Jim Emerson,FloydReports.com New documents added to WikiLeaks leaked United States embassy cables revealed that China has been selling missiles and parts to Iran,Syria,and Pakistan in violation of its agreement with the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). MTCR was formed in 1987 as an informal,voluntary partnership of 34 countries to prevent [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch In election years,candidates inevitably promise voters they will do more than their opponents. In practice that usually means increased debt-spending and expanding unconstitutional encroachments on liberty. Now one Republican presidential candidate has doubled-down on the most blatantly illegal action of this presidency,saying Barack Obama has not [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com Anyone seeking to know why Barack Obama really committed U.S. troops to Libya’s civil war can begin by dismissing virtually everything he said in his speech Monday night out of hand. For instance,Obama claimed he initiated this military action for humanitarian reasons. Failing “our responsibilities to our fellow [...] Don Feder,GrassTopsUSA.com What’s even more absurd and futile than going to war to spread democracy and advance human rights? Intervention to stop regimes from “killing their own people.” This is the sole rationale offered for Obama’s Libya excursion (Operation Odyssey Dawn even sounds like a Carnival Cruise ship) – to keep a tyrant [...] Jim Emerson,FloydReports.com While briefing the US Senate Committee about Worldwide threats,Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper was asked by Sen. Joe Manchin,D-West Virginia,on which country is the greatest threat to America. In Gen Clapper’s assessment was that Russia and China are the greatest threats. Their nuclear arsenals [...] Larry Klayman,WND.com During the Clinton presidency,after just a few years of mounting scandal,including the Chinagate affair – where the Bonnie and Clyde of American politics,“Bill and Hill,”illegally laundered millions of dollars in contributions to their legal-defense fund and the president’s re-election campaign coffers – Howard Phillips of The Conservative [...] David Yeagley,BadEagle.com Iranians protesting their govermnent in 2009. This is the time when student Neda Soltan was murdered in the street. Obviously,there is a major difference between Iran and Egypt,but,when the young people Iran crowded the streets demanding freedom in 2009,Barry “Obama” Soetoro was mum. When [...] Chet Nagle,The Daily Caller Hugo Chavez,the yanqui-hating dictator of Venezuela,will not accept Washington’s proposed emissary and has dared the United States to break diplomatic relations. It seems Ambassador-select Larry Palmer’s sin is that he did not applaud Chavez when he used his rubber-stamp parliament to perpetuate his dictatorial regime. The State [...] Terrence P. Jeffrey,CNSNews.com President Barack Obama was scheduled to spend his Wednesday in Indonesia visiting Jakarta’s massive Istiqlal Mosque and then giving a speech on the “pluralism and tolerance” of his host country at the University of Indonesia. It is both ironic and instructive that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only [...] | |