Note: This is a flight of fantasy. If anything in this post is later shown to conform reality, it’s pure coincidence. Nor am I accusing Gen. Petraeus of any crime or of compromising of national security secrets. (Just enjoy it, will ya?) A sex scandal rocks the king of spies. An email chain unravels the Pentagon high command. A cover-up exposed. It’s like the back cover of a Nelson DeMille novel. Generals don’t forget they’re
Those who blindly cheer for the fall of Mubarak and the rise of anything else in Egypt are the same as those who cheered the fall of the Shah in Iran. Question their motives. The Great One, Mark Levin, tweeted attention to this post about an email from Salim Mansur to Claire Berlinski. The email’s purpose was to call Claire’s attention to Mansur’s latest column. Here’s what Mansur says as an aside: I am more
Pro-Western governments in these countries have fallen to anti-American forces or diminished their support for the US since Barack Obama became president. Lebanon Jordan Yemen Qatar Egypt Turkey Obama’s campaign promise to restore respect for America around the world is a joke. A cruel and dangerous joke. Our enemies see Obama’s weakness as American weakness. As they did during Jimmy Carter’s failed presidency, those enemies are advancing. The next president will have more than a
An old boss of mine liked “forcing functions.” Forced us to meet delivery dates, while arbitrary dates tended to cause a “so what” attitude toward deadlines. Forcing functions like trade shows, magazine reviews, and client launches forced development teams to ship, no matter what. Keep that in mind for a moment while we look at the Obama Administration. Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to clip America’s wings. I know he didn’t use that term,
It took almost three years of Jimmy Carter’s dangerously naive worldview before the world rushed in. By “rushed in,” I mean the Soviet Union rushed into Afghanistan, Iranian radicals rushed into the US Embassy in Tehran, and Cuban-backed communists rushed into every Central and South American country they could. These aggressions resulted from a world perception that Jimmy Carter was unwilling to use America’s arsenal for good. Additionally, following Vietnam and observing American culture, the
Hey, one of our favorite members of Congress, and a true gentleman, Todd Akin (R-MO), has made the front page of BigGovernment.com. The Obama Justice Department is quietly investigating the lawyers associated with the John Adams Project who may have violated a number of laws in place to protect our covert operatives and their families. But so far, with few exceptions, the media and their friends on Capitol Hill haven’t found this case nearly as
Jimmy Carter was the Rodney Dangerfield of international politics: he got no respect from the people who counted. The bad guys laughed at him. The bad guys must be rolling on the floor tonight. Rogue Leaders Respect Nothing But Strength Almost simultaneous with North Korea’s launching an ICBM in violation of international law and in defiance of US warnings, Barack Obama stood before the world and declared his intention to disarm the arsenal for democracy.
Are you as amazed as I am at how quickly our country has descended into something resembling an oversized banana republic? Consider: Gangs of thugs freely harass and intimidate AIG employees out of murderous envy The Obama administration announced its willingness to abandon the US dollar as the international reserve currency The administration shows no willingness to check China’s menacing military build-up, even though the Pentagon issued a warning just today Secretary of State Clinton
The new Secretary of Homeland Security has replaced the word “terrorism” with “man-caused disasters.” I did not use the word “terrorism,” I referred to “man-caused” disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur. I assume that appointing an idiot like Napolitano to the cabinet qualifies as a man-cause disaster. On
Since Barack Obama’s inauguration, America’s enemies have achieved gains that should frighten everyone: Russia reportedly will deploy strategic bombers to Cuba and Venezuela. For the first time, Russia can strike American cities from advanced positions without a carrier battle group. North Korea will soon test-fire a ballistic missile under the thin veil of “satellite” test Iran has or will have 4 nuclear weapons with capabilities of hitting Israel from land and the US from sea