[Dawn] FEW incidents of terrorism have caused such large-scale outpouring of grief, anger and shame as the massacre in the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. church last Sunday. But will this outrage awaken the Pak people to the urgency of dealing with the cancerous growth in their body politic of which the attack on the old church was only a symptom?
As has often happened in such situations, various parties are busy denying responsibility for mass murder in the church. The Taliban say they are not involved and they do not believe in killing innocent people.
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Seems like that last paragraph might be universally - not just the whole world, but the whole universe - applicable.
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[Washington Post] ... Just eight months later, the idealism is gone. In what may be the most morally crimped speech by a president in modern times, Mr. Obama explicitly ruled out the promotion of liberty as a core interest of the United States. Instead, he told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, America's core interests consist of resisting aggression against allies; protecting the free flow of energy; dismantling terrorist networks "that threaten our people" and stopping the development and use of weapons of mass destruction...
As a practical matter, if a president signals that democracy is not a core interest, if it ranks fifth or lower on his list of priorities, it won't be promoted at all. Mr. Obama made that clear in his discussion of Egypt's military government, which, since overthrowing a democratically elected government, has slaughtered hundreds and stifled freedom of the press and association. Mr. Obama noted that "we have not proceeded with the delivery of certain military systems," but he reassured the generals that the United States will continue working with them on "core interests like the Camp David accords and counterterrorism." The president insisted that "we will not stop asserting principles that are consistent with our ideals." But if the generals know that those principles don't count among U.S. "core interests," why would they pay any attention to Mr. Obama's "assertions"?
Mr. Obama may believe that minimizing values in foreign relations is tough-minded and realistic. In fact, it can only diminish U.S. influence, including in matters that he defines as core. "It was not all that long ago that farmers in Venezuela and Indonesia welcomed American doctors to their villages and hung pictures of JFK on their living room walls," Mr. Obama wrote as a presidential candidate in 2007. "We can be this America again."
He was right. We could be that America again -- but not by cherishing oil over liberty.
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He dis-proved democracy himself which defaults you BACK to a Republican form of Government.
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To be fair, there can't be too many liberty lovers who cry themselves to sleep over the fate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Obama did what he could to help them, and failed.
It's actually quite pleasant to hear a socialist not claiming to be promoting liberty - rare honesty.
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Vlad seldom mentions democracy or liberty either. As committed socialists, he and the Champ are not as far apart on core values as some might believe.
As an unrelated aside, I've enjoyed watching him reach a near mouth foaming, Unaffordable Healthcare hysteria during his endless college stump speeches.
I'd be remiss without a hat tip to Senator Cruz for his excellent, 21 hour safari through Rhino land. We were able to see a number of them wallowing about, with more to come as cloture voting begins.
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Champ is simply a man ahead of the times. The American people are not yet prepared for a US Foreign Policy of open Islamic support, appeasement, and sharia law. These things take time. [sarc off]
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[Dawn] FEW incidents of terrorism have caused such large-scale outpouring of grief, anger and shame as the massacre in the 
... Just eight months later, the idealism is gone. In what may be the most morally crimped speech by a president in modern times, Mr. Obama explicitly ruled out the promotion of liberty as a core interest of the United States. Instead, he told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, America's core interests consist of resisting aggression against allies; protecting the free flow of energy; dismantling terrorist networks "that threaten our people" and stopping the development and use of weapons of mass destruction...
