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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2011 14 Comments

In the aftermath of the overthrow of the Mubarak regime in Egypt, Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post penned a meme which has become common among the mainstream media and left-blogosphere, that The GOP loves freedom, but not for Egypt:The conservative mantra has been: Obama...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2011 26 Comments

The Obama administration was very active in sheparding Hosni Mubarek out of power in Egypt, yet has been almost silent until today about Muammar Gaddafi, even as Libyan troops have used aircraft to bomb protesters.Explanation?--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2011 13 Comments

The Obama administration came close to what many of us have feared would happen, abandoning Israel at the U.N.Yes, the U.S. finally -- after a sustained bipartisan Congressional outcry -- did veto a one-sided and politically opportunistic resolution pushed by the Palestinian Authority declaring Israeli...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2011 15 Comments

To call the performance of the Obama administration at the UN, through Ambassador Susan Rice, "folly" would be far, far too kind.Mahmoud Abbas, despite repeated U.S. requests, insisted on pressing for a U.N. Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlement construction "illegal."  The U.S. vetoed the resolution.Standing in isolation,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2011 6 Comments

Is there anything more sickening than senior U.S. diplomats begging the Palestinian Authority delegates at the U.N. to "compromise" with just a Security Council "statement" condemning Israel, rather than a "resolution" condeming Israel?To which the response from the P.A. delegates was:  "Jump higher," no compromise for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2011 12 Comments

The wilful ignorance of the Obama administration to the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamists in Egypt is astounding.  Just look what happened in Gaza where the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot Hamas was elected to office and proceeded to drown out all other voices,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2011 13 Comments

Last June, in the midst of the "Gaza Flotilla" in which leftists joined Islamists against Israel, I asked Can Israel Survive A Second Obama Term?:This past week has seen the coming together of the growing Islamist-Leftist Coalition in the war against Israel.Leftists who, among other...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2011 7 Comments

I posted numerous times before about the alleged ambiguity in the New START Treaty language regarding missile defense, and how in the rush for a lame duck, pre-Christmas ratification, the Senate ignored differences in interpretation rather than seek clarification from the Russians.The Russians consistently had voiced...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2011 12 Comments

Let's face it, he'd get the "hands off" treatment from this administration. Regime change seems to be United States policy only for our friends.Did Obama demand that Hugo Chavez transition to leave office when peaceful protesters were beaten in the streets of Caracas, or at any...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2011 13 Comments

As much as I would have liked to weigh in on a bunch of issues during the day, I've been fighting the snow and the snow hit (my) back.Now that I can sit up straight, here are some thoughts, as usual in no particular order:Egypt...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2011 18 Comments

Obama does bear responsibility for the high, and now likely perpetual, unemployment rates, the skyrocketing budget deficits, and the rapid rise in our national debt in the past two years.  Domestically, the obsession with passing Obamacare and expanding government had a direct cause and effect...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2011 9 Comments

I do not think you listened to the State of the Union Address very carefully.  How do I know that you were not listening carefully?Well, I bet you thought Obama said that one of the benefits of the New START Treaty would be that the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2011 7 Comments

The lame duck rush to ratify the New START Treaty is becoming an example of fools rushing in.One of the sticking points for Republicans opposed to the Treaty (13 Republicans voted in favor of the Treaty) was that the Preamble language seemed to link missile...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 24, 2010 2 Comments

Remember how important it was to pass New START during the lame duck session, rather than waiting until January?  We were told that anything less would have angered the Russians and, in Harry Reid's words, put nukes in the hands of terrorists.  Any attempt to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2010 16 Comments

Nasty demand letters aren't working.  Tributes to "responsible, accountable, and open government" aren't working.How do we stop these Wikileaks folks short of dropping a house on their heads?Six ways to make people like youBecome genuinely interested in other people. Smile. Remember that a person's name...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2010 62 Comments

The U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran on November 4, 1979, was the start of 444 days which came to define Jimmy Carter.  The U.S. government was revealed to be powerless and the President weak.  Those among us who were alive and conscious during those days have embedded...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2010 8 Comments

The New York Times ran a trolling article yesterday titled G.O.P. and Tea Party Gains Are Mixed Blessing for Israel:When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel came to the United States recently for another round of tense talks with the Obama administration, he got a decidedly...

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