Don’t take our diplomats for granted
I am deeply saddened by the death of our Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. He was a great choice as a representative of our country. Someone we took for granted, didn’t know about, but a man devoted...
View ArticleFirst Amendment rights stretched way too far
I agree criminals who attacked the Cairo embassy shoul be located and brought to justice. I fear, however, that a moviemaker’s First Amendment rights may have been stretched in an untenable way,...
View ArticleRomney the latest Republican to demean the presidency
In response to “Romney blames Obama over attack” (Sept. 13): Mr. Romney, we have one president at a time in this country. Republicans have gone out of their way to try to demean President Obama – for...
View ArticleCareless speech is dangerous
On Wednesday Mitt Romney made some remarks in connection with the events in Libya and Egypt. His remarks trouble me, for two reasons: 1. His speech was confused and confusing. Does he really think that...
View ArticleNo time for Israel, but plenty for campaigning
Let me see if I got this straight. In the past week, President Obama declines to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu (but can fundraise with Jay-Z and Beyonce and do the Letterman show). He...
View ArticleUS shouldn’t turn other cheek on anti-American sentiment
I do not think it is a coincidence that the growing and ever present terrorist faction in the Arab world went bonkers on 9/11, claiming this trigger to be a simple movie. Is this a distortion from the...
View ArticleUS needn’t apologize for diversity of thought
Due to the unfortunate events in Egypt and Cairo yesterday I wanted to comment on the continued speculation and hand-wringing about the online video that supposedly caused it. What I would like to hear...
View ArticleInflammatory free speech is reckless
In my opinion the release of the video defaming Mohammed onto the Internet is equivalent to shouting “Fire” in a crowded theater. The internet is a world stage. The idea that any one individual or even...
View ArticleIs Carney serious?
For White House spokesman, Jay Carney to declare violent protests in Cairo and Benghazi and elsewhere were a “response not to United States policy, and not obviously the administration or the American...
View ArticleUnfamiliar with freedom of expression
On the demonstrations in Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia, there is a measure of misunderstanding here. We need to remember that these people have never had the right to freely express themselves without fear...
View ArticleWhy is US sending more aid to Egypt?
The New York Times reported on Friday September 28, 2012 that the Obama administration notified Congress that it would provide Egypt’s new government an emergency cash infusion of $450 million, but the...
View ArticleSenators should stop foreign aid to hostile nations
Last month Senator Rand Paul forced a vote in the U.S. Senate on his legislation to stop foreign aid to the belligerent countries of Egypt, Pakistan, and Libya. The final vote was 81-10 to defeat...
View ArticleOffended by Obama administration
At the last debate, President Obama declared himself offended by the suggestion that anyone in his administration would “mislead” the country about the attack in Benghazi. As an American citizen, I am...
View ArticleTruce not all it was cracked up to be
Is this another example of our complete misunderstanding of the mindset of our “allies” in the middle east? Hillary rushed over the Egypt after an agreement for a truce was worked out, so that she...
View ArticleEgypt taking points from Obama
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has issued an executive order stating that his decrees and actions will no longer be subject to judicial review. He must have had a peek at President Obama”s plan...
View ArticleTurmoil in Egypt
In his insightful book on colonialism “The Wretched of the Earth (1961),” Frantz Fanon indicated that native governments installed in countries newly freed from the yoke of colonialism often imitated...
View ArticleStop borrowing and cut spending
We keep hearing we “averted the fiscal cliff” but must do more to increase revenues (another word for higher taxes). I saw an interview of Nancy Pelosi stating taxes were “not off the table.” The Press...
View ArticleHonor the Constitution
Common sense defined by U.S. government The Obama Administration and the Democrats in the House and Senate want “common sense” limitations on the ability of law abiding citizens of The United States to...
View ArticleWhy waste more money on Egypt?
First it was the “Arab Spring” bringing democracy to Egypt. But now we have the Muslim Brotherhood in control there. That didn’t work out too good. So Washington decides to send them tanks and jet...
View ArticleBlockade in Gaza an attempt to curb terrorism
In response to Saturday’s article, “Egypt clampdown hurts Gaza trade”: Every month, Israel sends thousands of tons of required materials into Gaza. In May of 2013 they provided: 1,196 trucks of food,...
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