If bringing the troops home signals Victory, then isn’t World War II and Korea still going on?   Let’s be clear. Victory over the military forces of Iraq occurred in 2003. It was won by President George W Bush. The subsequent insurgent War in Iraq ended in 2007-2008, and that too was won by George W Bush, after he successfully launched the Surge in 2007. Total American casualties in Iraq prior to and during the Surge were 4221, and since, during Obama’s watch, 258. So no, Obama hasn’t won anything in Iraq. And he has no right to declare a victory which occurred while he was still a state senator in Illinois. For the Record: American troops are still quartered in Japan, 61 years after Japan was restored to the worldwide community as a democracy. … Read entire article »

  I could also title this: The War Before the Battle, and sound a note of finality to it. By January, I may. We’ll see. . . . Forget about the candidates right now. Don’t worry, they won’t forget, and that may be the problem, for each one of the conservatives (I count five) see ALL the other candidates as equal impediments. They each may be conservative but their campaign staffs likely aren’t. They want to win. Period. But stepping back away from personalities and your favorites,  it’s easy to see that there are two historic-based camps engaged in this struggle (which could elevate it later a war), plus Ron Paul, who as always, goes his own way. Only one can win. And we have to. By the numbers: Two moderates, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman can at best … Read entire article »

Mark Levin read a statement from Palin announcing the decision before speaking to the former vice presidential nominee on his show. After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order. My decision is based upon a review of what common sense Conservatives and Independents have accomplished, especially over the last year. I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office – from … Read entire article »

Only 10 days ago, I asked here if Herman Cain wasn’t dismantling the scaffolding the mainstream media has erected around the American electoral process for over 50 years. Yesterday, Florida straw poll voters took an acetylene torch to the MSM’s perch. From now on you can expect the entire tenor of the campaign to change, back into the candidates’ court, as it was in the first debate, when there was one shared enemy, Barack Obama and no other. The entire playing field has changed, and I’m not sure the MSM can get the game back onto theirs, for Herman’s “pay them no never-mind” attitude will help keep it where it belongs. Focus, focus, focus, on issues that are important to voters and not the media hounds, so there should be no more of those … Read entire article »

A recurring problem on the Right of allowing pride and vanity to over-shadow the fight against the Left tells me this pride still heralds a coming fall (Prov 16:18), a fall we can little afford. We need to distinguish conservatism culturally from the Left, and it is not our youngsters who are equipped to do it. Sometimes culture must trump politics.                                                                                *  *  *  *  *  * Used to be, by the time you were 30 you were grown-up and by the time you were 40, you were entering middle age, considered then a man’s prime. Those were to be our best years, where maturity and experience combined to mold a man equipped to achieve at his highest level, his station in life built on the respect he had earned from … Read entire article »