The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Obama’s Foreign Policy Is About as Successful as Obama’s Domestic Policy

Which is to say, it’s a pathetic joke: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs’ pronouncement today that Libya is a “stalemate” would, I think, have gotten a bit more attention but for the debt debate. We recently passed the four-month anniversary of “Operation Odyssey Dawn,” the U.S.-led air assault on Moammar Qaddafi’s regime. Now, 128 […]

Those Meddling Neo-Cons Again!

Because I voted for Libertarian Bob Barr in 2008, I can’t use Instapundit’s signature “They told me if I voted for John McCain” riff, but would someone please tell me how the U.S. stance toward the Libyan rebels is less meddlesome than the Bush-Cheney regime-change policy in Iraq? ISTANBUL — The United States formally recognized […]

Democrats: The Warmonger Party

Today, 149 Democrats voted against defunding Obama’s Illegal War™ in Libya. Our nation now awaits the onset of Code Pink peace protests against such bloodthirsty imperialist warmongers as Nancy Pelosi, Raul Grijalva and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. U.S. forces will continue their effort to kill Moammar Qaddafi. White House spokesman H.R. Haldeman strenuously denied reports that President […]

Libya: Who, Whom?

“But the bottom line is, whose side are you on? Are you on Qaddafi’s side or are you on the side of the aspirations of the Libyan people and the international coalition that has been created to support them? For the Obama Administration, the answer to that question is very easy.” — Hillary Clinton, June […]

Not ‘Hostilities,’ Just ‘Imminent Danger’

What U.S. forces are doing in Libya is not “hostilities,” the White House said last week — because “hostilities” is the key word in the War Powers Act, which the White House insists doesn’t apply to Libya. NATO bombs are killing civilians, but it’s not “hostilities.” However, the Pentagon is giving “imminent danger” pay to […]

BREAKING: Libya Spokesman Says NATO Strike Killed 3 of Qaddafi’s Grandsons UPDATE: Attack Also Reportedly Kills Qaddafi’s Youngest Son, Saif al-Arab, 29

An urgent dispatch from Reuters but no details yet. UPDATE: Al-Jazeera confirms and adds detail: Saif al-Arab, the youngest son of the Libyan leader, has been killed in a NATO air strike, a Libyan government spokesman said. The spokesman said Muammar Gaddafi was unharmed but three of his grandsons were also killed in the attack […]

If He’s Lost Trudeau. . .

by Smitty (h/t the Corner) Ow:

NATO Hits Qaddafi Compound

NATO bombers hit Qaddafi’s headquarters compound near Tripoli. Here’s an al-Jazeera video report: Meanwhile, on the fighting front at Ajdabiya, the big news today is that the rebels are listening to anti-Qaddafi rap music.  Which is a poor substitute for actual news, but I guess the Associated Press is more interested in happy-face feature stories […]

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