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Why Obama Must Secure Iran’s Cooperation to Withdraw Troops in Iraq

Should Barak Obama become Americaâ€™s 44th president, his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in sixteen months and â€œend the warâ€ will require the cooperation of Iran. While the presidential campaign debate narrowly focused on the troop surge, the reduction of violence in Iraq has obscured one fundamental truth; the Iraqi government will continue [...]

Military Spending Reflects Our Flawed Policies

President Bush on Monday signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond…The legislation will bring to more than $650 billion the amount Congress has provided for the Iraq war since it began more than five years ago. For operations in Afghanistan, the total [...]

The Homeland Doesn’t Feel So Secure

Even with all the money spent on counterterrorism, the creation of a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security, a National Intelligence czar and a federal government that pretends to prioritize national security to the detriment of fiscal responsibility and civil liberties, we still are no safer today than we were before 9/11. It is beyond [...]

A Terrrorist’s Son Speaks Up

Osama bin LadenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s son has come forward with claims that he believes he can bridge the sociocultural gap that exists between the West and radicalized Islam.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â

The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with The Associated Press, he said there is a better way to [...]

Bush Drinks The Egyptian Kool Aid

“I’m absolutely confident that the people of the Middle East are working hard to build a society based upon justice. And I’ve assured them as they make the journey, the United States will be their friend and partner.”

The President conveniently forgets that Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda and an assortment of terrorist organizations are certainly not [...]

GOP Scandal Of The Day

A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.

Mark Deli Siljander, a Michigan Republican when he was in the House, was charged with money [...]