Category Archives: foreign affairs
Obama's French Lesson
When France chides you for appeasement, you know you’re scraping bottom. Continue reading
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Tagged charles krauthammer, foreign policy, france, iran, nuclear weapons, obama, sarkozy
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Surrendering sovereignty
While all eyes were on the rantings of Ahmadinejad at the United Nations, the United States — under President Barack Obama — was surrendering its economic sovereignty at the G-20 summit. The result of this conclave, which France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed as “revolutionary,” was that all the nations agreed to coordinate their economic policies and programs and to submit them to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for comment and approval. While the G-20 nations and the IMF are, for now, only going to use “moral suasion” on those nations found not to be in compliance, talk of sanctions looms on the horizon. Continue reading
Posted in economics, foreign affairs
Tagged economics, fore, foreign policy, imf, obama, sovereignty
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The coming war with Iran
War with Iran is now inevitable. The only question is: Will it happen sooner or later? Continue reading
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Tagged forei, foreign policy, iran, jeffrey kuhner, obama, war
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This Mission Is Not McChrystal Clear
Our troops are not in Afghanistan for a social experiment. Continue reading
Time to Act Like a President
Sooner or later it is going to occur to Barack Obama that he is the president of the United States. As of yet, though, he does not act that way, appearing promiscuously on television and granting interviews like the presidential candidate he no longer is. The election has been held, but the campaign goes on and on. The candidate has yet to become commander in chief. Continue reading
Punting National Security to the Judiciary
In a stunning display of political cowardice, the Obama administration has decided not to seek specific congressional authorization for a prolonged detention statute for Guantanamo Bay detainees deemed too dangerous to set free. This decision not only weakens U.S. detention policy, it will regrettably serve as an invitation to the courts to expand their role in national-security affairs — an area that is properly the province of the executive and legislative branches. Continue reading
Posted in foreign affairs, law
Tagged charles stimson, guantanamo, national security, obama, terrorism
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