I’m generally suspicious of anonymous sources but given French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s public remarks I’m inclined to take Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Jack Kell at his word here: From the Telegraph: Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, came close to mocking his American counterpart for the good intentions, which Mr Obama had heralded as an “historic” step [...]
U.S., France, Germany and Others Walk Out During Ahmadinejad’s Israel-bashing UN Speech
It’s time for me to eat a little crow – feathers and all – here… I didn’t think the U.S. delegation would walk out during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s address to the United Nations General Assembly this evening. But they did… along with the delegations of at least a dozen other nations: France on Wednesday [...]
Her Name was Neda
Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) lays a smackdown on the Mullahs and President Obama: Neda Agha Soltan was 26, and to those new she was ‘a beam of light‘… Contrast the statements and actions of this administration with those of Ronald Reagan. Reagan was unequivocal in his support of the of the Polish Solidarity movement, this [...]
Roxana Saberi Released
Roxana Saberi, a 32 year American journalist who had been convicted of ‘espionage’ has reportedly been released from jail by Iranian authorities. Ms. Saberi had lived and worked in Iran for more than six years before she was and charged with “cooperating with a hostile state” in January. From the Telegraph: Lawyers for the 32-year [...]
What Sarah Palin Would Have Said
The New York Sun has the speech Governor Palin would have given today had her appearance at a rally to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance to the UN not been canceled. I am honored to be with you and with leaders from across this great country — leaders from different faiths and political parties [...]
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