http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/antiamericanism/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:32:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286565/posts Obama: We have reset U.S.-Russia relations @ 12:18 pm by Jeremy P. Jacobs President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev touted the results of the first day of their summit in Moscow at a press conference on Monday. Both presidents complimented the others' "business-like" approach to the summit and both appeared pleased with the agreements that came out of the first day. Obama said at the beginning at that shortly after taking office they "resolved to reset U.S.-Russian relations." "Today, after less than six months," he went on, "we have done exactly that." In particular, Obama touted the summit's agreements... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286565/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283960/posts KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military said today that insurgents have capture an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan. Spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier went missing Tuesday. LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283960/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:08:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282407/posts The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose officials in the past have been convicted for being associated with Muslim terrorist groups, said it will announce at a news conference Tuesday that it is launching an “education campaign” and will distribute 100,000 copies of the Koran to local, state and national leaders. The books will provide an English translation and commentary. CAIR said the distribution is prompted by U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent speech in Cairo, in which he said he wants to reach out to Muslims throughout the world. He praised the Muslim community in the U.S, whose values he... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282407/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:19:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281640/posts Back in 2008, New York Times correspondent David S. Rohde, along with Afghan reporter Taki Luden, were abducted in Pakistan by the Taliban. Because they felt it might adversely affect hostage rescue efforts, the Times requested a news black-out. The Associated Press and other news agencies respected the request and only broke the story recently, after Rohde and Luden had scaled a wall and made their escape. It would be nothing other than a story with a happy ending, except that the Times has time and again ignored the government’s requests that it not report the specific ways in which... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281640/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:01:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277764/posts If beating dead horses were an Olympic event, Joe Klein would have more medals gracing his neck than Michael Phelps. On his magazine's Swampland blog, the Time columnist returned to his latest overwrought left-wing pandering point: labeling hardliner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the Iranian version of George W. Bush: The protesters admire our freedom, but they are appalled--and insulted--by our neocolonialist condescension over the past 50 years. The reformers, and even some conservatives, consider Ahmadinejad the George W. Bush of Iran--a crude, unsophisticated demagogue, who puts a strong Potemkin face to the world without very much knowledge of what the... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277764/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:51:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268069/posts LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A judge has issued a gag order in the capital murder case against the man accused of killing one soldier and wounding another at a military recruiting office in Arkansas. Judge Alice Lightle issued the order Monday after prosecutors requested it to block court officials and police from discussing the case Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268069/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:17:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266808/posts How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower A common theme that runs through President Obama's statements is the idea the United States must atone for its past policies, whether it is America's application of the war against Islamist terrorism or its overall foreign policy. At the core of this message is the concept that the U.S. is a flawed nation that must seek redemption by apologizing for its past "sins." The Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266808/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:48:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266750/posts In his D-Day address Barack Obama praised "the bravery and selflessness" of American troops from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam, but specifically refused to recognize the courage and sacrifice of American troops serving in Afghanistan or in either Gulf War--a remarkable slight for a Commander-in-Chief of the troops he sends into harm's way every day. American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266750/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 20:12:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266577/posts He was a courtly State Department intelligence analyst from a prominent family who loved to sail and peruse the London Review of Books. Occasionally, he would voice frustration with U.S. policies, but to his liberal neighbors in Northwest D.C. it was nothing out of the ordinary. "We were all appalled by the Bush years," one said. What Walter Kendall Myers kept hidden, according to documents unsealed in court Friday, was a deep and long-standing anger toward his country, an anger that allegedly made him willing to spy for Cuba for three decades. "I have become so bitter these past few... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266577/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264968/posts TEHRAN, June 4 -- Iran's supreme leader dismissed President Obama's speech at Cairo University Thursday, saying the Muslim world continues to "hate America." And he criticized the United States and its allies for asserting that Iran seeks nuclear weapons, which he insisted are forbidden under Iran's brand of Islam. Speaking shortly before Obama delivered his address, in which he called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that "beautiful speeches" could not remove the hatred felt in the Muslim world against America. Wash Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264968/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 23:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264482/posts Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the nations of the Middle East shared a "deep hatred" of the United States. Khamenei spoke on the occasion of the 20th death anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led a revolution in 1979 that toppled the US-backed shah and established an Islamic republic. "The nations in the region hate the United States from the bottom of their hearts because they have seen violence, military intervention and discrimination," Khamenei said at the mausoleum of Khomeini. googlr.ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264482/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:57:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264078/posts A sign that the Obama administration is willing to publicly challenge Egypt's commitment to parliamentary democracy: various Middle Eastern news sources report that the administration insisted that at least 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's chief opposition party, be allowed to attend his speech in Cairo on Thursday. The brotherhood is a Salafist/ Islamist party with branches in many countries, and it does not have a reputation for liberalism and has supported violent campaigns against Israel (and Egypt's own government). It has deep roots in the region and traces its intellectual lineage to Sayyid Qutb, a top American-educated... The Alantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264078/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:58:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262239/posts <p>Latest Video:Little Rock - One person is in custody, and two others have been transported to a local hospital in serious condition following a double-shooting in west Little Rock Monday morning.</p> <p>Authorities say the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. at the U.S. Army Navy Career Center inside the Ashley Square Shopping Center at 9112 North Rodney Parham Road. According to Lt. Terry Hastings with the Little Rock Police Department, two recruiting officers standing outside the office were hit when the unidentified suspect drove up in a black SUV and began shooting.</p> KATV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262239/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259177/posts A Texas woman put up an American flag for Memorial Day, and was told to remove it because it was offensive to a coworker. The kicker is the offended employee is not from the United States. I know ... shocker. Needs of the Many http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2259177/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2253309/posts President Obama will tomorrow announce a "historic" new policy involving new greenhouse gas emission standards and new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for vehicles sold in the U.S., sources tell ABC News. The announcement will involve a broad coalition including state governments -- Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from environmentally-conscious California and Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm from auto-friendly Michigan will be there -- as well as both the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency, automakers, environmental groups, and others. The announcement was first reported by Politico's Mike Allen. The Transportation Department will handle the new CAFE standards, while... ABC Political Punch Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2253309/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 17:47:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250231/posts Dick Cheney is out there. He is defending torture, dissing Colin Powell, and genuflecting before radio personality Rush Limbaugh as the high priest of what's left of conservatism. His refusal to go quietly, unlike his much-reviled boss, is risky. He was a laugh line more than once at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner. But the media's focus on the sheer spectacle of the ex-veep's antics, and on the Republican vs. Democrat feud he's stoking, underestimates the way Cheney's principles still inform many of the country's most crucial policies. Like the creatures in the "Alien" films, Cheney has planted some vicious... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250231/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 20:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249964/posts May 13, 2009 | In John Frankenheimer's taut 1964 film, "Seven Days in May," the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appalled at a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union, plot a coup d'état to remove the president whom they regard as too soft and naive about the evil of America's enemies. The screenplay by Rod Serling (based on a 1962 novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II) is filled with passionate lines that seem right out of today's talk radio -- "intellectual dilettantes" versus patriotism; America's loss of "greatness"; the superiority of military experience to civilian judgment and governance. Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249964/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 13:41:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249444/posts Obama's new budget plan includes a little-noted sea change in U.S. nuclear policy, and a step towards his vision of a denuclearized world. It provides no funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program, created to design a new generation of long-lasting nuclear weapons that don't need to be tested. (The military is worried that a nuclear test moratorium in effect since 1992 might endanger the reliability of an aging US arsenal.) But this spring Obama issued a bold call for a world free of nuclear weapons, and part of that vision entails leading by example. That means halting programs that... The New Republic - The Plank http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249444/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 19:13:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248612/posts Too many American lawyers remained silent while the United States conducted illegal torture and the Constitution was violated by disregard for the rule of law, Ted Sorensen told law graduates Saturday. In a commencement address at the University of Nebraska College of Law, his alma mater, Sorensen urged the graduates to act with courage and embrace integrity in their professional pursuits. “Most of you as new lawyers will soon find it easy to make a buck but find it hard to make a difference,” he said, according to an advance copy of the speech obtained by the Journal Star. Sorensen,... Journalstar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248612/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 17:14:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248061/posts See link for article. Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248061/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 17:00:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247139/posts BAGHDAD (AFP) — US security firm Blackwater ended its operations in Iraq on Thursday, closing a controversial era for the company whose guards shot dead 17 civilians in Baghdad in 2007. "The task order for security protection operations held by Blackwater comes to an end today in Baghdad," American embassy spokeswoman Susan Ziadeh said, adding that Triple Canopy will replace it. The US State Department on March 31 awarded Virginia-based Triple Canopy a contract reportedly worth nearly a billion dollars to take over protection of US government personnel in Iraq. Linked agreements such as that for Presidential Airways, part of... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247139/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 19:51:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2244497/posts Here is an interesting video titled "I am a TIRED American." Are you sick of the anti-Americanism surrounding you? Watch this and know you are not alone. Runs about 7 minutes or so. I am a TIRED American. Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2244497/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 14:40:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243673/posts In the last century, the impassioned words and actions of patriots like Winston Churchill – along with America’s heroic help and sacrifice – saved Europe. The eloquence and actions of “I’ve been to the mountaintop” Martin Luther King Jr. brought America to an unprecedented level of social justice. The peerless oratory and tireless diplomacy of the man who would become Israel’s Foreign Minister, Abba Eban convinced the entire world that after the wanton murder of six-million Jews in the Holocaust its straggling survivors deserved their own state of Israel. The inspiring words and decisive actions of President Ronald Reagan ended... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243673/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 11:40:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243310/posts In the last century, the impassioned words and actions of patriots like Winston Churchill – along with America’s heroic help and sacrifice – saved Europe. The eloquence and actions of “I’ve been to the mountaintop” Martin Luther King Jr. brought America to an unprecedented level of social justice. The peerless oratory and tireless diplomacy of the man who would become Israel’s Foreign Minister, Abba Eban convinced the entire world that after the wanton murder of six-million Jews in the Holocaust its straggling survivors deserved their own state of Israel. The inspiring words and decisive actions of President Ronald Reagan ended... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243310/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 19:18:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240420/posts *** At G20 .....Obama lent credibility to buffoons and despots. What wisdom did he glean from Daniel Ortega' s hate-filled excoriations? Fidel Castro has already hurled back Obama's olive branch, slamming the door on freeing political prisoners. Rather than celebrate the political legacy that put him in the White House, he breaks the bonds of our political traditions. NAMES REDACTED Westwood, NJ *** .........."righties" made such a fuss over Pres Obama's "World Capitulation Tour".......not simply because he threw the US under the bus in a fit of self-flagellation. It's because he was utterly ineffective....we were treated to the spectacle of... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240420/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:31:11 GMT