Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 3, 2010

President Barack Obama addresses the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) 89th National Convention in Atlanta, Ga., DAV National Commander Roberto Barrera listens at left, August 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Will Bam Lose Iraq? President's Weird 'Victory' Lap -- Ralph Peters

One president gave his premature "Mission Accomplished" speech about Iraq on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Now another has given his own version as part of a Chicago-ward-politics sales pitch to disabled veterans.

The difference is that the first guy was sincere.

President Obama's pork-barrel speech to the Disabled Veterans of America yesterday (if you want to help our vets, shut up and do it) would have drawn a blush from those Soviet propagandists who cropped purged Politburo members from Stalin-era photographs.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Obama on Iraq -- Joe Klein, Time Magazine

Iraq's Troubling Ambiguities -- Anne Nivat, New York Times

Washington fiddles away as Pakistan burns in civil war -- Tony Karon, The National

China-Russia Border Poison -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat

Cowering in Fear: Sudan's president has been charged with genocide—so why aren't African nations confronting him? -- Elizabeth Palchik Allen, New Republic

US intel bubble needs pin prick
-- Philip Smucker, Kuwait Times

The Taliban's Savagery: The documents released by WikiLeaks say much about the evil of our enemies. -- Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard

Wiki espionage: Paying for spying with lives
-- Tony Blankley, Washington Times

China's Real Estate Bubble Threatens to Burst
-- Wieland Wagner, Spiegel Online

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