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Should the United States act with humility in international affairs?

By John Bolton March 3, 2010 @ 2:46pm

No... John R. Bolton

 

“A United States infused with humility works right up until Europeans — and we ourselves — need real protection."

 

For individuals, humility is typically considered a desirable virtue, in contrast to its opposite number, pride, often deprecated and broadly perceived as a less-desirable personal characteristic. Both humility and pride are, of course, si…

Is Nidal Hasan a Terrorist?

By Bill Paisley March 2, 2010 @ 9:53am

"Much has been made if Army Major Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, should be called a terrorist. Some say the moniker is moot – he murdered 13 people in cold blood and needs to be dealt with on those matters alone. Others eschew such semantical parsing and believe it is essential to label this event for the terrorist act it appears to have been."

 

"The fact that Hasan was an Army officer on active …

“Iran A National Security Threat”

By Steve Gonzalez March 2, 2010 @ 9:53am

Since its creation and usage in World War II, nuclear weapons have rendered war between nation-states who possess them less likely to use them – However, this statement is unlikely to remain legitimate if countries persist on developing such weapons, who have a different outlook towards human life or who are unfamiliar with their sheer destructive power.

 

Recent threats against the United States and its allies by …

Whither the Raptor?

By James S. Robbins March 2, 2010 @ 9:07am

Mark Helprin writes a convincing defense of the F-22 Raptor in the February 21 Wall Street Journal Cancelling the F-22 program, he writes, “is yet another act in the tragedy of a nation that, bankrupting itself, embracing moral decline, and apologizing to its enemies, is losing the will to prevail.”

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Bipartisanship? Where?

By Bill Paisley February 25, 2010 @ 10:44am

In his acceptance speech on election evening in November of last year, President-elect Obama uttered these words:

 

"To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices," he said. "I need your help, and I will be your president, too."

 

A year later those words ring more hollow than most campaign promises have in the past…