No More Islamic Terrorism!
Under siege during the Christmas Day bomb incident, the Obami huffily insisted that they do too know we are at war and that they do too take it seriously. Their policy decisions and actions suggest...
View ArticleThe Success of the Times Square Terrorist
In the nineteenth century, anarchist terrorists (who, by the way, were proud of the title) referred to their activities as “propaganda by the deed.” Terrorism has always been designed to make more of a...
View ArticleRE: The Jihadist Attack on Times Square
John McCain is worried the Obami haven’t learned anything from the Christmas Day bombing attack: McCain, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a longtime leading Republican on...
View ArticleStill Mirandizing
Well, as I suspected would be the case, we did Mirandize the Times Square bomber. We are told he has chosen to talk, but what if he didn’t? Would we have been content to let him clam up as the...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Ben Smith spots bias at the Washington Post. CEOs spots the worst place to do business: “California ranks last among the states and Washington D.C. as a place to do business, according to Chief...
View ArticleThe No-Fly List Didn’t Work, Mr. Holder
Eric Holder tried to assure us that — to borrow a phrase — the system (i.e., the no-fly list) worked. But it didn’t, and the media, increasingly unwilling to cover for the Obama spin machine, is...
View ArticleThe Least Transparent Administration
Among the Obama administration’s wildly inaccurate self-descriptors is that it is the most “transparent administration in history.” That is — as we have repeatedly seen in the national security and...
View ArticleThe Enemy We Dare Not Name
Stephen Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn explain the Obama administration’s now-predictable rhetoric, which runs through the series of jihadist attacks that have occurred on its watch – Fort Hood, the...
View ArticleDoes the Obama Administration’s Anti-Terrorism Strategy Rely on Luck?
The administration is sensitive to the notion that they are relying on terrorists’ ineptitude and alert citizenry to defend America. On Fox News Sunday, the continually hapless John Brennan had this to...
View ArticleThe Senate Intelligence Committee: The System Sure Didn’t Work
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence put out a 55-page report finding 14 significant intelligence failings in connection with the Christmas Day bombing plot. These included problems with the...
View ArticleWay to Go, Senator Feinstein!
Dennis Blair “resigned” — that is to say, was shoved overboard, finally. As the Wall Street Journal report points out, the shoving is long overdue: From the outset, Mr. Blair, 63 years old, a retired...
View ArticleRE: Judicial Victory
Max, I agree that it’s good news when the circuit court declines to apply to a foreign battlefield the constitutional protections afforded to Americans in criminal proceedings. (They should have done...
View ArticleBrown on Israel
Scott Brown might not be a rock-ribbed conservative on domestic matters — he’s gone along with the Democrats on finance reform and a overstuffed spending bill (inaptly named a “jobs bill”), but on...
View ArticleTime for Obama to Lead
On Fox News Sunday, Sens. Lindsey Graham and Diane Feinstein provided some sage advice and bipartisan leadership on the war in Afghanistan. Graham explained: The ambassador’s a fine man, has a poor...
View ArticleWhy He Doesn’t Explain Why We Fight
Charles Krauthammer’s (I won’t say “must-read,” because all are) column today critiques both what Obama said on Tuesday (much discussion of deadlines) and what he did not. As to the latter, Krauthammer...
View ArticleGive Americans a Break Already
The chattering class and the president have done their best lately to upbraid the American people. We’re Islamophobes. There is a rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment. We’re losing touch with our...
View ArticleObama’s One-Man Wrecking Crew
If possible, Obama has done still more harm to the Democrats who are on the ballot this year. Liz Cheney of Keep America Safe was fast on the draw, calling for Obama to explain what he meant about...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just Afghanistan
Peter Baker at The New York Times (h/t Peter Feaver) highlights this nugget from Bob Woodward’s book: During a daily intelligence briefing in May 2009, [Dennis] Blair warned the president that radicals...
View ArticleA Better Choice for the Peace Prize
Aside from giving it to Richard Goldstone (you think I jest, but he was on the short list), the Nobelians could hardly have done worse than last year’s choice for the Peace Prize. In fact, they did a...
View Article“Why Is Obama So Calm?”
That’s what Jonathan Cohn wants to know. Here’s a clue: he is always “calm” (except when attacking his long list of “enemies”) – that is, he is always projecting an eerie detachment that his supporters...
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