Feb
24
Written by:
Dr. Ernie Moore
Thursday, February 24, 2011
She is articulate, intelligent, tough as Cordura and virtually always “right!”
Caroline Glick
The first time I read an article by Caroline Glick it was from a US Navy ship in the Indian Ocean. She was talking about Iraq and how the US needed to stay in the fight and why. If I recall she was working for the Chicago Sun. Granted I have a soft spot for the Sun since one of my heroes, Bill Mauldin, worked there.
But what got me was the way that Ms. Glick didn’t hedge her bets. She spoke with the facts, drew sound conclusions and you could take it or leave it. Way to go!
Now she’s with the .
But what got me was the way that Ms. Glick didn’t hedge her bets. She spoke with the facts, drew sound conclusions and you could take it or leave it. Way to go!
Now she’s with the Jerusalem Post and has the same intelligent toughness.
Note the following salient facts in one of her latest articles. I will bet you did not know any of them.
That’s why you need to stay tuned.
1. In the midst of the political turmoil engulfing Egypt and much of the Arab world, last month’s revelation that Pakistan has doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal over the past four years has been largely ignored.
2. Pakistan is the largest recipient of US foreign aid. In 2009 Congress approved a five-year $7.5 billion civilian aid package. Last October, the Obama administration proposed supplementing the aid with $2b. for Pakistan’s military.
3. For their part, the Pakistani government and military adhere to a radically anti-American line, and Pakistan’s powerful ISI intelligence service and large sections of its military continue to maintain intimate ties with al-Qaida and the Taliban.
4. Since taking office, the Obama administration has failed to conceive of a strategy for contending with the situation. One of the main obstacles to the formation of a coherent US strategy is the Obama administration’s move to outlaw any discussion of the basic threats to US interests. Shortly after entering office, President Barack Obama banned the use of the term “War against terror,” substituting it with the opaque term “overseas contingency operation.” Last April, Obama banned use of the terms “jihad,” “Islamic terrorism” and “radical Islam” in US government documents.
For the complete article go to:
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=207742