen this week campaigning against the United States’ efforts in fighting the war on terror. This is in keeping with Code Pink’s decade-long history
The director of the new documentary Dirty Wars, a film detailing America’s secretive military tactics against Al Qaeda, says the country’s moral standing in the fight against terrorism is history. “We’ve lost every shred of credibility around the world, from
If the name Laura Poitras sounds familiar to readers of The Washington Post, it could be because they have seen her documentaries critical of the U.S. war on terror tactics. The liberal filmmaker made the jump from film to print
On Tuesday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) explained that he would censor Americans’ mail if the war on terror required it. “In World War II, the mentality of the public was that our whole way of life was at risk, we’re
In a Gallup tracking poll released Tuesday, former-President George W. Bush currently stands with a favorability rating of 49%, compared to 46% who see the 43rd president unfavorably. Meanwhile, another Gallup poll shows President Obama with only a 47% approval
White House press secretary Jay Carney, responding on Monday to NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s charge that Barack Obama is as bad as George W. Bush was when it comes to invasive procedures conducted through surveillance, said President Obama has “lived
I feel about government secrecy much the way I did at the outset of the War on Terror, with the provision that like many other people, I was more inclined to err on the side of security in the immediate
Pundits examining daily poll numbers to gauge the impact of current scandals on President Obama are missing a bigger trend. Even before recent revelations of misconduct by his Administration, Obama’s approval ratings have been declining throughout the year. On Monday,
In response to Priorities, Priorities: NSA Launches Probe into PRISM Leaker: Looks like it won’t take long to find the big NSA leaker: his name’s Edward Snowden, and he’s a disgruntled Obama voter who worked for the CIA and defense
On CNN’s State of the Union, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) ripped into Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) over Paul’s suggestion in 2012 that governmental portrayal of the war on terror battlefield being inside the United States opened the door to violation
Liberal journalist Jeremy Scahill’s new film, Dirty Wars, assesses the damage he says is being done by the U.S. War on Terror. Scahill may be firmly on the left, but he’s appalled at how his fellow progressives are giving President
According to a breaking report from the UK Guardian, Barack Obama’s National Security Agency has been collecting phone records of millions of domestic customers of Verizon under a court order obtained in April. The order requires Verizon to turn over
“For those who still think 9/11 changed everything, a presidency spreading ambiguity about national purpose is unsettling.” – Daniel Henninger, “Obama’s Dangerous Confusion,” Wall Street Journal, May 30 – Charles Krauthammer, “Obama’s Dorothy Doctrine,” Washington Post, May 31 President Barack
There has probably never been a greater example of selfless heroism in sports than Pat Tillman, the man who gave up a football career to fight in the War on Terror. After a stellar career at Arizona State, Tillman was
(AP) – Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror. Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners.
There’s no way to review this movie without spoiling it, so in short: it’s got a few laughs and a couple of good action scenes, but it’s a warp-speed train wreck of bad writing, vastly inferior to its goofy but
President “Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless ‘global war on terror’ – but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America. In many cases, this
The main character in The Reluctant Fundamentalist flashes a brief smile while watching the Twin Towers collapse on Sept. 11, 2001. It’s a brash bit of theater, particularly in a film asking us to question whether the character has become
The UN Human Rights Council’s “human rights expert” Richard Falk has been enthusiastically welcomed in certain quarters after his obscene remarks on Boston’s “canaries” and justifiable “resistance” to “the American global domination project.” Monday evening in Beirut, Lebanon, Falk received
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News ABC News: When George W. Bush saw the news about Boston, his mind immediately turned to organized terrorism–and
In light of the bombing of the Boston Marathon, is the War on Terror is still over? After all, in August 2009 the Obama administration announced the U.S. was no longer engaged in a “war on terror,” nor was it
During an April 21 appearance on Face The Nation, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani said “whether we want to call this a War on Terror, they call this a war on us.” Speaking specifically of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects,
Perhaps inevitably, stories about missed opportunities to detect and either deport the Tsarnaev brothers, or at least keep closer tabs on them, are emerging. Judicial Watch has been saying for days that the elder scumbag, Tamerlan, could have been deported
A Pakistani lawyer on Friday threw a shoe at ex-dictator Pervez Musharraf as he walked to a court room to extend his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges. A group of around 20 lawyers protested against
UPDATE: On Saturday, John Hawkins, founder of the People’s Choice Blog Awards, issued this statement in response to Spencer’s accusations: Despite what he claimed on his website, Robert Spencer was never ‘barred’ from receiving the People’s Choice award at the
Plenty of documentary filmmakers would love to grill Vice President Dick Cheney on his political career. R.J. Cutler, best known for producing The War Room and directing The September Issue, got the chance after convincing the reticent politician to speak
What if political strategy and tactics are far less important than the current debate about Republican fortunes implies? What if political outcomes are determined by particular media events–and reactions to them? I’ve been kicking around a little theory I’ll call
The State Department’s $51.6 billion budget for 2013 covers a multitude of things, from the $8.2 billion for the “Overseas Contingency Program”–once called the War on Terror–to the $4.1 billion “in contributions to international organizations.” Then there’s the $469.5 million
Reported by Politico, the past-her-sell-date provocatrix is in “very, very preliminary” talks to discuss how she can contribute to the Al Jazeera global television network. If you don’t keep tabs on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Angry-Birds-owning wrytyr, you might think my claim
I commend the effort by Senators Graham and Inhofe to get answers from the White House about Benghazi before a confirmation vote is held for John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Beyond mishandling Benghazi, additional items in
