Category Archives: World

Benghazi, Obama and the Surreal Expectations of the Progressive Left

Ace has a post up relating to the Benghazi disaster, starting with a sharp tweet: As @johnekdahl puts it: It was decided from the first moments that this wasn’t terrorism, because it would be politically harmful if it were terrorism. … Continue reading

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Obama: Fundamentally Unserious or Deliberately Incompetent?

I never liked candidate Barack Obama and didn’t vote for him for President. But on his inauguration day, when he ended his speech, I stood and I clapped because I love my country and I hoped that Obama’s rhetoric would … Continue reading

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Chipmunk Haiku

A hell of a week. Tremendous and frightening. Let’s call it a day.

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Chart-Fu

Smart diplomacy, indeed.

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Chipmunk Haiku

Religion of Peace. Submit to Allah, kafir. You’ll love sharia.

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You think?

Having seen a fellow Ambassador dragged through the streets and other embassies burning and under siege, do you think any American Ambassadors (and their staff) in Arab and/or Muslim countries are comfortable and secure? God help these people.

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Krauthammer: “The Fruits Of Apology and Retreat”

Hat Tip Common Cents: “This entire premise that we want to be loved and respected, we’re going to apologize, has now yielded all these results and these are the fruits of apology and retreat and lack of confidence in our … Continue reading

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Chipmunk Haiku

Arab world explodes. First Amendment under siege. This will not end well.

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Quote of the Day

“Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.” -Benjamin Netanyahu

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Incredibly Clueless

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “Today many Americans are asking, indeed I asked myself, ‘How could this happen? How could this happen in a country we helped liberate? In a city we helped save from destruction?’” The only people asking … Continue reading

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Canada Assumes Role as Leader of the Free World

Today, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said: “Canada views the government of Iran as the most significant threat to global peace and security in the world today. The government of Canada is formally listing Iran as a state sponsor of … Continue reading

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Freedom: It’s Not The Same All Over

I love America. I appreciate and am grateful for the freedoms and rights that I know I have here in the US and don’t have anywhere else. And I am weary of conversations with fools who lecture me on the … Continue reading

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A World Gone Insane

Over the last week or so, news has come out of Pakistan that a Christian girl has been arrested under blasphemy laws for desecrating a Koran. There have been conflicting reports that the girl has downs syndrome and that she … Continue reading

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Rice Nails It

In listening to Condi Rice’s speech, there was a particular passage that resonated with me and (in my furry opinion) perfectly encapsulates why America is flailing within, why the world is in relative chaos, and why the American and world … Continue reading

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Christian Persecution

Just yesterday I snarked about the disparate treatment of Islam and Christianity in America, using the bacon incident as example of what is a hate crime, and the removal of the Virgin Mary’s head at a church as example of … Continue reading

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What War on Christianity?

War on Christianity?! That’s silly, they tell me. Only a crazy wingnut with a victim complex could even conceive such a patently and observably false premise. Millions of Christians live their lives every day without thoughts of “war” on their … Continue reading

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Where is the Outrage?

H/T Weasel Zippers: CBS Reports: Islamist extremists have targeted two Tunisian Olympic medalists for behavior and dress seen as un-Islamic, as debate grows over the role of religion and women in the country that unleashed the Arab Spring uprisings. Radicals … Continue reading

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How About That Arab Spring?

Syrian rebels claimed to shoot down a fighter jet. Rebels are seen on video supposedly “throwing the bodies of slain government soldiers from the roof of a post office in the northeastern city of Al-Bab,” and Al Qaeda is reorganizing … Continue reading

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Obama: Serial Failure

Liz Cheney on Hannity last night: “It’s very, very tough to understand how this administration is defending American interests at this point. You’ve got a situation where the King of Jordan warned today, as example, where Al-Qaeda gets control potentially … Continue reading

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