“The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retained some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capability. Intelligence reports also indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons, but […]

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 […]

Obama says Bush falsely accused him of appeasement

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 51 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama accused President Bush of “a false political attack” Thursday after Bush warned in Israel against appeasing terrorists — early salvos in a general election campaign that’s already blazing even as Obama tries to sew up his […]

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. […]

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 […]

A Preview Of Socialized Medicine
The WAPO has done a piece that is supposed to be a damning indictment of the type of care captured illegals get before they’re deported. Personally, I think it reads better as a preview of what would happen if the Democrats got their way and socialized medicine came to pass.
Just take […]

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 […]

Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee
By WILLIAM GLABERSON NYT
Published: May 10, 2008
In a new blow to the Bush administration’s troubled military commission system, a military judge has disqualified a Pentagon general who has been centrally involved in overseeing Guantánamo war crimes tribunals from any role in the first case headed for trial.
The judge said the […]

One of Barack Obama’s Middle East policy advisers disclosed today that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas - prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him.
Robert Malley told The Times he had regularly been in contact with Hamas, which controls Gaza but is listed by the US State […]