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Failure of US leadership The US Congress has dithered and reveled in dysfunction for months, delaying a crucial national security bill. This, even though members knew each day’s delay was costing an increasingly defenseless Ukraine dearly in both blood and treasure. US allies and enemies alike watched in utter stupefaction: Democratic allies expressed shock and dismay — as US politicians displayed… Read more.
[F]ar too much of this criticism is fickle, hypocritical and emotionally wrought… The real narrative arc of course is that progressive columnists (like Maureen Dowd of the New York Times) who once fawned over Obama’s style are now criticizing it. But I hope Obama shows the same indifference towards their criticisms that he showed when… Read more.
One can only imagine the excitement among members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee as they discussed all of the reasons why President Barack Obama was worthy of being awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. By contrast, one can only imagine the despair among members of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership (MIPAAL)… Read more.
African leaders are so congenitally corrupt that the only way “to remove corruption and improve governance” across the continent is to bribe them. This seems to be the perverse reasoning that inspired Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim to award a prize to the African leader deemed least corrupt. And to prove his intent to give this… Read more.
