New podcast is up. Features include: Hot Topics (Susan Boyle, McAuliffe); Hunting Sotmayor; Petreaus on Gitmo – Torture; Israel, Obama, Saudis, Egypt.
In other news today, Newt keeps pushing, now calling Judge Sotomayor “un-American” in an email blast. Michael Scherer at Time has the whole email. Not even reading it is believing.
You read that right — Judge Sotomayor said that her experience as a person of a particular sex and ethnic background will make her a better judge than a person of another sex and a different ethnic background!
When did that view become acceptable?
If Civil War, suffrage, and Civil Rights are to mean anything, we cannot accept that conclusion. It is simply un-American. There is no room on the bench of the United States Supreme Court for this worldview.
Moving on to Pakistan. Your must read comes from Ahmed Rashid, who is always in that category.
The Pakistani army is reportedly in “complete control” of Mingora, the Swat Valley’s main commercial area.
LWJ covers a fight with Afghan Army and Coalition Forces fighting the Taliban.
In the in case you missed it file, what would we ever do without a super embassy in Pakistan?
Segue to the Saudi royal family, where the Justice department is supporting the claim that they cannot be sued via a 9/11 lawsuit.
In a barbaric act of despicable force, the Saudis behead and crucified a convicted man who reportedly molested a man’s son, then murdered him.
To cleanse the Sunday palate of that disgusting item, Pres. Obama took the First Lady to a Broadway show, a place that’s been very hard hit by the recession. Mrs. Obama’s dress was drop dead gorgeous. As a serious supporter of all things Broadway, I applaud the date night choice.
A post on the Kilcullen Doctrine (h/t Small Wars Journal).
And it seems Netanyahu is pining over the Bush-Cheney days, wishing for their return. Israel is “disappointed” that Obama is not playing fairy godfather to their fondest wishes.
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