The Conservative Sage

When President George W. Bush decided to invade Iraq, his vision-albeit a risky one- was to see create a stable democracy in the Middle East which would in turn put pressure on Iran and Saudi Arabia. Democracy in Iraq has been a mixed bag thus far but the signs are promising. However the winds of change in the North African Muslim world have been at light speed this week. Demonstrations in the streets of Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria and Egypt erupted this past week where protesters demanding that President Hosni Mubarek step down from power after 30 years. Mubarak has been a staunch ally of the United States during his reign-which has caused the US to turn a blind eye to human rights abuses. Quite often, our foreign policy choices involve a bad choice and worse choice. In foreign policy decisions, political stability often takes precedent over democratic rule-a very difficult and unfavorable sacrifice. This wave of change taking place in the Arab world presents a dilemma for US policy maker...

They Bring a Knife,We Bring a Gun”,“Get in Their Faces!” “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!” Obama to His Mercenary Army: “Hit Back Twice As Hard”, Obama on the private sector: “We talk to these folks… so I know whose ass to kick.“,“Punish your enemies.” “I’m itching for a fight.”... It only took about 60 seconds after the news of the Arizona shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to blame it on " Heated Right wing rhetoric on talk radio and cable Television." in general and Sarah Palin specifically. I will outline in a moment why this is complete nonsense however it's important to know that the rhetoric above doesn't belong to Palin-Those words belongs to Barack Obama. You haven't heard any of these words replayed in the aftermath of this tragedy. Sarah Palin has become the poster girl for heated political rhetoric which more than likely did not motivate this loon in Arizona. Whenever these events happen , the med...

There has been heated debate and protest by some Muslim groups about their treatment here in the United States. However this debate and the media attention surrounding it has cast a huge shadow over the war being waged by extremist Muslims against Christians in various hot spots around the world. The church bombing over the weekend in Alexandria Egypt is just the latest in a string of attacks targeting Christians. In September a suicide bomber attacked a Catholic Syrian Church in Baghdad killing 58. Iraq’s Christian population has dwindled; once numbering anywhere between 800,000 and 1.4 million, at least half are thought to have emigrated since 2003. There were two bombings of churches in Pakistan over the past three months resulting in 2 deaths and 10 wounded. As far away as the Philippines there has been terrorism directed at Christians, such as the bombing of a church on the predominantly Muslim Island of Jolo. Terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is suspected in the attack. The Christian p...