Category: Middle East
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 7, 2009 in 9/11, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Israel, John McCain, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Print, Morning Joe, New York State, Obama Administration, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans | 64 Comments
The current issue of Time Magazine has Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the cover, and an article by Joe Klein entitled, “The State of Hillary: A Mixed Record On The Job.” On Joe Scarborough the other morning, they discussed this article (major H/T to Bronwyn’s Harbor for the video):
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By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 17, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iraq, President Barack Obama, Presidential Candidates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Women | 32 Comments
(Bumped up from 10/15)
Okay, I admit it - I have tried to be in total denial about the following interview of Secretary of State Clinton and Ann Curry. My aunt sent me the pertinent quote earlier this week, and I just didn’t want to believe it. I still don’t want to believe it, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 16, 2009 in ABC News, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Depression, Economy, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, Fox News, Governance, Harry Reid, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Housing & Housing Crisis, Insurance Policies & Industry, Iran, Iraq, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | 80 Comments
One just has to wonder what prompted the child in the video below to ask Obama the question he did. Maybe people in his household were decrying the lack of it, or maybe this child was picking up on the animosity in the air, or maybe he just wanted to share the good news [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 3, 2009 in Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, France, G20, Hillary Clinton, Intelligence, Iran, New York Times, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nuclear weapons, Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama, Washington Post | 26 Comments
Wow, that Charles Krauthammer really knows how to turn a phrase. As does French President, Nicholas Sarkozy. Oh, yeah. Check out this article, Obama’s French Lesson:
“President Obama, I support the Americans’ outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing.”
– French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sept. 24
When [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 19, 2009 in Ayers, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Congressional Black Caucus, Current Affairs, DNC, Don't Ask Don't Tell, FISA, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Misogyny, Political Correctness, President Barack Obama, Public Finance, Qualifications, Race Card, Racism, Rev. James Meeks, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Rules and Bylaws Committee, Tony Rezko, White Guilt | 78 Comments
By now, most everyone has heard that President Carter claimed people who don’t support Obama do so because they are racists. Wow. Obviously, this is shocking on the face of it. If you have not heard this, the video is below. I also recommend two very good posts on this topic, one [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 26, 2009 in Afghanistan, Africa, Americas: North-Central-South, Asia, Bill Clinton, China, Current Affairs, Europe, European Union, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, George Mitchell, India, Iran, Iraq, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Print, New York Times, Obamaisms, President Barack Obama, Richard Holbrooke, Russia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Washington Post, Women and Children, World | 37 Comments
I have thought what I would write about after my post on my beloved Sweetie (and I have been out of town helping to get my mom’s new Assisted Living unit set up for her this weekend). Honestly, I didn’t want to go off on anything or anyone today. Fortunately, thanks to NQ [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 6, 2009 in Afghanistan, Blackwater, Campaign promises, Crime, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Islam, Muslim, Muslims & Arabs, President Barack Obama, Presidential Candidates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 28 Comments
Many of us were up in arms that Blackwater, a private “security” force was sent to Iraq, and New Orleans, while being paid handsomely with our tax dollars. There were a number of concerns with Blackwater, particularly how they were operating in Iraq with impunity, accused of being a bunch of cowboys shooting up [...]
By Ani on Jul 15, 2009 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Current Affairs, Egypt, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Holbrooke, Russia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 125 Comments
Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast, in her article Obama’s Other Wife, postulates that Hillary is a “brilliant policy wonk,” caring more about the “substance of work than the trappings,” yet the very title of her piece is insulting, indicating Secretary Clinton has completely sublimated herself to the President. At the same time, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 1, 2009 in Arrogance, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Iran, Obama's Cabinet, President Barack Obama, Sara in Italy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, TOTUS | 51 Comments
Before Obama majorly embarrassed Secretary Clinton. Oh, many of us knew this was coming - and it has happened on a smaller scale here and there (except during the Primaries in which Mr. Ditto copied almost ALL of her policy positions). Now, it is on the big stage, about a big issue: Iran. [...]
By Ani on Jun 24, 2009 in Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Obama Administration, Obama-Barack & President Barack (PARENT CATEGORY FOR ALL OBAMA REFS.!), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 38 Comments
After relative silence from the President on the events unfolding in Iran, the White House is now intimating that his Cairo speech contained the seeds for the Iranian revolution we now see playing out in the streets of Tehran. But Anne Applebaum’s excellent piece today in the Washington Post, An Overlooked Force in Iran, [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Jun 23, 2009 in Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Iran, John McCain, Media Handling of Story, Obama Administration, Sara in Italy, World News | 85 Comments
I have been following the coverage of Iran this past week, listening to both sides, those who think Obama is setting the right tone by staying out of it, and those who think he is not being strong enough - basically voting present. Now, I assume that Obama is listening to many experts, people who [...]
By Ani on Jun 18, 2009 in Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Iran, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 119 Comments
As Iran holds another mass opposition protest, according to the NY Times, Obama is Under Pressure by from several camps to Strike Firmer Tone re the election in Iran:
WASHINGTON — As tens of thousands of Iranian protesters take to the streets in defiance of the government in Tehran, officials in Washington are debating [...]
By Track-A-'Crat on Jun 15, 2009 in Iran | 66 Comments
President Obama doesn’t only bow to the Saudi king.
He’s now bowing to the theocracy in Iran as well, by spinelessly acquiescing to their demand to remove Dennis Ross from his position as US envoy.
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 15, 2009 in Current Affairs, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Women and Children | 51 Comments
Well, those of us who have been following Secretary Clinton’s career know that she is a hard worker, who goes about doing the work that needs doing without the glare of the lights and cameras. I heard about this story from a friend of mine who lives in the same neck of the woods [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jun 4, 2009 in Al Qaeda, Current Affairs, Gender Bias, Jihadists, Middle East, President Barack Obama, Sexism, Terrorism, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements, Women and Children, Women's Suffrage | 150 Comments
When Peter Daou writes, I read. As many of you know, Peter Daou headed Hillary Clinton’s campaign Web site and her site’s blog operations. I always admired Peter’s attempts to post at Daily Kos (one of his countless tasks), where he was cruelly torn apart for supporting Hillary. But he kept on, hoping [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 1, 2009 in Benjamin Netanyahu, Current Affairs, Egypt, Human Rights, Israel, Palestinians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Women | 20 Comments
Not too long ago, you may recall, I was on a cruise in the Mediterranean. One of our stops was in Egypt, and we spent the night in Cairo (the ship docked in Alexandria). We had a wonderful tour guide, a young woman named Rasha, seen above. Despite never having left Egypt, [...]
By John Batchelor on May 11, 2009 in Egypt, President Barack Obama | 21 Comments
POTUS to Cairo TV, A Fable.
The White House announcement that POTUS will stop in smoggy, beggarly, tyrannized Cairo in June to address the Muslim world on TV reminds me of the tale told on the Egyptian president for life Hosni Mubarak and his secret police chief and raconteur Omar Suleiman. One night, President Mubarak [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 10, 2009 in Middle East, NQR Live Chat, NoQuarter Radio, Open Thread | 0 Comments
Program Concluded & Promo Bumped Down . Listen to the archived Monday night show.
Join us for “Sins of Omission” TONIGHT on No Quarter Radio (NQR) at 9 pm (ET) as Paulie discusses a new initiative — “The Middle East Peace Project” with Chairman Joel Segal and Executive Director Matthew Lakenbach of the Middle East Peace [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 7, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Bailouts, Bamboozling, Banking Institutions, Barack Obama, Campaign promises, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Hoodwinking, Israel, Messiah, Political Correctness, Qualifications, SusanUnPC, Wall Street | 42 Comments
Talk about your marketing ploy, which I, along with others, have been doing for a while now (most recently, “The Campaign’s Over, Obama: It’s Time To Lead“). But the incomparable Chris Hedges has done a remarkable job at highlighting just exactly how true that is (and it is true - his campaign won the [...]
By Steve Clemons on May 5, 2009 in Foreign Policy, Middle East, President Barack Obama | 11 Comments
Joe Klein has written one of the best 100 day nutshell reviews of the Obama administration’s performance I have read.
Klein’s take squares almost perfectly with a piece I have coming out in the next few days in World Politics Review — not there yet though.
One of the portfolio downside risks that Obama currently [...]
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By Sarah Palin (Release date: November 17. 2009)
