I’m still waiting for someone to make a convincing case that James Baker is a brilliant foreign policy strategist.

I’m still waiting for someone to make a convincing case that James Baker is a brilliant foreign policy strategist.

After we try some things like this, we may be able to get Iran to come to heel. Then negotiations might have a useful outcome:

To be sure, preemptive military force would be a highly undesirable option

Got to love this NY Post cover today. Well, you don’t have to, I guess. But I do.

Got to love this NY Post cover today. Well, you don’t have to, I guess. But I do.

Got to love this NY Post cover today. Well, you don’t have to, I guess. But I do.

IBD has some questions about the fLying imams, and their defenders:

Their actions undermine any good will and trust Muslim leaders have built since 9/11. And they call into question what we really know about these supposedly virtuous men we invite to the White House and other halls of power in gestures of tolerance.

Are they really moderate? Do they really mean it when they renounce terrorism? Do they really have America’s best interests at heart?

In many cases, the answer would appear to be, sadly, no.

Donald Sensing has an interesting post, that describes how many Islamic countries are exporting their terrorists to Iraq in the hopes that we and the Iraqis will kill them, thus solving their domestic problems. As he points out, it’s a potentially very dangerous game, particularly given our growing weariness with it.

Armed Liberal has some thoughts on the administration’s mishandling of the war with which I agree. Read the comments as well. Also, Chester writes about the end of nation states and America as a superpower.

What were they up to? Richard Miniter seems to have the most comprehensive story so far. It looks to me like they were either attempting a hijack, testing security, or attempting to weaken it by intimidating the airline. I can’t imagine an innocent explanation for their behavior.

And not that they should have any credibility at this point, but if CAIR wants to be taken seriously, they need to renounce all their previous denunciations of US Air. But I’m sure they’ll continue to whine about discrimination. And of course, the media will continue to treat them as though they’re worthy of respect, and not on the other side.