Fayyad's GambleSource: The New Media Journal Headline News
According to the Fayyad Plan, the borders of the new Palestinian state would be based on the June 4th, 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital - an action that would not only violate the written undertakings made between Israel and the Bush administration in 2004 concerning pr …

By Thomas E. Brewton
Robert Kagan's Washington Post column gives us a look at the way the president appears to be playing his hand in the diplomatic game.
Obama's PrioritiesSource: Blogs for Victory
President Obama has now attended seven fundraisers since General Stanley McChrystal submitted his request for additional troops in Afghanistan.
Boy, it's a shame Gen. McChrystal isn't an unpopular incumbent Democrat; if he were, Obama might be more eager to help him out.
Cheney Condemns Obama's "Libel" of CIA InterrogatorsSource: Blogs for Victory
Nothing like speaking truth to power, huh?
Maintaining his stature as one of the most forceful defenders of the Bush Administration's defense policies former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Obama of committing "libel" against CIA interrorgators on Wednesday
Human Rights Under the BusSource: contentions
Bret Stephens ponders whether Obama believes in human rights. He goes down the list: silence on China, new "incentives" for Sudan, more silence on Iran and defunding of the Human Rights Documentation Center, and possible engagement with Burma.
Obama Ditches Human Rights, Kowtows to MullahsSource: Blogs for Victory
Its just getting worse by the day - is there any depth he won't go to? Will there come a point when he won't crawl before our enemies? From NRO:
I've got to say, even for the Obama administration, this is a real shocker.

Appeasement Part 1: Betrayal of the Eastern Europe

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Appeasement

Nicolas Sarkozy Has Something To Say

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Security Of The Homeland Begins In Iran And Afghanistan
The Failure of Appeasement

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
What Do Obama And Richie Cunnungham Have In Common?
"Happy Days" Are Here Again?
Missile defense winners and losersSource: Politico
Thursday's announcement from the Kremlin — which had bitterly complained that a U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe would compromise its security — left little doubt that Russia thinks it came out ahead, an assessment shared by many GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Kissing Off Eastern Europe...Source: IBD
Quoting a U.S. source, the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza says the Obama administration has decided against building a missile shield to protect Poland and the Czech Republic. The reason? Russian opposition.

"At least 101 people were killed and between 500 and 1,000 wounded in a series of mid-morning blasts, which coincided with the sixth anniversary of the deadly bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad."
The Times-24 August
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Gaddafi embraces Lockerbie bomberSource: the Mail online
"The international furore over the release of the Lockerbie bomber deepened today after he was seen embracing Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi.
Isi Leibler's Column: Obama and IsraelSource: JPost.com
GIVEN THE HISTORY of the Arab-Israel conflict, if the White House is unable to concede that Israel's demands are eminently reasonable, then alas there may be substance in the fears previously expressed, suggesting that Obama may be willing to sacrifice Israel in a vain effort to …