May 23, 2013

How effective is Obama’s direct diplomacy?

Obama's Direct Diplomacy

Remember when Obama wouldn’t pipe up during the Israeli conflict prior to taking office? How he couldn’t be forced to make even a peep about the tough issues while George Bush was still in office? How he kept mum about the specifics of the economy until the last minute? He was such a good sport [...]

Iran News (Truther Update)

Irannosaurus by Michael Ramirez at Investor's Business Daily Image

Not too much cooking over in Iran, but I needed an excuse to put up this cartoon from Michael Ramirez. I normally don’t put up other people’s work, because if I did on a regular basis then you’d realize how poor my own photoshop phunnies are and you might not come back, but this is [...]

Long-range Iranian missiles and Krauthammer-y Goodness

First, some news to follow up Iran’s nuclear announcement earlier this week. Gina Cobb and Jihad Watch report. The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs. The imagery has pinpointed the facility from where the Iranians launched their [...]

More Petraeus Analysis and Al Qaeda/Iran

Petraeus is back on Capital Hill today, testifying in front of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees. This time around has been quite a bit quieter than the last, though there are still plenty of nutter butters to go around. General Betray Us? Of course he has. MoveOn.org can hardly be expected to [...]

Were Saddam’s WMD moved to Syria?

In the same way that the administration is willfully ignoring to publicly confront the drastic and violent role that Iran is playing in Iraq right now, they have been unwilling to even pursue further exploration into the subject of Saddam’s WMD programs. The current debate over Iraq has moved on (largely, unless you’re a street [...]

Iran meddling (murdering) in Iraq? No, I’m shocked!

Tossing this out there again because it’s still relevant today as more comes out about Iran’s involvement in the recent battle for Basra and Iraq at large. TigerHawk quotes the Times of London on Sadr’s ceasefire. Although powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to a ceasefire after six days of fighting, Pelosi wondered why the [...]