Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Tacitus (of the Romans): “They make a desert and call it peace.” Iran (on its dealings with Obama): “Our relationship w/ the world is based on Iranian nation’s interests. In #Geneva agreement world powers surrendered to Iranian nation’s will.” Barack Obama (on his dealings with Iranians): “What we want to
Continue readingI’m tired of pussy-footing around calling Obama merely dishonest, stupid, feral, leftist, etc. Let’s call it like it is: the man is evil. Only an evil man would say this (emphasis mine): There are times where I as President of the United States am going to have different tactical perspectives
Continue readingA “perfect storm” occurs when circumstances that normally operate independently from each other occur at the same time, with each heightening the other’s impact. Starting at sunset tonight, we are about to see the nexus of four circumstances that normally operate independent of each other, especially since two of those
Continue readingI’ve noticed something interesting. While serious thinkers are likening what John Kerry and Barack Obama did vis a vis Iran to Neville Chamberlain’s disastrous Munich Agreement, they’re not using the world “appeasement” as the dominant trope. (E.g., Charles Krauthammer and Bret Stephens.) They’re just saying that, in terms of giving
Continue readingBig Fur Hat, at iOwnTheWorld.com, nails it in a very subtle, but devastating way:
Continue readingI went to bed depressed and waking up to these Drudge Report headlines reminded me why: The whole Iran-Munich moment has left me believing that Obama is much smarter than we realized. Even as he was lying to Israel about (a) having her back and (b) not negotiating with Iran,
Continue readingI trace back to Dennis Prager one of my favorite expressions: “I prefer clarity to agreement.” Too often, agreement can be like Tacitus’s definition of a Roman peace (“they make a desert and call it peace”). In the years since Obama’s election, I’ve frequently argued that, with a weak American
Continue readingJohn Bolton explains just how bad the deal with Iran is. Fred Kaplan, however, thinks it’s the best deal that ever happened, and that Republicans and Israelis should be celebrating the fact that President Barack “I’m really good at killing people” Obama finally earned his Nobel Prize. I incline to
Continue readingSo Obama did it — he gave Iran permission to go ahead with its nuclear program and gave the mullahs $4.2 billion of our tax dollars with which to do it. I foresee an Israeli strike as inevitable. Any bets as to when it will happen? Also, any side bets
Continue readingHere’s an old joke: An established comedian invited a friend to join him at a very exclusive “comedian’s club.” The guest instantly noticed something peculiar. In the main room, a person would periodically stand up and shout out a number. “57,” one would say, and a few people in the
Continue readingHeadline today: Israel said to be working with Saudi Arabia on Iran strike plan And the post I wrote in June 2010, entitled “When the policeman goes away — or what happens when a big nation retreats.” After an opening riff about the huge upheavals in Europe when the Soviet
Continue readingThe Emergency Committee for Israel reminds the world that you cannot believe a serial liar: Shakespeare knew Obama: “Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!”
Continue readingAs I read the headlines lately, I have this peculiar sense of deja vu. I already pointed out that, back in 2009, a conversation I had with a liberal doctor fairly accurately predicted how Obamacare would play out (although even I didn’t foresee the exchange collapse, perhaps because no one
Continue readingI have written often at this blog about the wise words a friend of mine told me more than a decade ago. I can no longer remember his precise words, but I can summarize them: Islam’s problem with the West, he said, boils down to sex. Muslim men are terrified
Continue readingI haven’t yet decided whether I’m unnerved by North Korea’s saber rattling. We’ve seen this before, starting in the 1990s, when the North Koreans figured out that, if they made the West sufficiently nervous, the West would bring offerings of food and money to the destitute totalitarian prison state, in
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