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Walter Russell Mead is properly scathing when it comes to his discussion of the media's coverage of the war in Afghanistan. As he reminds us, back in 2008, candidate Obama ran on the position that Afghanistan was "the necessary war," and that he would do whatever it took to win it. We haven't won it, …
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Why don't we talk about the chaos in Libya as much as we talk about the chaos in Iraq? This time it was the guards from an Austrian-run gas facility in Libya’s Saharan southwest. They were shown beheaded in a series of images posted to social media on March 8. A few weeks earlier it …
Sure you do; it served as a locale for a war waged by the Obama administration that turned out to be wildly and wonderfully successful.Oh, wait.The following observation is entirely accurate, of course:Luckily for America’s self-esteem, it was liberal Democrats that produced this particular shambles. If Republicans had done this, the media would be on the …
First, there was this. Then, there was the fact that Diane Sawyer--of all people--laid into Clinton over Benghazi (in the event that you do not recall, Benghazi has been deemed not to be a scandal, nope, no chance whatsoever that it might be a scandal, nothing to see here, move along, don't worry your pretty little …
Sure you do. It's that scandal we aren't supposed to talk about because if we talk about it, we out ourselves as knuckle-dragging mouthbreathers . . . or something. Anyway, in news that should shock no one who wasn't born yesterday, or even as early as last week, we see that the Obama administration's attempt to explain …
Here is Joshua Keating to disabuse you of your happy assumptions. The piece is short, so I won't do any excerpting; just read the whole thing. But would it be impertinent of me to ask why it was that we intervened in the first place, and whether the chaos in Libya might get more attention if …
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As we contemplate a new Obamaesque military adventure, it is perhaps useful to remind ourselves how the old one is shaking out: A little under two years ago, Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, urged British businessmen to begin “packing their suitcases” and to fly to Libya to share in the reconstruction of the country and …
I for one would like to know just what on Earth is going on here: CNN has uncovered exclusive new information about what is allegedly happening at the CIA, in the wake of the deadly Benghazi terror attack. Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed in the assault by armed militants last September 11 in eastern …
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Another blow to the theory that "rogue agents" in a local IRS office were responsible for targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny: An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.Holly Paz, who …
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So, let's review the latest:Concerning the IRS scandal, we learn that Lois Lerner was "directly involved" in the targeting of conservative groups. This included signing letters that contained "a list of detailed questions of the kind that a Treasury inspector general’s audit found to be inappropriate."Organizing for Action is a 501(c)(4), which means that it is supposed to …
