After a mere 100 days, the "Obama Doctrine" for our foreign and security policies has emerged. And it's terrifying. The combination of dizzying naivete, dislike of our allies, disdain for our military, distrust of our intelligence services and distaste for our own country promises the worst foreign policy of our lifetimes. Share/Save Read More →

By Rick Moran Anyone who didn't believe that Obama's liberal idiocy on foreign policy wouldn't have real world consequences, I present exhibit "A" – the Taliban responding to the Administration's offer for "honorable reconciliation:" Share/Save Read More →

By Rick Moran A little more than a month in and our president already needs a vacation. Everyone knows the presidency is a killer job – everyone, that is, except the current occupant of the oval office who is surprised at the amount of work he has to do. The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Barack Obama is amazed at the amount of paper that flows across his desk and that the economic crisis... 

By Tim Shipman, The Telegraph Barack Obama's offhand approach to Gordon Brown's Washington visit last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over America's economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told. Share/Save Read More →

On US radio's Garrison show today, I was asked for my reaction as a true born Englishman to President Obama's double insult – first the sending back of the Winston Churchill bust, then his snub to Gordon Brown. "Tough one. Really tough one," I said, torn – as most of surely are – between delight at seeing Brown roundly humiliated, and dismay at having the special... 

By Anne Bayefsky In a major foreign-policy decision taken over the weekend, President Obama has decided to legitimize the United Nations’s “anti-racism” forum known as Durban II. State Department officials announced in a press release buried on Saturday, that starting today the United States will attend for the first time the preparatory meetings of this controversial U.N. conference.... 

By Brett Stephens  Barack Obama has now been president for 21 days, following an inauguration that was supposed to have pressed the reset button on America's relations with the wider world and ushered in a new period of global cooperation against common threats. Here's what pressing reset has accomplished so far: Share/Save Read More →

By Jacob Laksin FRONTPAGE – In the weeks preceding yesterday’s vice presidential debate, one might have been forgiven for suspecting a vast right-wing conspiracy to lower expectations for Sarah Palin. A platitude-filled interview with Katie Couric, spoofed on “Saturday Night Live” and lamented by unnamed but oft-quoted “top advisers to John McCain,” seemed to underscore... 

By Brett Stephens WSJ – Gwen Ifill (debate moderator): "Sen. Biden, the following questions go to you. "Let's begin with your approach to diplomacy. During the primary campaign last year, you criticized Sen. Obama's pledge to meet with the leaders of states such as Iran and Venezuela as 'naive,' particularly if such meetings were held without preconditions. Share/Save Read More →

By Mona Charen  NRO – McCain certainly vitiated the age issue last night. His energy, command of specifics, and memory for names made him look quite vigorous. I agree with John Pitney  that there were missed opportunities, but McCain was masterful in distancing himself from an unpopular administration without running away from a conservative approach to foreign policy. Share/Save Read More →

WASHINGTON TIMES – Sen. Barack Obama will hunker down nearly all week to prepare for the most crucial 90 minutes of his political life – the first presidential debate – and has chosen a famous Washington lawyer who defended the would-be assassin of President Reagan to play Sen. John McCain in preparations. Aware of how high the stakes are, top Obama advisers Sunday sought to lower...