In a throwback to those Oil for Food days…
“Did the United Nations Development Program use an American charitable organization to secretly funnel nearly $2 million, and perhaps much more, to North Korea ‚Äî over and above the millions in hard currency it is already known to have given the Kim Jong-il regime in violation of [...]

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Well, that might have already been a far gone conclusion, but to what them fawn and cream over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Whether it’s NBC’s Brian Williams acting like he interviewing Winston Churchill, or CNN televising his entire incoherant rant against the United States at the UN, the MSM in the United States [...]

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Via Blogs for Bush:
“With Democrats determined to defeat John Bolton’s nomination to the Ambassador to the U.N., we have to do our part to help assure his confirmation. The folks at Senator Frist’s VOLPAC has created BloggingForBolton.com, “a phone bank designed to flood the offices of Democratic Senators with calls in support of Ambassador Bolton.”
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I’ve been telling anyone who will listen for over a year now that messing around with Iran is a dangerous chess game.
Today the IAEA released a report on Iran’s nuclear program, and the verdict? It’s time for sanctions immediately if not sooner.
Per Vital Perspective, who obtained the report:
“We’ve just received a copy [...]

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AP reporting that Israel will stop defending itself tonight at Midnight (EST). From that point all it’s enemies foreign and domestic can wack ‘em at will.
Freaking sad day for the GWOT.
More Condi:
“Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that she hoped the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas would end in “a day or [...]

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The more that Bolton get’s done at the UN, the more his critics look silly in their opposition.
“UNITED NATIONS ‚Äî The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, but would allow Israel to [...]

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According to the Israeli news site Haaretz, IAF officials now say that that no missles were fired from that apartment complex that was destroyed over the weekend, killing at least 30.
“The deaths of dozens of civilians in an Israel Air Force attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana marked a significant diplomatic turning point [...]

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With more evidence coming out over the weekend that Hezbollah hides among the populace while shooting Katusa rockets Israel, and additional questions arising from the timing of the building’s collaspe, I’m wondering.
Did Hezbollah rig the building to implode? It’s a question I’ve had all weekend and I’m not alone in suspicions as AJ Strata [...]

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Not all liberals are clueless on issues of National Security. Alan Dershowitz in an op-ed in the Washington Times make the case for the appointment of John Bolton and it’s quite good.
“As a liberal Democrat, I listened carefully to the opposition voiced by many Democratic senators to the nomination of John Bolton as our [...]

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Slate’s Ed Kaplin calls Bolton’s nomination hearings “Excruciating”. Yet he offers no substance for that diagnosis beyond this drivel:
“Over the years, Bolton has said many things that blatantly disqualify him for the position, but my favorite is this line from 1999:
It’s a big mistake for us to grant any validation to international [...]

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