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Back on February 1, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran would deliver a harsh blow to the “global arrogance” on this year’s anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Well, today, February 11, 2010, is the 31st anniversary of the revolution and we’re waiting with baited breath to see what the “harsh blow” is. The AP [...]

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By rochester_veteran John Murtha died unexpectedly yesterday. Murtha’s legacy was that of serving as congressman of the highly gerrymandered Pennsylvania’s 12th district for almost 40 years. He also leaves this behind: Mark Schenker from AssociatedContent had this to say: However, any successful advocacy over any number of years on behalf of the military was completely [...]

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By rochester_veteran As previously suspected, Eric Holder was responsible for the decision to Mirandize underpants bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutalla, and to try him in civilian court. From WCBS-TV: Attorney General Eric Holder said that he made the decision to charge the Christmas Day terror suspect in the U.S. civilian system. The Obama administration has come [...]

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Let me apologize for rambling on, I inherited it from my predecessor and it was necessary to clean up his mess. <phantomlord@rochesterconservative.com> Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our [...]

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By rochester_veteran One would think that US Attorney General Eric Holder would have consulted with the NYPD before making the decision to hold the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City. That did not happen Brian Faughnan from Red State reported on a New York Young Republican meeting where New York Police Commissioner, [...]

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By Byron York Washington Examiner It seems like a pretty simple question. Who made the decision to charge Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the accused terrorist arrested for trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet on Christmas Day, as an everyday criminal, as opposed to an enemy combatant? After all, Abdulmutallab was trained by al Qaeda, [...]

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By Victor Davis Hanson PajamasMedia That Damn Guantanamo! Obama gave a rather incredible press conference about his review of security lapses. When he evoked Guantanamo, the president all at once (“make no mistake about it”) (a) promised to close it, (b) promised not to send any more detainees home to Yemen, and (c) claimed it [...]

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As terrorists continue to infiltrate America, the Obama Administration is tasking some of our nation’s most elite intelligence-gathering agencies to divert their resources to environmental scientists researching global warming. Experts with The National Center for Public Policy Research are decrying this practice as a distraction from important counterterrorism duties. They further question if it is [...]

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By Charles Krauthammer Jewish World Review Janet Napolitano — former Arizona governor, now overmatched secretary of homeland security — will forever be remembered for having said of the attempt to bring down an airliner over Detroit: “The system worked.” The attacker’s concerned father had warned U.S. authorities about his son’s jihadist tendencies. The would-be bomber [...]

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By Victor Davis Hanson RealClearPolitics In the coming year, plenty of our chickens will be coming home to roost. Take foreign relations. In 2009, the new administration assumed that George W. Bush was largely responsible for global tensions. As a remedy, we loudly reached out to our foes and those with whom we had uneasy [...]

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