Obama dithers toward an Afghan defeat Oct 11, 2009
"This is typical Obama pabulum," said Jennifer Rubin of Commentary magazine. "Both sides are extreme and he, the voice of moderation, will step in to split the difference. But this doesn't work in a war when the middle ground, as we learned in both Afghanistan and Iraq, is not a viable option.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Bush aide: Obamas prize is a slap at Bush Oct 10, 2009
In a blog post for Commentary Magazine, Wehner wrote: It s also being said that the decision is meant as a slap at President Bush. I m sure it was just as the award to Jimmy Carter was and I have some thoughts about that. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
More Obama seemed like good idea Sep 30, 2009
Well it didn t take long for a response from a blogger at Commentary Magazine. Only in political reporting from one of the chief cheerleading newspapers for the Democratic party could you find a lead like this: The national debate over President Obamas health care plan has exposed a weakness in the Democratic Party apparatus: it lacks a high profile surrogate to push back hard against the rhetorical arguments put forward by Republicans. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Irving Kristol: An Intellectual Force Sep 21, 2009
As managing editor of Commentary Magazine in the early 1950 s, he faulted liberals for opposing congressional hearings on Communist infiltration in the U.S. In one memorable article, he noted that the American people knew that Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R.-Wisc. (Human Events Online)
Washington's Afghan clock ticks down Sep 3, 2009
"It is a column that could have been written in Japanese aboard the USS Missouri," wrote former George W Bush administration official Peter Wehner on the website of Commentary magazine - a reference to the Japanese surrender that ended World War II.. Wehner called Will a "defeatist" who "sound[s] more like Michael Moore than Henry Kissinger". (Asia Times Online)
The Self-Parody Never Ends Aug 5, 2009
Over at the Commentary blog, that terrorists are sane, rational people unlike the editors of Commentary magazine by arguing with a strait face that we ought to go to war with North Korea and Iran over the arrest of Americans. And to think I thought such ideas were. (The American Conservative)
Re: If Waterboarding Isn’t Torture... Jul 20, 2009
This, of course, is sterling proof of the first rule of counter-terrorism - terrorists are sane, rational people, unlike the editors of Commentary magazine. Specifically, that al-Qaeda knows exactly what its doing by threatening to waterboard an American POW, to put the U.S. into precisely the wrenching dilemma that Jack describes. (The American Conservative)
Spread Freedom? Not So Much Jul 10, 2009
Joshua Muravchik, a scholar at Johns Hopkins University and a leading advocate of democracy promotion around the globe, demonstrates in the current issue of Commentary magazine that Obama has a similar attitude toward those who say America should advance the cause of liberty and democracy worldwide. Again and again, the administration has made it clear that spreading freedom is so much ideological foolishness. (Townhall.com)
Foreign folly Jun 21, 2009
The differing treatment of the mullahs in Iran and the democratically elected government of Israel is mirrored elsewhere, noticed J.G. Thayer at Contentions, the blog of Commentary magazine. "Regarding North Korea and China, Obama seems almost eager to offer a hand in friendship to those who have wasted no time in offering insults, offenses and threats against the U.S.," Mr. Thayer said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
On the Web: Defiance grows despite threats Jun 18, 2009
Stickers on mouthsMichael J. Totten, a foreign journalist writing for Commentary magazine, that an Iranian, who goes by Censored Name, posted this on Facebook. "What I saw today was the most elegant scene I had ever witnessed in my life. The huge number of people were marching hand in hand in full peace. Silence. Silence was everywhere. There was no slogan. No violence ... People carried placards which read: Silence. Old and young, man and woman of all social groups were marching... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Fear: Our National Pastime May 25, 2009
As John Podhoretz of Commentary magazine recently noted: "Fear was an entirely responsible response to September 11. Indeed, it was, in some ways, the only responsible response.". There is a spacious gulf between fearing reality and illogical fear. (Townhall.com)
A Courtship for Bibi and Obama May 24, 2009
Calls for boycotts and sanctions against Israel have become a gathering force to delegitimize Israel, writes Michael B. Oren, the new Israeli ambassador to the United States, in Commentary magazine. This is a force, he writes, "that could destroy Israel economically and deny it the ability to defend itself against the existential threats powered by terrorism and Iran.". (Townhall.com)
The American Counter-Revolution Mar 28, 2009
Murray has not explored the national security implications of Europeanization but, coincidently, John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, addresses precisely that topic in a new essay in Commentary magazine. He notes in particular that "foreign-policy eminences here and abroad, including former Secretaries of State of both parties as well as defense officials from the Clinton and first Bush administrations" are now advocating to Obama that the United States emulate "the... (Townhall.com)
Obamanomics: Keeping The Wrong Promises Mar 17, 2009
Writing in Commentary magazine, Wehner stated that Obama is pretending that the politics of cynicism is the politics of hope, and is displaying a willingness to vulgarize and invert the meaning of words so as to advance his own narrow aims. . (Townhall.com)
