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Taliban PR Flaks Compare Obama to Soviets and — Oh, My God — Even to President George W. Bush!

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) drew criticism from liberals for saying he fears President-elect Barack Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.  I wonder, however, how those same liberals will react upon learning that representatives of the Taliban are comparing the president-elect to both the leaders [...]

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Obama Willing to Meet With Iran, Not Troops

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to discuss questions of foreign policy with a former U.S. ambassador to Israel when I appeared as a guest on BBC Radio (see this post for details). Today, I’m interested in a rather simple question the folks at Vets For Freedom pose to Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama in [...]

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Blogger Chats with Former Ambassador to Israel

May 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

As promised in a post this morning, I made a guest appearance on BBC’s WORLD Have Your Say program at Noon (Central). To my surprise, the appearance afforded me the opportunity to exchange views on the subject of diplomacy versus appeasement with some real foreign affairs heavyweights, including Daniel C. Kurtzer, former U.S. [...]

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Blogger to Make Guest Appearance on BBC

May 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

A BBC Radio producer called this morning to invite me to appear as a guest during the first hour of today’s WORLD Have Your Say program that airs at Noon (Central) or 5 p.m. (GMT). Today’s topic: When does diplomacy become appeasement?

After turning down several invitations during the past year, I decided to [...]

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Second Amendment Must Stay, Despite Tragedy

April 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I posted the following comment on the web site of the UK’s Daily Mail at the tail end of an article about today’s Virginia Tech shooting tragedy:
“I’m a frequent guest on BBC Radio’s World Have Your Say program and, on occasion, have heard contributors describe the States as a place where people begin using guns [...]

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