…it’s time to circle the wagons.

[Update a few minutes later]

Western courts bend to Islamic practices.

Did the president lie about them?

Of course he did. Either that, or he’s an idiot. Not that those are mutually exclusive possibilities.

The eerie similarities.

They share many attributes and goals.

I would also note that while we defeated the Nazis, we never did anything about their allies in the Middle East.

I have an alternate theory. Piers Morgan is an idiot.

As Ed Driscoll asks, what is it with all this dictator love at CNN?

Matt Welch describes what was heinous about it.

How it explains the president’s response to the “Arab spring.”

Makes sense to me.

…doesn’t mince words.

That’s what I’m so relieved to hear from the president our tortured and murdered Libyan ambassador, the first such in almost a third of a century, is. I hope it didn’t hurt the Obama bus suspension when it went over that bump. Actually, as far as this administration is concerned, I think we need a reinforced-concrete roadblock. Maybe we’ll get one in a few weeks, just like we got the restraining order two years ago.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Note that one of the reasons Treacher is so hot about this is that he was literally a “bump in the road” for this State Department.