Tag Archives: terrorism
The Politics of Liberal Amnesia
Nancy Pelosi is “pushing back” against charges that she was aware of — and acquiesced in — the CIA’s harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees nearly from the moment the practice began, reports the Politico Web site. Maybe she’s suffering from amnesia. Continue reading
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Tagged show trials, terrorism, torture, water boarding, witch hunt
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Tortured public stance
The White House’s smoothly run message-making machinery broke down last week in contradictory statements that have reignited the terrorist-interrogation controversy.
In the space of a week, the West Wing turned into a Tower of Babel as administration officials from President Obama to his chief of staff to his national intelligence adviser delivered wildly different positions. Continue reading
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Tagged cia, eit, show trials, terrorism, torture, witch hunt
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Crazy Times — Crazier Times to Follow
There have been a few crazy years like 2009 in American history 1860, 1929, 1941, and 1968. Continue reading
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Tagged bailout, deficit spending, federal spending, mortgage, taxes, terrorism, war
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Heirs to Fortuyn?
Muslim immigration and sclerotic welfare states push Europe right (sort of). Continue reading
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Tagged european union, immigration, islam, sharia, terrorism
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Presidential Poison
Mark down the date. Tuesday, April 21, 2009, is the moment that any chance of a new era of bipartisan respect in Washington ended. By inviting the prosecution of Bush officials for their antiterror legal advice, President Obama has injected a poison into our politics that he and the country will live to regret. Continue reading
