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McCain: No Fly Zone is Not Enough

Politico reports : President Barack Obama should have moved sooner against Libyan leader Moammar Qadhafi, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday. Earlier action, the senator said on CNN's "State of the Union," would have been more effective in weakening the grip of the controversial …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

Brits in Japan Get Iodine Pills

Brits in Japan Get Iodine Pills BBC reports: Britons in parts of Japan are being given iodine tablets as "a precaution" in case radiation levels increase from a quake-damaged nuclear power plant. The Foreign Office said it was a "contingency measure" and people should only take …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

Qaddafi Backers Form Human Shield

The New York Times reports: Even as the allied intervention began, a group of foreign journalists were bused on a rare visit inside Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi ’s compound — a labyrinth of concrete barracks, fortified walls and barbed wire designed to deter potential military coups. There, …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

Will Crisis Jump-Start Japan?

Will Crisis Jump-Start Japan? Marcus Noland writes in the Washington Post : On Sept. 1, 1923, a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck Tokyo. More than 100,000 people lost their lives and more than 3 million were left homeless in the Great Kanto Earthquake. Fueled by rumors that ethnic …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

Bombers Destroy Libyan Airfield

American Bombers Destroy Airfield The New York Times reports : A day after American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi , the Libyan leader delivered a fresh and defiant tirade on Sunday, pledging retaliatio…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

First Free Egyptian Election In Decades

First Free Egyptian Election In Four Decades The New York Times reports : MANSOURA, Egypt — Elated that for the first time in their lives every ballot mattered, Egyptians flocked to the polls in record numbers on Saturday to vote in a referendum on a package of constitutional …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

Rockets Fired From Gaza Into Israel

Rockets Fired From Gaza Into Israel BBC reports : Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired dozens of missiles into southern Israel in what appears to be their heaviest such barrage in two years. About 50 mortars were fired - two Israelis were hurt, Israel says. Israeli tanks later …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

Reactor Pressure Under Control

Pressure At Reactor Under Control The New York Times reports : TOKYO — As Japan struggled to contain the damage at its crippled nuclear complex on Sunday, two people were reported to have been found alive, nine days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. An …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

Ambassador To Mexico Resigns Over Wikileaks

Ambassador To Mexico Resigns Over Wikileaks The Washington Post reports : The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has resigned after the publication of U.S. diplomatic cables that criticized that government’s anti-drug fight, infuriating the Mexican president. Carlos Pascual appears …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 20, 2011

War by Committee

The enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya is being described as America's "third war". But with no clear objective it's more like a glorified international police action. "War is diplomacy by other means." - Clausewitz "You are a professional, but the world is full of dangerous amateurs." …

Written by Sean Linnane on Sunday March 20, 2011

Palin Flops in India

If Palin's speech at a Delhi conference was intended to establish her foreign policy credentials, she failed. With due respect to aficionados of the emerging India-US alliance, it is difficult to see how New Delhi qualifies as an appropriate destination for a potential presidential candidate to …

Written by Kapil Komireddi on Saturday March 19, 2011

Missiles Launched Against Libya

Cruise Missiles Launched Against Libyan Air Defense The Daily Mail reports : The Pentagon has confirmed that that U.S. has launched missile strikes against Libya's air defence network as a coalition of forces begin a no-fly zone over the north African nation. The missiles attack …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011

Lehrer: Pensions Aren't the Problem

Lehrer: Pensions Aren't the Problem Eli Lehrer writes at The Weekly Standard : In March 2010, the notoriously divided Illinois legislature passed a major reform in the state’s pension plan that created a two-tier system offering decidedly less generous benefits to new hires. In …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011

French Jets Over Libya

French Fighter Jets Enforce No Fly Zone Over Libya Forbes reports : BENGHAZI, Libya -- Jets from an international force launched missions over Libya on Saturday, hours after Moammar Gadhafi dispatched troops, tanks and warplanes to the heart of the 5-week-old uprising against his rule …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011

Quayle Defends Obama's Golfing

Quayle Defends Obama's Golfing CNN reports: When President Obama headed to the golf course last weekend – the 61st time he has done so since becoming president - critics pounced, saying it was inappropriate for the commander-in-chief to indulge himself when several crises abroad …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011

Radiation Found in Food Products

Radiation Found in Food Products The Wall Street Journal reports: Raising concerns over possible contamination from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan's health ministry said Saturday that an abnormal amount of a radioactive material was detected in spinach grown …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011

Qaddafi's Troops Enter Benghazi

Qaddafi's Troops Enter Benghazi BBC reports: Pro-Gaddafi forces have attacked the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi and their tanks have entered the city, a BBC journalist witnessed. A jet also appears to have been shot down over the city despite a declared ceasefire and a UN …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011

Former Sec State W. Christopher Dies

Former Sec State W. Christopher Dies The New York Times reports: Warren M. Christopher, secretary of state in President Clinton’s first term and the chief negotiator for the 1981 release of American hostages in Iran, died Friday night in Los Angeles. He was 85 and had been ill …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011

5 yrs of Twitter? I cn hrdly blv it

Y it seems just ystrdy oped clmnsts wd go on & on. Ponderously using 900 wds to make a pt that cd be made in a sentence or 2. 5 yrs of Twitter? I cn hrdly blv it. Y it seems just ystrdy oped clmnsts wd go on & on. Ponderously using 900 wds to make a pt that cd be made in a sentence or …

Written by David Frum on Saturday March 19, 2011

U.S. Fears Qaddafi Terror Attacks

U.S. Fears Qaddafi Terror Attacks The New York Times reports: The United States is bracing for possible Libyan-backed terrorist attacks, President Obama ’s top counterterrorism official said on Friday. The official, John O. Brennan , said that the military attacks on civilians …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 19, 2011