Obama: Wrong on Iran
Friday , May 16, 2008
By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
President Bush is absolutely right to criticize sharply direct negotiations with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Barack Obama’s embrace of the idea of direct negotiations is both naïve and dangerous and should be a big issue in the campaign.
The reason not to negotiate with Ahmadinejad […]
Obama criticizes McCain, Bush on appeasement talk
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
WATERTOWN, S.D. - Barack Obama rebuked Republican rival John McCain and President Bush for “dishonest, divisive” attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would appease terrorists, staunchly defending his national security credentials for the general election campaign.
Obama responded Friday to Bush’s speech Thursday […]
President Bush said:
“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Bush said at Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem.
“We have heard this foolish delusion before,” Bush said in remarks to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. “As Nazi tanks crossed […]
Congress Looks to Boost Military Pay by 3.9 Percent
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
WASHINGTON —
Congress wants a 3.9 percent pay raise for troops next year — more than President Bush wants but in synch with a broader election-year effort by lawmakers to boost benefits for service members and veterans.The House Armed Services Committee was on track Wednesday to […]
Ahmadinejad: Israel Is Doomed
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
TEHRAN, Iran —
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is dying and that its 60th anniversary celebrations are an attempt to prevent its “annihilation.”He spoke hours after President Bush arrived in Israel for the anniversary celebrations.
“The Zionist (Israeli) regime is dying,” said Ahmadinejad during a speech in northern Iran. […]
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA — Iraqi Police in Wasit Province have made significant capacity gains in recent months to improve security for the citizens of Iraq.
Their planning ability has greatly improved and their effectiveness increases daily, said Col. Peter Baker, commander of the 214th Fires Brigade.
Much of the improvement is due to the actions of […]
Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It’s an amazing time to be alive in America. We’re in a year of firsts in this presidential
election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate;
and, a candidate who is the first front running freedom fighter over 70.
The next president of America […]
CNN’S WOLF BLITZER: “All right, do you have any doubt about Senator Obama’s commitment to maintain a very supportive role for the United States as far as Israel is concerned?”
SEN. LIEBERMAN: “I have no doubt about that. But here’s what I want to say. Senator Obama has said he would sit down without condition with […]
In defending his stated intent to meet with America’s enemies without preconditions, Sen. Obama said: “I trust the American people to understand that it is not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but to our enemies, like Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did.”That he made this statement, and that […]
On McCain, Obama and a Hamas Link
By LARRY ROHTER
Published: May 10, 2008
In the clearest indication yet of how he intends to confront Senator Barack Obama on foreign policy issues in the general election, Senator John McCain on Friday again portrayed the Democratic contender as being the favorite of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, and implied […]
