Articles by James Carafano

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Immigration Amnesty Bill—Will it Rise From Grave?

James Carafano | February 01, 2010

In another affirmation of the truism, “You can’t fool all of the people all of the time,” President Obama’s base has noticed that his promise… Read More

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Bin Laden Goes Green

James Carafano | February 01, 2010

Since running away at Tora-Bora, Bin Laden has mainly served as al Qaeda “propagandist in chief.” His main task is to make al Qaeda appear… Read More

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Pelosi Wrong On Defense Spending

James Carafano | January 28, 2010

POLITCO reported yesterday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to freeze defense spending too. “Everybody has to make a sacrifice,” the San Francisco Democrat said in… Read More

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Bin Laden: Can You Hear Me Now?

James Carafano | January 24, 2010

Days before President Obama plans to present his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Osama Bin Laden sent his own… Read More

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National Security and Global Warming: Never Mind

James Carafano | January 24, 2010

One of the loudest drumbeats in support of “Cap and Trade” legislation has been if the United States doesn’t tackle climate change with legislation we’ll… Read More

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I Robot…Not

James Carafano | January 24, 2010

It seems every time you pick up a newspaper, the headline proclaims another military program cancelled. First, it was the F-22. Then it was missile… Read More

 

National Security is a Full-Time Job, Mr. President

James Carafano | January 18, 2010

Reuters today reports Somali pirates just released a captured tanker after getting a record-breaking ransom. Pirates may seem so “last year,” but they are as… Read More

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Shock and Yawn

James Carafano | January 07, 2010

Earlier today the White House promised a “shocking” report on the intelligence failures leading up to the aborted Christmas Day bombing and an address by… Read More

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New TSA Procedures Are Not The Answer

James Carafano | January 03, 2010

Today, TSA announced a new round of security checks for international flights. Extra security in the wake of the failed underwear bound bomb for Detroit made… Read More

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John Brennan Says There Was No Smoking Gun: Is He Right?

James Carafano | January 03, 2010

According to the LA Times, John Brennan, the senior Obama counterterrorism official, declared there was “no smoking gun” in the Christmas Day Detroit bound bombing…. Read More

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Pop Quiz Mr. President: Why Did You Fail?

James Carafano | January 02, 2010

On New Year’s Eve, the White House received the preliminary assessment from federal agencies detailing the shortfalls of a terrorist bomber got on a plane… Read More

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Honolulu, We Have a Problem

James Carafano | December 30, 2009

There was a “systemic failure” declared the president yesterday (implying the system set up under George W. Bush). That declaration gets Obama off the hook…. Read More

 

Iran on Fire

James Carafano | December 28, 2009

Protests against the regime in Tehran and its heavy-handed treatment of dissidents are growing. One of two things is going to happen. The regime is… Read More

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Reaction to the President’s Afghanistan Speech: A War to Be Won

James Carafano | December 01, 2009

Tonight President Obama outlined his plans for operations in Afghanistan. The President was right to call the U.S. mission a “war of necessity” in March,… Read More

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The Obama Administration: A Year of Living Dangerously

James Carafano | November 03, 2009

This week marks the one year anniversary of the president’s election to commander chief, but it seems more like an occasion for concern than for slapping… Read More

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“McChrystal Light” Is Not a Strategy We Can Believe In

James Carafano | October 29, 2009

Apparently, after ten months on the job, the commander-in-chief still can’t figure out how to be commander-in-chief. This would be like if almost year after… Read More

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Iran’s Nuclear Poker

James Carafano | October 20, 2009

Yesterday Iran, France, the US, and Russia held the first day of nuclear talks. The issue concerns what to with Iran’s stockpile enriched uranium, material… Read More

 

What Are We Incentivizing Exactly?

James Carafano | October 19, 2009

It seems that every week the administration tries to find a new excuse cut and run in Afghanistan. This week the line is that without… Read More

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Concessions for Nothing, Rule-Breaking for Free

James Carafano | October 15, 2009

FOX News reports: Russia and the United States have tentatively agreed to a weapons inspection program that would allow Russians to visit nuclear sites in… Read More

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Afghanistan–Strategy Gone Wild

James Carafano | October 08, 2009

The White House turned strategy-making on its head. What they are doing will fail and fail in spectacular style. Here is how strategy making is… Read More

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Is Obama Back To The Morris Method?

James Carafano | October 06, 2009

President Clinton famously adopted a scheme by political adviser Dick Morris, where he would find something the government was doing anyway and then spin it… Read More

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Not Social Networking

James Carafano | October 05, 2009

On a grand scale, social networking is a popular and efficient way of communicating in an expeditious time frame; getting your information out to whomever,… Read More

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Don’t Color My World

James Carafano | September 24, 2009

Recently, an advisory task force handed the Homeland Security Secretary a split recommendation over whether to scrap the color-coded terrorist alert system. I voted that… Read More

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Trouble Ahead in Afghanistan

James Carafano | September 21, 2009

Both General Stanley McChrystal, the senior commander on the ground in Afghanistan, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the senior military advisor… Read More

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Swine Flu Means Business

James Carafano | September 21, 2009

If H1N1 flu is not in your neighborhood—just wait it won’t be long. Time is running out to prepare…and the most important first responders may… Read More

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More on Swine Flu and You

James Carafano | September 16, 2009

Citizens and shopkeepers not doctors and nurses will be the most important “first responders” for getting through this year’s flu season, which thanks to the… Read More

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Climate Change’s Perfect Storm

James Carafano | September 14, 2009

The Los Angles Times did something The New York Times shamelessly did not. The “times” on the left-leaning West Coast at lease admitted that all… Read More

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Listening to Bin Laden

James Carafano | September 14, 2009

Press reports herald the release of a new Osama Bib Laden tape. Among the words of “wisdom” from the perpetrator of 9/11, a warning to… Read More

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Swine Flu Update

James Carafano | September 11, 2009

Yesterday, we published an important paper on what Americans need to know about the Swine Flu. The study mentioned how the availability of vaccines will… Read More

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Does Obama’s Terrorist Body Count…Count?

James Carafano | September 01, 2009

The President’s National Security Advisor declared in an interview with ABC that Obama’s counterterrorism policy has already proven far more effective than that of his… Read More