The Obama administration may call it Operation Odyssey Dawn, but I think my name is more appropriate. This is Obama’s war. Worse, it’s a war seemingly without a legitimate foreign policy goal; it also follows the administration’s lack of real outrage at the release, by the British government, of the Lockerbie terrorist al-Megrahi (who still hasn’t croaked). Full Disclosure: I would love to see Qaddafi | Read More »
From this piece in Time magazine, an unhappy revelation: The Obama administration cut democracy and governance aid to Egyptian opposition groups in its first two years in office from $45 million in George W. Bush’s last budget to $25 million for the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years. The Obama administration also stopped providing aid to groups that had not registered with the Egyptian government, drawing | Read More »
Sorry for trying to wax poetic and failing, but I couldn’t come up with a better title. Once a democracy is established, peaceful protests are a fine example of turning public opinion and influencing policy. We’ve seen that in the last couple of years with the Tea Party protests that continue to this day. But the key to creating a democracy doesn’t lie with protests. | Read More »
Under normal circumstances, I could use the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi as a precursor to slam President Obama. Looking at the situation, however, I agree with what he said, and would like to give the reasons why. I’m not going soft on this administration, but every President will say things I agree with once in a great while. A couple of days ago, the | Read More »
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