Somewhere, Bin Laden Is Smiling
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 8th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Somewhere, Bin Laden Is Smiling
Pat Buchanan, RealClearPolitics
Bowe Bergdahl was “an American prisoner of war captured on the battlefield” who “served the United States with distinction and honor,” asserted Susan Rice, the president’s national security adviser. Rice was speaking to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos the morning after Barack Obama’s Rose Garden celebration of Bergdahl’s release. When she spoke last Sunday, could Rice have been ignorant of the widespread reports that Bergdahl had deserted?Before last Sunday, her credibility was already in tatters. Five days after Ambassador Chris Stevens and three Americans were killed in Benghazi, Rice went on…
217,000 Jobs Gained in May; Recession Losses Finally Erased
Michael Cipriano, RealClearPolitics
Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its employment figures for May, revealing a 217,000 increase in nonfarm jobs, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 6.3 percent. Perhaps more significantly, the new number means that seven years after massive job erosion began, leading to the Great Recession, employment losses have been regained. Job growth in May exceeded analysts’ expectations by 17,000, and marked the fourth straight month of job growth eclipsing 200,000. The civilian labor force participation rate remained at 62.8 percent; the number of unemployed also remained…
Obama’s Bergdahl Defense; Christie’s Choice; Presidential Words at Normandy
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Good morning. It’s Friday, June 6, 2014. President Obama is in France today paying homage to the heroes of Normandy, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of D-Day. This was Obama’s second trip to the place he described as “democracy’s beachhead.” He came five years ago, too, on the 65th anniversary, a gesture to the sad fact that America’s “greatest generation” — and the veterans of its momentous invasion — are passing into the next life. One of them was Obama’s own grandfather, whom he mentioned wistfully today in a departure from…
Six Points Concerning Bergdahl
Eugene Robinson, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — Bringing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl home was the right thing to do, and President Obama did it in a mostly reasonable way. The high-volume “debate” about Bergdahl’s homecoming sounds like the ravings heard around the water coolers of Crazytown. Here, in descending order of importance, are the issues the Bergdahl affair presents — and a rational way to think about them. 1. “We leave no soldier behind on the battlefield.” This is the commitment we make to the men and women who serve in the U.S. armed forces. The promise was made to Bergdahl, and the nation was honor-bound to respect…
