davidl on January 10th, 2012

From Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor:

Though tensions have continued to rise, with Iran sentencing Iranian-American Amir Mirzaei Hekmati to death yesterday for allegedly spying (his family says he returned to Iran to visit his grandmother) and new US

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davidl on April 14th, 2009

Memo to The One: Pretty words alone will not do.  Video:

Hat tip: Gateway Pundit

Meanwhile away from Obamaland, back in the real world,

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) – Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five

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Eric Florack on April 13th, 2009

So, how much credit does Barrack Obama deserve for the rescue of Captain Phillips? The efforts of Obama and his supporters to claim Obama was the reason behind this rescue, are nothing short of frantic. But… Black Five says… Not

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davidl on April 12th, 2009

Navy SEALs 4 – Somali pirates 0;  Fox News:

American sea Captain Richard Phillips was safely rescued Sunday from four Somali pirates, who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a U.S.

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davidl on April 11th, 2009

The Frogs act, Shashank Bengali and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:

[T]he French government said that its navy on Friday freed a yacht that was captured over the weekend, but that one hostage had died in a gun battle

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