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"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
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Uncertain Leadership in Perilous Times
Peggy Noonan .
"Rise up together as one voice"
"Be careful where you stand"
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What 'Doesn't Happen in Other Countries'? 
While in Paris for the UN climate summit, Barack nObama made his entry for "Non Compos Mentis Quote of the Year." Referring to last week's murderous rampage at a Colorado Planned Parenthood, he opined, "Obviously, my heart goes out to the families of those impacted. I mean, I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings: This just doesn’t happen in other countries.”
Wait, what? nObama is in Paris, where they just endured a jihadist attack in which Islamic State terrorists killed 130. Most of the dead were killed in mass shootings. Earlier this year, Paris' Charlie Hebdo offices were attacked, again by Islamofascists wielding rifles, and 11 were killed.
nObama did seem to catch himself, though, and went on about being "rightly determined to prevent terrorist attacks wherever they occur." But his problem is that he always thinks he's the smartest, sensible and most compassionate guy in the room. He saw a chance to bash America before the rest of the world while waxing eloquent about gun control, and he seized it, only to utter something completely senseless.
-The Patriot Post
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Syrian Refugees = English Pilgrims, Says nObama
"Nearly four centuries after the Mayflower set sail, the world is still full of pilgrims — men and women who want nothing more than the chance for a safer, better future for themselves and their families," Barack nObama told us over the Thanksgiving holiday. "What makes America America is that we offer that chance." He was, of course, making the argument that we should open the doors to Syrian refugees, some of whom we've warned may be radical Islamists bent on our destruction. Such a Trojan horse isn't wise. But on the bright side, nObama had something positive to say about Christian pilgrims...
Meanwhile, in completely unrelated news (we're sure), a survey last year of both Arabs and a subset of Syrian refugees found that the vast majority had a "negative view" of the Islamic State. It's understandable that true refugees would have a rather dour opinion of the jihadis forcing them from their homes. But the disturbing reality is the flip side — 13% of Syrian refugees had a positive opinion of the Islamic State. Given that nObama completely underestimated the growth of the Islamic State and has based his policy on either political expediency or cooked intelligence, do we really trust his administration to vet refugees and weed out Islamic State sympathizers? While 13% is minuscule when you're counting votes, it's an enormous threat when considering potential terrorists being allowed into the country. -The Patriot Post
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Iran Seeks to Hide Its Efforts to Make an A-Bomb
Iran threatened Sunday to walk away from the United Nations agreement limiting its nuclear program unless a UN report investigating whether or not the county tried to weaponize its nuclear program in the past is spiked. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must release, no later than Dec. 15, a report exploring the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program. The head of the IAEA said last week that the investigation — dubbed the PDM file — will not be a "black and white assessment," but it's still too uncomfortable for Iran. It's a big deal, as some countries like France will use the report to decide whether or not to lift economic sanctions against Iran as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. And while the report has always been part of the plan, Iran is back at the negotiation table, trying to keep its nuclear history in the dark. "Without the closure of the file regarding past issues, there is no possibility of implementing the JCPOA," said Admiral Ali Shamkhani, a top Iranian security official Sunday. "The P5+1 must choose between the JCPOA and leaving open the so-called PMD file."
You can expect the nObama administration to scurry back to the negotiation table, trying to ensure peace at any cost with a deal Iran never signed. But it would be better if the U.S. let the deal fall apart. As President Ronald Reagan said in his "A Time for Choosing" speech during the Cold War, "Every lesson of history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face — that their policy of accommodation is appeasement, and it gives no choice between peace and war, only between fight or surrender. If we continue to accommodate, continue to back and retreat, eventually we have to face the final demand — the ultimatum."
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Rebuking the Islamic State by Fighting Climate Change? On Monday, government officials from 195 countries convened in Paris for a climate conference to begin discussing how to save the world from ourselves. It would be laudable if these government officials were meeting to discuss how to unite to defeat the Islamic State — the real threat to humanity. But for now, despite Paris being the target for coordinated terrorist attacks just weeks ago, it is more important for these world “leaders” to discuss how to combat the ever-changing temperature.
During a press conference last week, Barack nObama announced his intentions to attend this Global Climate Conference, oh so bravely in the face of terrorism. Some of his comments were perhaps the most laughable if not dangerously ignorant remarks ever uttered from a commander in chief. He proclaimed, “What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children.”
Powerful rebuke? This isn't just weak rhetoric, it's madness. It's also a lie. Does nObama or anyone else in the world really believe that the Islamic State will consider this meeting in Paris as a rebuke to jihad? The message this sends to the Islamic State is that world leaders are more concerned with the false threat of the world burning up than they are about a large group of terrorists committed to killing innocent people.
Keep in mind that this climate change summit is being held by the United Nations. The UN can turn out an estimated 40,000 people from 195 different nations to address the “threat” of climate change, but it somehow can’t get that many people on board to hold a conference to fight Islamic terrorism. As Investor's Business Daily notes, “That would require hard work and genuine dedication. Fighting global warming is easy, though. It's not a real enemy. It didn't kill and maim hundreds in Paris.” -The Patriot Post
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Was Iran Building a Bomb? UN Says “We Dunno”
{leanrightamerica.org} ~ The world has waited anxiously for the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency to deliver their final report on whether or not Iran was seeking to develop a nuclear weapon for the last decade... Iran earned their way clear of international sanctions earlier this year by providing the U.N. with the information they needed to finish the investigation. But now, with the report about to be publicly released, the U.N. is telling interested parties to dampen their enthusiasm. “The report will not be black and white,” said IAEA chief Yukiya Amano at a press conference this week. He suggested that the report was less a comprehensive view of Iran’s nuclear machinations and more a “jigsaw puzzle” that member countries could piece together for themselves. He told reporters that it would be up to others to decide whether or not to lift sanctions on the basis of the report. In other words, after a decade of investigations, the best the U.N. can do is shrug their shoulders. http://www.leanrightamerica.org/uncategorized/was-iran-building-a-bomb-un-says-we-dunno/.
Germany Confirmed Everyone’s Worst Fears About Syrian Refugees
{Jack Davis} ~ Islamic extremists in Germany are using food, shelter and the religion of home as bait as they fish the wave of Syrian refugees entering Germany for new converts to radical Islam... “They start by saying, ‘We will help you live your faith,’” Torsten Voss of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency told the Wall Street Journal. “The Islamist area comes later — that is, of course, their goal.” German officials said that refugees who want to attend mosques in search of familiar surroundings are, increasingly, attending those frequented by Islamic extremists. German officials told the Journal that they already know of at least 100 instances in which Islamic extremists known to the authorities have tried to establish contact with refugees..
Speaker Ryan Reverses Course, Continues Consolidation of Power
{Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.} ~ Within three weeks of being elected the speaker of the House, Paul Ryan reneged on a promise to return to the rules of the House and re-enshrine representative government to the people’s branch... Ryan promised that he would restore “regular order” to the House of Representatives and would fix the “broken” system that was both hedging up the path to passage of some legislation and giving preferential treatment to other (pet project) legislation. His promise was undoubtedly intended to help secure the support of constitutionally minded congressmen for his grab for the speaker’s gavel. Typically, as we all learned from watching Schoolhouse Rock, a bill has to wend its way along a well-marked, but difficult path from being offered by a representative to being presented to members for a vote for or against. That’s not quite the way it has worked in recent years, however. http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/22043-speaker-ryan-reverses-course-continues-consolidation-of-power?utm_content=Rudy%20Tirre&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Speaker%20Ryan%20Reverses%20Course%2C%20Continues%20Consolidation%20of%20Power&utm_campaign=Lack%20of%20U%2ES%2E%20Military%20Intervention%20in%20Syria%20Blamed%20for%20Paris%20Attackscontent.
Islamic Jihad Central: Not Syria, Not Iraq…Belgium
{shoebat.com} ~ Belgium is where the now dead, so-called ‘mastermind’ of the Paris attacks was based... This is Part 1 of an Israeli documentary from the same people who did an excellent exposé of the Muslim NO GO zones in Europe. Imagine what Belgium will be like when the Muslim majority takes over Brussels inabout 10 – 15 years. http://shoebat.com/2015/11/27/jihad-central-not-syria-not-iraqbelgium-yes-antwerp-belgium/
Vidoe: https://youtu.be/qcuvlC6COts
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WH Spokesliar Earnest Blames No New AUMF...
{rickwells.us} ~ The nObama regime is attempting to hide behind a diversion, to falsely pretend that they haven’t had the ability to deal with ISIS and hide the fact that they have simply chosen not to... acting in their capacity as the terrorist organization’s most important ally. White House spokesliar Josh Earnest is the one pumping out the smoke screen, speaking in Paris during the phony profiteering climate conference. Earnest attempted to portray nObama, the pro-Islamic radical, terrorist importing faux-president, as being held hostage by Congress and as somehow shackled by their “failure” to provide a new, less robust Authorization for the Use of Military Force. That new document would replace the current one which is wider in scope and already being grossly under-utilized by the regime to the terrorist organization’s benefit. nObama isn’t pursuing ISIS for the same reason that he’s flooding America with Islamists, because he’s working to establish the Islamic caliphate in North America. He just needs a little cover and Earnest is laying down the false narrative to provide it. http://rickwells.us/archives/22985.
Majority: Welcome to Hamtramck, Michigan, where Muslims make up 50 per cent of the population and the sight of women wearing the niqab – the veil leaving only the eyes visible – is not unusual. The mural to the left is in celebration of the city’s Yemeni population
Welcome to Sharia state of Hamtramck, Michigan...
{themuslimissue.wordpress.com} ~ Muslims have made their headquarters in a city called HAMtramck…. the irony. Is it halal?... We recall when a TV producer were in pre-production preparations to create the soapy show “All-American Muslim (2011)” to prove to Americans how “modern and normal” Muslims actually were to counter “right-wing claims”. What was the biggest problem facing the production team? Finding enough modern and normal Muslims to have on the show. They determined that most of the Muslims they sourced were too extreme to give the left-wing slant they wanted to portray to the general public. So they decided to followed the daily lives of five Lebanese-American Shia Muslim viewed as kafirs to the “authentic” Islam – or Sunni Islam, based on the teachings from Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of prophet Mohammed. The TV show forgot to tell viewers the difference between the different Muslim communities out there, always at logger-heads with each other. No matter how much the leftists want to lie and distort Islam, the truth eventually prevails as Muslims can’t stay away from violence and terrorism for too long..
nObama administration gun-running scheme armed the Islamic State
{Robert Spencer} ~ The nObama administration pursued a policy in Libya back in 2011 that ultimately allowed guns to walk into the hands of jihadists linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and al-Qaeda (AQ) in Syria... according to a former CIA officer who co-authored a report on behalf of theCitizen’s Commission on Benghazi (CCB), detailing the gun running scheme. In Congress, the then-bipartisan group known as the “Gang of Eight,” at a minimum, knew of the operation to aid and abet America’s jihadist enemies by providing them with material support. So says Clare Lopez, a former CIA officer and the primary author of CCB’s interim report, titled How America Switched Sides in the War on Terror, speaking with Breitbart News. The ripple effects of the illegal policy to arm America’s enemies continue to be felt as the U.S. military is currently leading a war against ISIS and AQ terrorists in Iraq and Syria, according to Lopez..
Kirk Ad Hits Duckworth on National Security
{Alana Goodman} ~ Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) is launching its second statewide television ad of the 2016 Illinois Senate race blasting Democratic candidate Rep. Tammy Duckworth on national security... The ad criticizes Duckworth for backing a plan to resettle 200,000 Syrian refugees in the United States and voting against legislation to strengthen national security screening requirements to weed out potential Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) supporters. “The facts remain that ISIS used the Syrian refugee crisis to smuggle its terrorists into France and carry out their tragic and deadly acts,” said Kirk’s campaign manager Kevin Artl in a statement. “Yet Rep. Duckworth continues to ignore the concerns of the Director of the FBI, Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center about our government’s flawed vetting process which cannot ensure that these refugees are not part of ISIS.”http://freebeacon.com/politics/kirk-ad-hits-duckworth-on-national-security/
Vidoe: https://youtu.be/Jtj2yfIMob4
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Nearly 1,000 Clinton emails had classified info
{foxnews.com} ~ The State Department’s latest release of Hilly Clinton documents brings the total number of Clinton emails known to contain classified material to nearly 1,000... The department on Monday released its largest batch of emails yet, posting 7,800 pages of the former secretary of state’s communications. The latest batch contains 328 emails deemed to have classified information. According to the State Department, that brings the total number with classified information to 999. The emails in question were deemed classified before their release by the department – and the former secretary of state has said all along she never sent emails with material marked classified at the time. Why is she still walking free?.
Throwing Our Money At The World – nObama’s Climate Laundry List...
{rickwells.us} ~ A sarcastic review of the nObama/UN climate scam, the elite’s opportunity to strike a blow against America... It’s the pursuit of “climate power” on the part of the UN syndicate that is the focus of the video. Striking a blow against the US is exactly what the pretend president is doing. nObama is not only attacking us, he’s making arrangements to relocate as much of our money into as many upward palms as possible. nObama’s told us repeatedly that he’s only destroying our nation because it’s in our own best interest to do so. Two world wars and a wide variety of other conflicts weren’t enough to bring America down, but the air we breathe combined with a web of foreign entanglements are enough to put us in serious jeopardy. http://rickwells.us/archives/23008.
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Uncertain Leadership in Perilous Times
Peggy Noonan.
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The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs—
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs—
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In the days after Paris Emily Dickinson’s poem kept ringing through my mind as I tried to figure out what I felt—and, surprisingly, didn’t feel. I did not, as the facts emerged and the story took its full size, feel surprised. Nor did I feel swept by emotion, as I had in the past. The sentimental tweeting of that great moment in “Casablanca” when they stand to sing “La Marseillaise” left me unmoved. I didn’t feel anger, really. I felt grave, as if something huge and terrible had shifted and come closer. Did you feel this too?
In the days after Paris Emily Dickinson’s poem kept ringing through my mind as I tried to figure out what I felt—and, surprisingly, didn’t feel. I did not, as the facts emerged and the story took its full size, feel surprised. Nor did I feel swept by emotion, as I had in the past. The sentimental tweeting of that great moment in “Casablanca” when they stand to sing “La Marseillaise” left me unmoved. I didn’t feel anger, really. I felt grave, as if something huge and terrible had shifted and come closer. Did you feel this too?
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After the pain of previous terror incidents, from 9/11 straight through to Madrid 2004 (train bombings, 191 dead), London 2005 (suicide bombers, 52 dead) and Paris 10 months ago (shootings, 17 dead), the focus was always on the question: What will the leaders—the political and policy elite—think? This attack immediately carried a different question: What will the people think, Mr. and Mrs. Europe on the street, Mom and Pop watching in America? What are the thoughts and conclusions of normal people who are not blinkered by status, who can see things clear?
After the pain of previous terror incidents, from 9/11 straight through to Madrid 2004 (train bombings, 191 dead), London 2005 (suicide bombers, 52 dead) and Paris 10 months ago (shootings, 17 dead), the focus was always on the question: What will the leaders—the political and policy elite—think? This attack immediately carried a different question: What will the people think, Mr. and Mrs. Europe on the street, Mom and Pop watching in America? What are the thoughts and conclusions of normal people who are not blinkered by status, who can see things clear?
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I feel certain that in the days after the attack people were thinking: This isn’t going to stop. These primitive, ferocious young men will not stop until we stop them. The question is how. That’s the only discussion.
I feel certain that in the days after the attack people were thinking: This isn’t going to stop. These primitive, ferocious young men will not stop until we stop them. The question is how. That’s the only discussion.
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Madrid and London took place during the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and could be taken as responses to Western actions. The Charlie Hebdo massacre was in its way a story about radical Islamic antipathy to the rough Western culture of free speech. But last week’s Paris attack was different. It was about radical, violent Islam’s hatred of the West and desire to kill and terrorize its people. They will not be appeased; we won’t talk them out of it at a negotiating table or by pulling out of Iraq or staying out of Syria. They will have their caliphate, and they will hit Europe again, as they will surely hit us again, to get it.
Madrid and London took place during the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and could be taken as responses to Western actions. The Charlie Hebdo massacre was in its way a story about radical Islamic antipathy to the rough Western culture of free speech. But last week’s Paris attack was different. It was about radical, violent Islam’s hatred of the West and desire to kill and terrorize its people. They will not be appeased; we won’t talk them out of it at a negotiating table or by pulling out of Iraq or staying out of Syria. They will have their caliphate, and they will hit Europe again, as they will surely hit us again, to get it.
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So again, the only question: What to do?
So again, the only question: What to do?
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On this issue the American president is, amazingly, barely relevant. The leaders and people of Europe and America will not be looking to him for wisdom, will, insight or resolve. No commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces can be wholly irrelevant, but to the extent one can be, Mr. nObama is. He has misjudged ISIS from the beginning—they were not, actually, the junior varsity—to the end. He claimed last week, to George Stephanopoulos, that ISIS has been “contained.” “I don’t think they’re gaining strength,” he said just before Paris blew.
On this issue the American president is, amazingly, barely relevant. The leaders and people of Europe and America will not be looking to him for wisdom, will, insight or resolve. No commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces can be wholly irrelevant, but to the extent one can be, Mr. nObama is. He has misjudged ISIS from the beginning—they were not, actually, the junior varsity—to the end. He claimed last week, to George Stephanopoulos, that ISIS has been “contained.” “I don’t think they’re gaining strength,” he said just before Paris blew.
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After the attacks Mr. nObama went on TV, apparently to comfort us and remind us it’s OK, he’s in charge. He prattled on about violence being at odds with “universal values.” He proceeded as if unaware that there are no actually universal values, that right now the values of the West and radical Islam are clashing, violently, and we have to face it. The mainstream press saw right through him. At the news conference, CNN’s Jim Acosta referred to the “frustration” of “a lot of Americans,” who wonder: “Why can’t we take out these bastards?” The president sighed and talked down to him—to us. He has a strategy and it’s the right one and it’s sad you can’t see it.
After the attacks Mr. nObama went on TV, apparently to comfort us and remind us it’s OK, he’s in charge. He prattled on about violence being at odds with “universal values.” He proceeded as if unaware that there are no actually universal values, that right now the values of the West and radical Islam are clashing, violently, and we have to face it. The mainstream press saw right through him. At the news conference, CNN’s Jim Acosta referred to the “frustration” of “a lot of Americans,” who wonder: “Why can’t we take out these bastards?” The president sighed and talked down to him—to us. He has a strategy and it’s the right one and it’s sad you can’t see it.
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Let him prattle on about climate change as the great threat of our time.
Let him prattle on about climate change as the great threat of our time.
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All he can do at this point is troll the GOP with the mischief of his refugee program. If he can’t work up a passion about radical Islamic violence, at least he can tie the Republicans in knots over whether they’re heartless bigots who want to prevent widows and children from taking refuge from the Syrian civil war.
All he can do at this point is troll the GOP with the mischief of his refugee program. If he can’t work up a passion about radical Islamic violence, at least he can tie the Republicans in knots over whether they’re heartless bigots who want to prevent widows and children from taking refuge from the Syrian civil war.
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This is a poor prioritizing of what faces us. The public is appropriately alarmed about exactly who we might be letting in. It would be easy, and commonsensical, to follow their prompting and pause the refugee program, figure out how to screen those seeking entrance more carefully, and let in only the peaceable. If that takes time, it takes time.
This is a poor prioritizing of what faces us. The public is appropriately alarmed about exactly who we might be letting in. It would be easy, and commonsensical, to follow their prompting and pause the refugee program, figure out how to screen those seeking entrance more carefully, and let in only the peaceable. If that takes time, it takes time.
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If Mr. nObama had wisdom as opposed to pride and a desire to smack around the GOP—a visit to Capitol Hill this week showed me he’s thinking a lot more about them than they are about him—he would recognize the refugee issue as a distraction from the most urgent priorities.
If Mr. nObama had wisdom as opposed to pride and a desire to smack around the GOP—a visit to Capitol Hill this week showed me he’s thinking a lot more about them than they are about him—he would recognize the refugee issue as a distraction from the most urgent priorities.
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Those would include planning for and agreeing on how to deal with both the reality and the aftermath of a parade of possible horribles on which we should once again concentrate—anything from shootings in Times Square to suicide bombings in Washington to a biological device in, say, Greeley, Colo. It would include planning for any military activity that might likely follow such an event or events.
Those would include planning for and agreeing on how to deal with both the reality and the aftermath of a parade of possible horribles on which we should once again concentrate—anything from shootings in Times Square to suicide bombings in Washington to a biological device in, say, Greeley, Colo. It would include planning for any military activity that might likely follow such an event or events.
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If what we are experiencing now results in an epic collision, are we ready?
If what we are experiencing now results in an epic collision, are we ready?
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Deeper attention now will go to candidates for the presidency. Hilly Clinton Thursday delivered a speech on her strategy to face the current crisis; it sounded a lot like Mr. nObama’s strategy, whatever that is.
Deeper attention now will go to candidates for the presidency. Hilly Clinton Thursday delivered a speech on her strategy to face the current crisis; it sounded a lot like Mr. nObama’s strategy, whatever that is.
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But Paris should have impact on the Republican debate that has cropped up the past month about defense policy. It’s been approached as a question of spending. That may quickly come to look like the wrong approach.
But Paris should have impact on the Republican debate that has cropped up the past month about defense policy. It’s been approached as a question of spending. That may quickly come to look like the wrong approach.
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Exactly what is needed now in terms of America’s defense, what is needed to deal with a possible parade of horribles? What might be needed down the road? There is a possible grim short term, and a possible grim long term. Who is thinking all this through? Are they getting the resources they need?
Exactly what is needed now in terms of America’s defense, what is needed to deal with a possible parade of horribles? What might be needed down the road? There is a possible grim short term, and a possible grim long term. Who is thinking all this through? Are they getting the resources they need?
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The Director of the FBI, James Comey, doesn’t feel he has the manpower to do what needs to be done to find and track bad guys.
The Director of the FBI, James Comey, doesn’t feel he has the manpower to do what needs to be done to find and track bad guys.
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What’s going on with intelligence, what’s their need?
What’s going on with intelligence, what’s their need?
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There will be powerful public support now for spending—wisely, discerningly—whatever is needed for the short term, and a possible long term.
There will be powerful public support now for spending—wisely, discerningly—whatever is needed for the short term, and a possible long term.
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Finally, continued travels through the country show me that people continue to miss Ronald Reagan’s strength and certitude. In interviews and question-and-answer sessions, people often refer to Reagan’s “optimism.” That was his power, they say—he was optimistic.
Finally, continued travels through the country show me that people continue to miss Ronald Reagan’s strength and certitude. In interviews and question-and-answer sessions, people often refer to Reagan’s “optimism.” That was his power, they say—he was optimistic.
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No, I say, that wasn’t his power and isn’t what you miss. Reagan’s power was that he was confident. He was confident that whatever the problem—the economy, the Soviets, the million others—he could meet it, the American people could meet it, and our system could meet it. The people saw his confidence, and it allowed them to feel optimistic. And get the job done.
No, I say, that wasn’t his power and isn’t what you miss. Reagan’s power was that he was confident. He was confident that whatever the problem—the economy, the Soviets, the million others—he could meet it, the American people could meet it, and our system could meet it. The people saw his confidence, and it allowed them to feel optimistic. And get the job done.
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What people hunger for now from their leaders is an air of shown and felt confidence: I can do this. We can do it.
What people hunger for now from their leaders is an air of shown and felt confidence: I can do this. We can do it.
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Who will provide that? Where will it come from? Isn’t it part of what we need in the next president?
Who will provide that? Where will it come from? Isn’t it part of what we need in the next president?
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