No Lasting OPeace - Peters

NO LASTING PEACE

By RALPH PETERS
November 27, 2007 -- SHORT of intolerable carnage, there's no durable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. None. The best all parties can hope for is an occasional time-out.

A respite between rounds isn't worthless, of course - lives are saved, Israel's economy improves and the Arabs get one more chance to get their act together. But we're forever disappointed because we're convinced there's a good, permanent solution, if only we can figure it out.

http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/11272007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/no_lasting_peace_314090.htm

Good News From Iraq Haunts Democrats

Let's hear it for good news from Iraq
Globe Columnist / November 25, 2007

THE NEWS from Iraq has been so encouraging in recent months that last week even the mainstream media finally sat up and took notice. Can the Democratic Party be far behind?
more stories like this:

In a story titled "Baghdad Comes Alive," Rod Nordland reports in the current Newsweek on the heartening transformation underway in the Iraqi capital:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/11/25/lets_hear_it_for_good_news_from_iraq/

As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts

As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts

By PATRICK HEALY
Published: November 25, 2007

As violence declines in Baghdad, the leading Democratic presidential candidates are undertaking a new and challenging balancing act on Iraq: acknowledging that success, trying to shift the focus to the lack of political progress there, and highlighting more domestic concerns like health care and the economy.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/us/politics/25dems.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Blakley on Hillary's Experience ...

November 21, 2007
Hillary's Faux Experience
By Tony Blankley

Having spent much of my adult life in politics, it would be silly at this late date to be shocked by the discovery of insincerity and misleading statements coming from leading candidates for president. But if I have seen too much of the world to be shocked, at least I still can be appalled. And the gentle lady, the junior senator from the Empire State continues to appall.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/11/hillarys_faux_experience.html

Peters: What Went Right in Iraq

IRAQ: WHAT WENT RIGHT
COURAGE, SKILL, LUCK AND EXHAUSTION

November 21, 2007 -- THE situation in Iraq has im proved so rapidly that Democrats now shun the topic as thoroughly as they shun our troops when the cameras aren't around.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11212007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/iraq__what_went_right_407604.htm

Truth About Iraq Today ...

It's true: Iraq is a quagmire
But the real story is not something you have heard
Sunday, November 18, 2007
By Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

We're floundering in a quagmire in Iraq. Our strategy is flawed, and it's too late to change it. Our resources have been squandered, our best people killed, we're hated by the natives and our reputation around the world is circling the drain. We must withdraw.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07322/834685-373.stm

What has happened to Thomas Friedman?

Channeling Dick Cheney

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 18, 2007

I have no idea who is going to win the Democratic presidential nomination, but lately I’ve been wondering whether, if it is Barack Obama, he might want to consider keeping Dick Cheney on as his vice president.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/opinion/18friedman.html?ref=opinion

VDH on Principals !!!

November 11, 2007
Dictators and Democrats Stick with principles — not personalities.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online

I don’t think many Americans would argue that the answer for the sometimes lethargic, elected Karzai government in Afghanistan should be a coup by a Pashtun warlord and his battle-hardened lieutenants. Prime Minister Maliki and his elected government in Iraq are frequently criticized for being unwilling, or unable, to deal with Shiite militias. Should the U.S., then, look instead for an ex-Baathist to knock a few heads and declare martial law?

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson111107.html

Krauthammer on Democratic Denial ...

Denying Alliance
Democratic candidates love to attack Bush's foreign policy.
By Charles Krauthammer

When the Democratic presidential candidates pause from beating Hillary with a stick, they join in unison to pronounce the Democratic pieties, chief among which is that George Bush has left our alliances in ruins. As Clinton puts it, we have “alienated our friends,” must “rebuild our alliances” and “restore our standing in the world.” That’s mild. The others describe Bush as having a scorched-earth foreign policy that has left us reviled and isolated in the world.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmU0NDZhMDUxOTBhMjdkMWUxZGRlZTFjYWQwYjc4MWI=

Kissinger on Post 911 World ...

Diplomacy in the Post-9/11 Era

"European governments are not able any more to ask their people for great sacrifices."
BY DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:01 a.m. EST

"Whoever the next president is, the new administration will be extremely disappointed if it believes that our relationships will mend because its leader has a different name. . . . Personal diplomacy and relationship-building, although important, are rarely the paramount drivers of global affairs. These are shaped importantly by the long-term national interest."

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010875

VDH: Iraq Triumphs Get No Coverage !!!

November 15, 2007
When Good News is No News
By Victor Davis Hanson

There's an old expression about war: "Victory has many fathers, while defeat is an orphan." But in the case of Iraq, it seems the other way around. We've blamed many for the ordeal of the last four years, but it is the American victory in Anbar province that now seems without parents.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/11/when_good_news_is_no_news.html

As Pakistan fights for survival ..The NYC Marathon !!!

To show where our heads are at as Pakistan fights an Islamic fanitic overthrow ... here in NYC everyone is enjoying a sunny day in Central Park watchiung the marathon and getting ready for the huge Colts/Pats football game ... can anyone say pre-911 shark attack news programming ???

New York City Marathon

Advice for the first-time New York City Marathon runner or first-time spectator: Slow down and enjoy it.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/new_york_city_marathon/index.html

What am I missing here ?

Pakistan is on the verge of a islamic overthrow...fanatics that want to blow up the U.S. are close to aquiring an nuclear arsenal. The Pakistan government clamps down much like it is done through out the Muslim world, not to mention Russia or China and our newspapers thrive on positioning this as a loss due to President Bush !!! How absurd ... if we are not careful we will cause ourselves to self-destruct the way that ab obsolete Western Europe is doing ...

Page 1 of the New York Times

News Analysis
Musharraf Leaves White House in Lurch

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and HELENE COOPER
Published: November 4, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 — For more than five months the United States has been trying to orchestrate a political transition in Pakistan that would manage to somehow keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf in power without making a mockery of President Bush’s promotion of democracy in the Muslim world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/world/asia/04assess.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Emergency declared in Pakistan

Some fairly terrorifying news ... let the left loones blame this one on Bush ... a nuclear Pakistan is in play .... the worst of senarios ...

Emergency declared in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Faced with increasing violence and unrest, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency Saturday, government sources told CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.emergency/index.html