Carter Plays Well With Terrorists*

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He came, he saw, he shmoozed with both Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas leaders exiled in Syria. And oh yeah, he received the Palestine International Award for Excellence and Creativity after some obligatory lip service about accepting the discouraging fact that Israel probably deserves some sort of minor "accommodation in the political world" according to "The Jerusalem Post."

Wow. What brave words from a nosey, nasty little man. But I guess we shouldn't be surprised--Obama is, politically speaking, a son to him and this blatant appeasement tour is the sort of political miracle making effort they both seem to cherish with such utter humility. And that means we will likely see Carter acting for some time to come as a shill for oppressive regimes, anti-Semitic populations, and those characteristically backwards liberal charity parades aimed at aiding poor terrorists scattered all over the Middle East.

Lucky us. But it could be worse--he could have things to do over here.

Ahmadinejad Is A Cheater*

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Mir Hossein Mousavi, pictured above, likely won the election in Iran. Problem is, Ahmadinejad also claims victory. Even in Mousavi's hometown.

Sadly enough, even had Mousavi been installed through a fair and democratic election, the so-called religious leaders would still hold the reigns of power and would undoubtedly prevent the expression of democratic principles. But citizens--especially the youth--are thankfully not taking this rigged outcome without complaint as rioting is taking place right now in Iran. Generally speaking, this sort of action would be reprehensible if demonstration were possible, but it seems only violent action will effectively counter this blatant oppression.

And President Obama's softball speech in Cairo certainly does nothing to discourage Iranian tyranny of this kind, now or in the future. In fact, Iran can continue to abuse individual rights and en masse complaints of unfairness with impunity so long as their dismal revolution holds power over the smallest details of life and so long as the Western world does nothing to condemn such abuse.

No wonder John Bolton muses over the effects of an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites--after all, even if our President refuses to take a realistic viewpoint of the situation, perhaps our Israeli counterparts are still capable of doing so.

IN OTHER NEWS: Sarah Palin wins a round on secular progressives as David Letterman speaks of his undying love for statutory rape without apology.

Interestingly enough, CBS is taking considerable heat for editing the transcript before sending it off for publication in "The New York Times," that venerable standard of responsible journalism. Who knew that an awkward attempt to cover their own rear ends would end up being such an embarrassing revelation concerning their hardcore support for all things liberal?

Additionally, the pro-abortion National Organization for Women has tossed Letterman into its "Media Hall of Shame" for the jokes, which were obviously rehearsed. Strange times we live in, but this sort of character assassination apparently seems obvious to even the most ardently biased, one issue political groups--and those who won't admit this are just crazy ideologues.

In the end, perhaps Palin will continue to reshape the public image McCain did so much damage to in the election. And an honest look into her considerable capabilities can only be good for Americans in the coming years.

Jon Voight Is Increasingly Impressive As A Conservative Thinker*

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Rev. Wright Hates Jews*

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So, Rev. Wright thinks President Obama won't come to seek his counsel because of Jewish influence. Which is also why he didn't send a delegation to the anti-Semitic World Conference on Racism. And oh, they're also the same people responsible for ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Yemakh-shmoynik.

IN OTHER NEWS: A commentator / editor for "Newsweek" by the name of Evan Thomas thinks Obama is, well, kinda like God. Really.

AND FINALLY: A shooter entered the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. today and killed a security guard. Other guards returned fire, wounding the criminal named as white supremacist James W. Von Brunn. One hopes this is not a continuation of the thinking that recently had volunteer recruiting station soldier Pvt. William Andrew Long murdered while a fellow soldier was wounded, the motive being Islamic extremism and simple hatred in that case.

Reason & Freedom Win In Lebanon*

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Pro-Western and pro-democratic forces were the projected winners in Lebanon's election today as they fended off a serious push by Hezbollah for a majority in parliament. Read more on this encouraging development for the Middle East here.

Obama's Mideast Doctrine Is Ignorant And Dangerous For Israel*

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There should be little doubt that President Obama's Cairo Speech marks a deeply troubling and disturbingly arrogant break from historical Middle East policy for the United States. It was a woefully foolish attempt at the appeasement of terrorists--both in Hamas and in the highest echelons of Iranian government--that demonstrates a reticence on the part of the Commander-in-Chief and his cabinet to discern the motivations belonging to two very differently motivated groups of people. And it is also the most cowardly way for our leader to dodge the demanding and critical obligations we owe to our partner in freedom, Israel. Furthermore, the painfully soft approach presented to Iran's catastrophic pursuit of nuclear arms was nothing short of appalling.

While reasonable observers may debate the wisdom of pushing settlements further out into land vociferously contested by Arab nations, asserting that natural home building in already existing settlements is an irresponsible action is insulting. Netanyahu is right to oppose this demand as noted in the linked article above.

Furthermore, seeking cooperation from Hamas--that bloody terrorist organization that has vowed to destroy Israel while at the same time preaching the disingenuous victimization of its own people and teaching innocent children to destroy their own neighbors--is astonishingly wrong and even outrageous. At what point does Hamas consider enough Israeli blood shed? As President Obama well knows, the price will be the last drop if Hamas has its way.

Let it be clearly said that the vast majority of Americans support Israel, stand by those citizens who peacefully and rightfully make that land their home, and absolutely reject the bloody acts of terror meant to deny this people their right to not only existence, but also freedom from molestation--and this is a far cry from the President's crude and ineffective suggestion that Muslims must simply acknowledge that "Israel will not go away." The truth is that Americans maintain strong ties to Jews of every conceivable background and experience, as these are our neighbors, friends, and fellow citizens in this great republic. With them, the majority of us share a hatred of tyranny and terrorism while also expressing profound gratitude for what is often viewed as an overlapping religious tradition. How, then, could we simply point to Israel as an annoyance to the Middle East?

Surely it is time that many of the Jewish population in America--identifying itself at the very least through a common culture and in many cases an ancient, shared religion--begin to test their relatively unquestioned ties to political liberalism. Today that political doctrine has failed Jews both in America and in Israel, perhaps for generations to come. 

What is also clear is that freedom cannot and will not be maintained in either Israel or America by such a whimpering and apologetic strategy as that demonstrated so shamefully today. As always, this most precious of gifts can only persist in the best and highest sense if America continues with grim determination to confront the bloody, evil, and designing nations aligned against our friends abroad. That much, at the very least, should be unbreakable.

UPDATE: Wow. The fallout over the speech has been tremendous--in fact, there are far too many editorials to cite here, though one or two will demonstrate just how transparently one-sided Obama's effort at wholesale appeasement really was. 

One article posits that this may be another push by Rahm Emanuel to install a left-leaning and more sympathetic Kadima government in Israel. Others simply decried his pandering mea culpa, along with his very troubling and inaccurate makeover of Islamic history. Still another noted Obama's apparent "culture war with Christianity"--and one might also be correct in asserting traditional values are included here, as well--while nearly pleading the notion that America is not at war with Islam. 

What this all seems to add up to--and again, coverage has been very skewed, with most liberal voices gushing about how well the President spoke and how considerate he was of Muslim sentiments--is a Middle East policy grossly unfair and downright dangerous to Israel while at the same time being disturbingly sympathetic to Islamic terrorism and philosophical extremism. Very troubling, indeed.

A brief video clip of the speech can be found here.

Mitt Is Right*

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Romney is right on the need to build a stronger defense against other competing claims to hegemony and President Obama's carjacking of Detroit.