Obama’s Evolving Stance on Missile Defense
By: Robert Bluey (Diary) | August 28th at 12:11 PM |
Earlier this year Barack Obama made a few promises to the Priorities Action Fund, a left-wing organization devoted to cutting the Pentagon’s budget by 15%: “I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.” “I will not weaponize space.” “I will slow our development of future combat systems.” Obama’s rhetoric sent shock waves through the missile defense community. After years of budget cuts and setbacks | Read More »
Washington Post Takes Russia’s Blood Money
By: Robert Bluey (Diary) | August 27th at 08:33 AM |
Matt Lewis at Townhall thought the same thing as me this morning when opening the Washington Post to find an advertising supplement from the government of Russia. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen Russia or other countries produce this kind of propaganda for the Post, but coming in the wake of its war on Georgia, I was a bit alarmed the newspaper would take | Read More »
Blogging From Gori
By: Robert Bluey (Diary) | August 19th at 05:11 PM |
The team at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has done an outstanding job covering the war between Russia and Georgia. Check out the blog maintained by correspondent Goga Aptsiauri, one of only a handful of journalists reporting from Gori. He’s chronicling the latest developments in central Georgia.