Randy Scheunemann, who is John McCain’s top foreign policy advisor, has been in the spotlight this last week due to his past lobbying ties to the Georgian government. Critics have alleged that Scheunemann’s previous dealings have contributed to war in the Caucasus.
This morning’s Los Angeles Times includes a feature story on Scheunemann, with the bottom [...] Read more »
The Randy Scheunemann Non-Controversy
Diabolical Neocon War Plans Against Russia!
It’s pretty much the case now that any international crisis involving the potential deployment of U.S. military power will be denounced as a “neocon plot” by many in the left-wing press and blogosphere.
Think Progress continues the genre with their sensational post this morning upon news of a possible cessation of hostilities in the Causcasus: “Ceasefire [...] Read more »
The Charge of Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq
I need to update my morning post on Stephen Biddle, Michael O’Hanlon, and Kenneth Pollack’s new article at Foreign Affairs, “Standing Down as Iraq Stands Up.”
As noted, the piece isn’t all that impressive. Most of the analysis seems somewhat behind the curve of events, and the conclusion’s basically the authors’ attempt to curry favor within [...] Read more »
The Moral Power of Ingrid Betancourt
I wrote previously on “The Ingrid Betancourt Rescue.” Yet, the more I learn of Betancourt’s ordeal, the more powerful is her story of moral courage.
André Glucksmann, at City Journal, argues for seeing Betancourt’s six years in captivity as a story of personal bravery and the ultimate rejection of slavery and terror:
Public opinion, government officials, ordinary [...] Read more »
Barack Obama, the Netroots, and the “Vital Center” of American Politics
One of the hallmarks of netroots politics is for radical partisans to announce their movement represents the mainstream of the mass electorate.
By continually arguing that “progressives” control the “political center,” hardline leftists can disguise their extremist agenda as reflecting the political preferences of a majority of Americans.
I’ve noted regularly the left’s tendency to claim the [...] Read more »
