I Don't Think I Would Have To

Swapping Bergdahl For Illegal Enemy Combatants (terrorists, In Common Parlance) Signaled Unmistakably To Taliban And Al Qaeda That Obama Is Determined To Withdraw From Afghanistan No Matter What The Cost To The United States Or Those In Afghanistan Fighting To Remain Free.

Just As That Little Opening In The Iron Curtain That Hungary Created Caused A Flood Of People Out, And Ultimately The Beginning Of The End Of Communism In Europe, If You Could Get Refugee Flows Coming Out Of North Korea, While There'd Be A Very Difficult Humanitarian Problem In The Short Run, Both For China And South Korea, In The Long Run It Would Lead To Reunification.

A Strong State Department To Me Means A Corps Of Career Officials Who Believe That Their Job Is To Advocate America's Interests And Who Are Trained In Effective Advocacy, Not Schooled In Accommodation.

You Don't Need To Spend Tens Of Millions Of Dollars On Political Consultants To Tell You What You Think When You Already Know What You Think.

Obama Sees America As Another Country On The Un Role Call. Somewhere Between Albania And Zimbabwe.