We knew that if we wanted -- if we waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world.
I am not here to discuss costs, nor the legality of the current actions taken by President Obama, however, I will discuss the moral argument towards the end of my post. I myself have not yet decided where I stand on this issue or no, I'm just presenting an argument.
OK, Congress is mad at the President. I get it. They're mad because he didn't ask them for their permission to join two other permanent members of the UN Security Council in effecting a no-fly zone over Libya in...
Thanks to AlphaBitch, a wonderful gift was sent to me through an email this week, it brought tears of joy to my eyes, it healed a gaping hole in my heart and soul, it has become a treasure to...
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So I'm out on my driveway washing my car last weekend, when my neighbor walks by. He is an old Chinese guy in his late 90s. I see him often, making his way to the corner and back, a...
Helen Thomas, a revered journalist, the Grand Dame of the White House Press Corps...said all Israeli Jews should simply leave Israel and go back to where they came from, Germany, Poland, America, etc.
Urging people to go back where they...
The attack on the Palestinian aid ship may be a turning point for Israel. Many Americans have supported Israel throughout the years, America is Israel's strongest ally. What has been growing more difficult for many American supporters is the...
There are, in this world, very few Good people, who practice their faith and, from that faith, hold nothing but love and peace in their hearts. One that immediately comes to mind is the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu, Archbishop...
Ed Koch when he was Mayor Koch use to ask that very question to New Yorkers walking down the streets of New York quite often.
Now Mr. Koch says he has "never been more terrified. (with Obama as president)"
In a...
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