There was a time when the pirates and sea-going brigands of Somalia were very wary about attacking US ships – because President George W Bush glowering in the Oval Office would have ordered serious retribution at the drop of a spear. They were also wary of the Russians, who grabbed a bunch of them and [...]
The Liberals, with their usual depth of stupendous misunderstanding, stood up and cheered. While anyone who knew anything, especially the supreme professionals in the US security forces, stood there aghast – Huh ? You’re gonna do what!
Mr. Cheney said Mr. Obama, through his outreach to Iran’s leaders, “has committed America to an Iran strategy that seems to treat engagement as an objective rather than a tactic.”
The budget requests 237 million dollars for the acquisition of the Thomson prison in Illinois, where the administration plans to hold dozens of men transferred from Guantanamo Bay.
The Obama administration is accelerating the deployment of new defenses against possible Iranian missile attacks in the Persian Gulf, placing special ships off the Iranian coast and antimissile systems in at least four Arab countries, according to administration and military officials.
Short video with John McCain’s comments on President Obama’s Union address.