President Obama is going to have to use power to get his way rather than relying on sweet reason and the power of his ideals. He's going to have to persuade countries that going along with the United States is better than defying us, and to do that he's going to have to think about how to make people pay when they make the wrong choice. Otherwise his great ideals will not come to fruition. He can kiss non-proliferation goodbye, for starters, if he can't stop Iran from getting the bomb. Sounds a lot like the Chicago Way. He should start treating our opponents like Republicans instead of potential donk drones.
None of this means that America is losing its power in the world, but it does mean the end of the dream that our immediate goal is the abolition of foreign policy and the society of states. We are not going to replace the Westphalian order with the Parliament of Man anytime soon. Instead, foreign policy is going to be about warding off threats, dealing with opponents, building coalitions and advancing our commercial interests where we can. Globalization and democracy aren't (thank goodness) going away, but neither will they make our problems disappear.
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HMMMMM, HMMMMM, wehell now, lets ask 1980's MTV = OWG PAULA "DELILAH/BATHSHEBA" ABDUL what she actually did during all of her "TRIPS TO BRAZIL" in dat Mazzarrati, shall we???
#3
disgusting toad - see if her colleagues cover for her? I bet they do - they hate the Jooooos too. Obama's right with her
Posted by: Frank G ||
06/06/2010 9:12 Comments ||
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#4
No suprise. Communist Russia had issues with Jews as well. The real surprise is how many Jews support communist ideas when they tend to end up the scapegoat all the time.
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the email for her editor, Linda Bagley, at Hearst newspapers is 'lbagley@hearst.com' if you'd like to express your opinion
Posted by: Frank G ||
06/06/2010 11:41 Comments ||
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#11
Yeah, the Juice should go back to where they came from - Biblical Palestine. Oh, wait! Isn't that in the Middle East somewhere?
Actually, I'm kind of impressed (but not in a good way) that Helen actually said this and didn't appear to be drunk at the time. The real question here is not what to do about Helen Thomas but why no one has harpooned this old walrus and rendered her blubber for lamp oil.
Posted by: regular joe ||
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Some of my ancestors were farmers and Jews, and came from Russia. The Czar did not like them, which was an understatement. We ain't going back home, Helen.
Or as Fred Sanford used to say, "Back to your cave, bat!"
Posted by: Alaska Paul ||
06/06/2010 14:02 Comments ||
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#18
Helen Thomas told, "Go back to the kennel you came from."
#23
Instapundit has a couple of links on the subject, posted at 6:21 p.m. today. Go there to get his links. I tried posting it earlier, but the electrons got eaten, so this try is more abbreviated.
HELEN THOMAS UPDATE: Lanny Davis says Helen Thomas must go.
Plus, Helen Thomas Dropped By Speaking Agency.
Also: Translating Helen Thomass non-apology apology.
UPDATE: ADL Says Helen Thomas Apology Insufficient.
Mr. Crawford recently published a book co-written with Ms Thomas, and planned on more. The comment thread is interesting. "It's what they know that isn't so."
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This was probably just Helen's way of saying "I'm retiring. Now." She was even all dolled up for the announcement.
Aside from Alzheimer's laying the foundation for the world's biggest Freudian slip, I can't imagine what else would make her feel so empowered that she would say such a thing.
#2
Charley Duelfer is a nice guy but he is, in my view, no intelligence analyst or WMD expert. I suspect that UNSCOM's Dick Spurtzel might have been a bit more circumspect in his assessments. There was a large body of experts, Spurtzel along with them, who believed the Russians helped Saddam clean up his WMD mess prior to the second Gulf War.
Supporting evidence included the fact that Iraq did most of its WMD killing using Russian-made MiG and Sukhoi aircraft equipped with chemical sprayers. In addition, Saddam used French-made artillery and helicopters to dump gas on Iranian troops and Iraqi Kurds.
Iraq obtained Russian delivery systems and the same inventory of Russian-made chemical weapons at the same time. Iraqi SU-22 Fitter attack jets were armed with Warsaw Pact-designed bombs filled with chemical weapons. Iraq used these Russian jet fighters to drop chemical weapons on Iranian troops during the Iran-Iraq war.
Iraq tried to use these SU-22 jets during the 1991 Gulf War, but they were detected and destroyed on the ground before they could launch a deadly chemical attack.
Other Russian weapons found with chemical weapons include the FROG-7 missile, 122 mm rockets, 152 mm artillery and the M-1937 82 mm mortars. All the Iraqi artillery missiles, rockets, shells and mortar rounds filled with chemical weapons are of Russian design.
Iraqi forces were trained by Russians in the use of chemical weapons and equipped by Russia with anti-chemical suits. The Iraqi armed forces were trained, equipped and supplied with the proper logistics to perform chemical warfare by Russia.
#3
Maybe, but Syria opposed Iraq's invasion of Iran. They had already allied with same, and allowed the creation of Hizbollah's Shiite army, while Saddam Hussein was oppressing Shiites. But...politics makes strange bedfellows.
#4
is that right? Link? I suspect the Baathist (Assad) party in power didn't join with Iran til Saddam bit the rope. Then they were looking at any alternative to losing power, and the Iranians showed up. They don't give a shit about sect, it's power. and if that means crushing (or not) a sect, they will do it. It's a "stay ahead of the one's who will kill you" method
Posted by: Frank G ||
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#5
Ain't it strange that they're willing to talk about this now that the Dems got their chance to run wild for a two year period and socialized half the country?
#6
Don't let's forget that Hafez al Assad and his clan are neither Sunni nor Shiite, but Alawite, considered heretical by both Sunnis and Shiites. He plumped for the secularism of the Baath party (Arab National Socialists) at the ripe age of 16 years, never looking back. This made working with the Baathists of Iraq a natural choice.
In Hizb'allah, Iran gave Syria a tool to control Lebanon, which Syria views as its natural coastline. This also gave Syria another knife to aim at Israel's throat, in their long fight to get back the Golan Heights, from which they would finally be able to crush the upstart Juices in the plains below.
Or what Frank G. said so much more succinctly. ;-)
#7
I spoke with a young man who had been with an advanced group prior to official action in Iraq.
Elements of Iraqi forces sought capture but were refused till certain time later. He saw the trucks used to transport WMD and they were now empty. Later on I understand the Russians had helped with the transport operations, where I'd seen that information I don't recall.
#8
Syria has what cash, chemical/biological/radiological weapons, and much of the leadership of the Baath party from Iraq. What Syria doesn't have is the technical expertise to use the weapons Saddam Hussein sent there. Much of the Baath leadership felt the US would do the same thing they did during Gulf War I - hit fast, destroy as much of the Iraqi army as possible, and pull out. The Baathists intended to return and take power again once the US left. We didn't leave, we destroyed much of the Baath party infrastructure, and we're supporting a democratically elected government. The Baathists are still looking for a way to return to power, but the chances are getting slimmer and slimmer every day.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
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