12. Nicholas Ballasy, “Rangel: Obama Needed Congressional Authorization for Military Intervention in Libya,” CNSNews.com, March 31, 2011, http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/rangel-obama-did-not-have-constitutional.
13. “United States Ending Its Air Support of No-Fly Zone in Libya, Leaving NATO to Take Reins,” Fox News, April 1, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/01/ending-air-combat-role-libya/.
14. Pauline Jelinek, “CIA’s presence doesn’t break no-troops promise,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 31, 2011, http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/31/2965784/cias-presence-doesnt-break-no.html.
15. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, “Fighting’s effect on Libya civilians remains murky,” Los Angeles Daily News, March 25, 2011, http://www.dailynews.com/politics/ci_17698814.
16. Thom Shanker and Charlie Savage, “NATO Warns Rebels Against Attacking Civilians,” New York Times, April 1, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/world/africa/01civilians.html.
17. “Text of Ghadafi letter to Obama,” Yahoo News, April 6, 2011, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110406/ap_on_re_us/us_us_libya_text.
18. Karen Hawkins, “Farrakhan: Libya has lent Nation of Islam millions,” Yahoo News, March 31, 2011, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110401/ap_on_re_us/us_nation_of_islam_farrakhan.
19. “US hopes military action will result in Gaddafi quitting,” One India News, April 2, 2011, http://news.oneindia.in/2011/04/02/ushopes-military-action-will-result-in-gaddafiquitting-aid0126.html.
20. “Dr. ElBaradei Calls for ‘Timeout’ on Iran Nuclear Issue,” International Atomic Energy Agency, January 29, 2007, http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2007/iran_timeout.html.
21. Danielle Pletka and Michael Rubin, “ElBaradei’s Real Agenda,” Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120389990086289395.html.
22. Ibid.
23. Wes Barrett, “Group Says Spies Have Found Secret Iranian Nuclear Facility,” Fox News, April 7, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/07/group-says-spies-secret-iran-nuclear-facility/.
24. Tim Ross, Matthew Moore, and Steven Swinford, “Egypt’s protests: America’s secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising,” Telegraph, January 28, 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8289686/Egypt-protests-Americas-secret-backing-for-rebel-leaders-behind-uprising.html.
25. Ibid.
26. Charles Levinson and Steve Stecklow, “Inside Opposition’s War Room,” Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2011, p. 1.
27. Andrew Lee Butters, “Is Egypt’s Parliament Finally Ready for Prime Time?” Time, January 31, 2011, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2045444,00.html.
28. Jonathan Tirone, “Iran Divides Mubarak’s Troubleshooter, Opposition’s ElBaradei,” Bloomberg.com, February 2, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-02/iran-divides-mubarak-s-troubleshooter-opposition-s-elbaradei.html.
29. Richard A. Oppel, “Foreign Fighters in Iraq Are Tied to Allies of U.S.,” New York Times, November 22, 2007, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/world/middleeast/22fighters.html.
30. Gordon Rayner, “Rebels argued over whether to kill Gaddafi as he begged for his life,” Telegraph, October 21, 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaand indianocean/libya/8842021/Rebels-argued-over-whether-to-kill-Gaddafi-as-he-begged-for-his-life.html.
31. “Moammar Kadafi’s family reportedly will sue NATO,” Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2011, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/10/moammar-kadafi-family-nato.html.
32. Ruth Sherlock, “Libya revolutionaries burn, loot village homes,” Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/05/world/la-fg-libya-fighting-20111006.
33. Kimberly Dozier and Lolita C. Baldor, “Crash kills members of SEAL Team 6,” Associated Press, August 6, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=14246233.
34. Allan Hall, “Dozens of U.S. paratroopers injured after parachute jump during mock battle goes horrifically wrong,” Daily Mail, October 7, 2011, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046471/Dozens-U-S-paratroopers-injured-mock-battle-Slovakians-goes-horrifically-wrong.html.
35. “Obama urges debt panel to reach for deal,” Associated Press, November 12, 2011, http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2011/11/11/obama_urges_debt_panel_to_reach_for_deal.
36. Eli Lake, “Shite House Pressure for a Donor?” Daily Beast, September 15, 2011, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/15/lightsquared-did-white-house-pressure-general-shelton-to-help-donor.html.
37. “Philip Falcone,” Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/profile/philip-falcone/.
38. Eli Lake, “White House’s Testimony ‘Guidance,’ ” Daily Beast, September 19, 2011, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/19/lightsquared-second-witness-rejects-white-house-testimony-guidance.html.
39. Michelle Malkin, “LightSquared: Obama’s Dangerous Broadband Boondoggle,” Townhall.com, September 21, 2011, http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/09/21/lightsquared_obamas_dangerous_broadband_boondoggle/page/full/.
40. Rachel Leven, “LightSquared doubles size of its lobbying team in 2011,” Hill, September 27, 2011, http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/184031-lightsquared-doubles-size-of-its-lobbying-team-in-2011.
41. Timothy P. Carney, “Soros turns up in Obama’s LightSquared imbroglio,” Washington Examiner, September 13, 2006, http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/soros-turns-obamas-lightsquared-imbroglio.
42. “Soros Surfaces on the Edge of White House Controversy Involving LightSquared,” FoxNews.com, September 23, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/23/soros-surfaces-on-edge-white-house-controversy/.
43. Ibid.
44. Rowan Scarborough, “Lehman rocks Navy with complaints about political correctness,” Washington Times, September 18, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/18/lehman-rocks-navy-complaints-about-political-corre/.
45. Zuhdi Jasser, “The Islamist Threat Inside Our Military,” Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904006104576500593598420746.html.
46. Frank Gaffney, “A smoking gun,” Washington Times, June 28, 2011, http://www.wash ingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/28/a-smoking-gun/.
47. Laura Meckler, “Obama Names Openly Gay Veteran to West Point Advisory Board,” Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2011, http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/07/05/obama-names-openly-gay-veteran-to-west-point-advisory-board/.
48. Daniel Luzer, “Obama Appoints Lesbian Veteran to West Point Board,” Washington Monthly, July 7, 2011, http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/presi dent_appoints_lesbian_vet.php.
49. “Gay Graduate Appointed to West Point’s Board,” Army Times, July 5, 2011, http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/07/ap-west-point-brenda-sue-fulton-board-of-visitors-070511/.
50. Lolita C. Baldor and Donna Cassata, “Military money on chopping block in austere time,” Associated Press, August 4, 2011, http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Mili tary-money-on-chopping-block-in-austere-time-1722001.php.
51. Niccolo Machiavelli, “Report: Obama Administration Bows To Chinese Pressure On Taiwan Arms Sales; Will Cost U.S. 16,000 Jobs,” August 15, 2011, http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/08/15/report-obama-administration-bows-to-chinese-pressure-on-taiwan-arms-sales-will-cost-u-s-16000-jobs/.
Chapter 8. Tyranny of Treating Our Friends Like Enemies and Our Enemies Like Friends
1. “Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites,” Agence France-Presse, September 18, 2008, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grzIRe03CerX8EC_7WHqwav ChcMg.
2. “Sharansky’s Insights on Egypt’s Future,” Sceptical Market Observer, February 5, 2011, http://scepticalmarketobserver.blogspot.com/2011/02/sharanskys-insights-on-egypts-future.html.
3. Michael Slackman, “Syrian Troops Open Fire on Protesters,” Real Clear Politics, March 26, 2011, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/26/syrian_troops_open_fire_on_protesters_252732.html.
4. Glenn Kessler, “Hillary Cl
inton’s uncredible statement on Syria,” Washington Post, April 4, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/hillary-clintons-uncredible-statement-on-syria/2011/04/01/AFWPEYaC_blog.html.
5. Richard Falk, “Welcoming the Tunisian Revolution: Hopes and Fears,” Foreign Policy Journal, January 24, 2011, http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/01/24/welcoming-the-tunisian-revolution-hopes-and-fears/.
6. Patrick Poole, “New Law Cuts Ties Between FBI and Terror-Tied Groups,” PJ Media, November 22, 2011, http://pjmedia.com/blog/pjm-exclusive-new-law-cuts-ties-between-fbi-and-terror-tied-groups/.
7. “Obama says Mubarak must begin ‘transition’ now,” Jihad Watch, February 1, 2011, http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/02/obama-says-mubarak-must-go-now.html.
8. “Obama Administration Corrects Clapper’s Claim Muslim Brotherhood is ‘Secular,’ ” Fox News, February 10, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/10/administration-corrects-dni-clapper-claim-muslim-brotherhood-secular/.
9. Leland Vittert, “Egyptian Businessman Fears Muslim Brotherhood Takeover,” Fox News, February 8, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/08/leading-egyptian-businessman-fears-muslim-brotherhood/.
10. “Egypt’s Christians, attacked by army, may flee country,” Baptist Press, October 11, 2011, http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=36312.
11. Keith Koffler, “Obama Responds to Egyptian Military’s Massacre of Christians . . . By Asking Christians to Show Restraint,” MidnightWatcher’s Blogspot, October 13, 2011, http://midnightwatcher.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/obama-responds-to-egyptian-military%E2%80%99s-massacre-of-christians-by-asking-christians-to-show-restraint/.
12. Arnaud De Borchgrave, “Lawlessness Rampant in Egypt,” NewsMax, March 11, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/deBorchgrave/egypt-hosni-mubarak-coptic/2011/03/11/id/389139.
13. Jonah Goldberg, “Where feminists need to fight,” Townhall.com, March 30, 2011, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/where_feminists_need_to_fight_uloZpncrMT5NHoUrduQOnM.
14. Ian Birrell, “Devastating secret files reveal Labour lies over Gaddafi: Dictator warned of holy war if Lockerbie bomber Megrahi died in Scotland,” MailOnline, Septem-ber 4, 2011, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2033460/Secret-files-Labour-lied-Gaddafi—warned-holy-war-Megrahi-died-Scotland.html.
15. Jason Allardyce and Tony Allen-Mills, “White House backed release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi,” Australian, July 26, 2010, http://www.the australian.com.au/news/world/white-house-backed-release-of-lockerbie-bomber-abdel-baset-al-megrahi/story-e6frg6so-1225896741041.
16. Kerry Picket, “U.S. recognized Libyan government working with Muslim Brotherhood?” Washington Times, August 22, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/aug/22/picket-us-recognized-libyan-government-working-mus/.
17. “How the Taliban Lost Its Swagger,” Newsweek, February 27, 2011, http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/02/27/how-the-taliban-lost-its-swagger.html.
18. Elizabeth MacDonald, “How Much Did the U.S. Give Pakistan,” Fox Business, May 11, 2011, http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/05/11/did-pakistan/.
19. Asif Ali Zardari, “Pakistan did its part,” Washington Post, May 2, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/pakistan-did-its-part/2011/05/02/AFHxmybF_story.html.
20. Victor Volsky, “Obama’s Courage Vastly Overrated in Pakistan Raid,” American Thinker, May 6, 2011, http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/05/obamas_courage_vastly_overrate.html.
21. “Cuba: U.S. aid worker Alan Gross’s trial ends,” BBC Mobile, March 5, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12657855.
22. Luisita Lopez Torregrossa, “Trial of U.S. Aid Contractor Alan Gross Ends in Havana,” Politics Daily, March 6, 2011, http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/03/06/trial-of-u-s-aid-contractor-alan-gross-ends-in-havana/.
23. Randal C. Archibold, “Cuba Gives 15-Year Prison Term to American,” New York Times, March 12, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/world/americas/13cuba.html.
24. Hillary Busis, “Obama’s Joke About Going to Visit Hugo Chavez Doesn’t Go Over Very Well,” Mediaite, November 22, 2010, http://www.mediaite.com/online/obamas-joke-about-going-to-visit-hugo-chavez-doesnt-go-over-very-well/.
25. Antonio Sosa, “Chavez responds to President Obama’s joke about visiting Venezuela, says he would ‘embrace’ president and ‘eat socialist arepas’ with him,” Daily Caller, November 22, 2010, http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/22/chavez-responds-to-president-obamas-joke-about-visiting-venezuela-says-he-would-embrace-president-and-eat-socialst-arepas-with-him/.
26. Busis, “Obama’s Joke About Going to Visit Hugo Chavez Doesn’t Go Over Very Well.”
27. Jeremy Morgan, “Chavez Government Closes Venezuela Opposition Newspaper & Magazine,” Latin American Herald Tribune, http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=347744&CategoryId=10717.
28. “Hugo Chavez closes 34 Venezuelan radio stations,” Telegraph, August 2, 2009, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/5961183/Hugo-Chavez-closes-34-Venezuelan-radio-stations.html.
29. Kevin Sullivan, “Chavez Tightening Grip on Judges, Critics Charge,” Washington Post, June 20, 2004, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54913-2004Jun19.html.
30. Richard Miniter, “Obama, Chavez And The American Shareholder,” Forbes.com, January 12, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/12/hugo-chavez-expropriation-owens-illinois-opinions-contributors-richard-miniter.html.
31. “Venezuela faces growing load of arbitration cases,” Associated Press, October 10, 2011, http://my.news.yahoo.com/venezuela-faces-growing-load-arbitration-cases-131818739.html.
32. Miniter, “Obama, Chavez And The American Shareholder.”
33. “Expropriated Companies in Venezuela Get Little to No Compensation,” WNVz Blog, http://whatsnextvenezuela.com/expropriation/expropriated-companies-in-venezuela-get-little-to-no-compensation/.
34. Miniter, “Obama, Chavez And The American Shareholder.”
35. “Food fight: How to destroy an industry,” Economist, June 10, 2010, http://www.econ omist.com/node/16326418.
36. Rachel Jones, “Chavez Gives Himself a Big Christmas Gift,” Time, December 29, 2010, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2039867,00.html.
37. “Ros-Lehtinen Calls on OAS to Stand Up to Chavez’s Ongoing Power Grab,” United States House, Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 22, 2010, http://foreign affairs.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=1671.
38. Roger Noriega, “Hugo Chavez’s Big Lie,” FoxNews.com, November 8, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/11/08/hugo-chavezs-big-lie/.
39. Jordan Sekulow, “Obama’s Schizophrenic Israel Policy,” Human Events, May 25, 2011, http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=43711.
40. Ibid.
41. “ ‘We can’t go back’: Israeli PM rejects 1967 border proposal,” MSNBC.com, May 20, 2011, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43106082/ns/politics-white_house/t/we-cant-go-back-israeli-pm-rejects-border-proposal/.
42. Barry Rubin, “New Phase in War as Terrorists Cross Egypt-Israel Border, 7 Israelis Dead,” Stand With Us, August 19, 2011, http://www.standwithus.com/app/inews/view_n.asp?ID=1967.
43. “Attack on Egypt embassy marks beginning of Israel’s end, Iranian officials say,” Haaretz, September 17, 2011, http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/attack-on-egypt-embassy-marks-beginning-of-israel-s-end-iranian-officials-say-1.385031.
44. Patrick Goodenough, “U.S. and ‘Quartet’ Partners Criticize Israel but Sidestep Palestinians’ Statehood Bid at U.N.,” News America Daily, August 17, 2011, http://www.newsamericadaily.com/u-s-and-%E2%80%98quartet%E2%80%99-partners-criticize-israel-but-sidestep-palestinians%E2%80%99-statehood-bid-at-u-n/.
45. Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, “Mother of 4 terrorist murderers chosen by the PA to launch statehood campaign,” Palestinian Media Watch, September 18, 2011, http://www.pmw.org.il/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=5656.
46. “Attack on Egypt embassy marks beginning of Israel’s end, Irania
n officials say,” Haaretz, September 17, 2011, http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/attack-on-egypt-embassy-marks-beginning-of-israel-s-end-iranian-officials-say-1.385031.
47. Eldad Tzioni, “White House vetoes UNSC vote—and then throws Israel under the bus,” NewsRealBlog, February 21, 2011, http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/02/21/white-house-vetoes-unsc-vote-and-then-throws-israel-under-the-bus/.
48. Daniel Halper, “Obama Fundraiser and Ambassador Blames Israel for Anti-Semitism (Updated),” The Weekly Standard, December 3, 2011, http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-fundraiser-and-ambassador-blames-israel-anti-semitism_610946.html.
49. Chris Queen, “Not Invited to the Wedding: Why Great Britain Doesn’t Like Barack Obama,” NewsRealBlog, May 2, 2011, http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/05/02/not-invited-to-the-wedding-why-great-britain-doesnt-like-barack-obama/.
50. Ibid.
51. Ginger Thompson, “U.S. Suspends $30 million to Honduras,” New York Times, September 30, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/world/americas/04honduras.html.
52. Rory Carroll, “Honduras elects Porfirio Lobo as new president,” Guardian, November 30, 2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/30/honduras-lobo-president.
53. Aaron Klein, “Largest U.S. union behind Mideast riots?” WorldNetDaily, August 8, 2011, http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=331509.
54. Aaron Klein, “U.S. ‘held secret meeting with Muslim Brotherhood,’ ” WorldNetDaily, February 1, 2011, http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=258405.
55. Zvi Bar’el and Avi Issachiroff, “Obama met Muslim Brotherhood members in U.S.,” Haaretz, April 6, 2009, http://www.haaretz.com/news/obama-met-muslim-brother hood-members-in-u-s-1.277306.
56. “Palestinian Rockets Target Israeli School Bus,” CBN News, April 7, 2011, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2011/April/Palestinians-Target-Israeli-School-Bus/.
57. Nasser Karimi, “Iran’s Ahmadinejad: No Place for Israel in Region,” Associated Press, August 26, 2011, http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/irans-ahmadinejad-no-place-israel-region.
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