History Says Obama Is Doomed in 2012
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 20th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
History Says Obama Is Doomed in 2012
John Podhoretz, New York Post
Liberals Try to Discredit Texas’ Economic Success
Where’s the Syria Plan?
Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star
WASHINGTON — It's hard to argue with President Obama's call for Bashar al-Assad, the bloodthirsty Syrian dictator, to step down. But it's also hard to discern any logic or consistency in the administration's handling of the ongoing tumult in the Arab world.It is obvious that Assad, like Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi, has no intention of surrendering power voluntarily. It is also clear that Assad's savagery is a match for Gaddafi's. Both used armored columns to put down peaceful protests. Both ordered assassinations and arrests. Both used naval vessels to…
Russia’s Cruellest Month
Julia Ioffe, The New Yorker
Every August, Russians wait for history, and they are rarely disappointed. On August 31, 1996, Russia wrapped up its disastrous first war against the breakaway Chechen Republic. The ceasefire wouldn’t last long, because exactly three years later, on August 31, 1999, a bomb ripped through a Moscow shopping mall, killing one and injuring forty. It would be the first of five bombings—and hundreds of casualties—and it would trigger the second, still somewhat unfinished war in the region. On August 17, 1998, the Russian government devalued the ruble and defaulted on…
