03-29-11: ME Policy: Muddled Thinking, Muddled Outcome (Plus: "No, I Would Not" Appoint A Muslim In My Administration)

Middle East Policy: Muddled Thinking, Muddled Outcome Presidential Policy: Does It Make the Grade?, James Carafano, PhD The current crises in the Middle East are not being addressed properly while the administration chooses to consider only one crisis at a time... * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. Videos: Herman Cain: "No, I Would Not" Appoint A Muslim In My Administration 2. Video: Donald Trump Steps Up Calls for President to Release Birth Certificate 3. Video: Reporter Forced to Remain In Closet During Biden Fundraiser 4. Draconian EU Plan to cut CO2 Emissions - EU to ban cars from cities by 2050 5. Video: AP‘s 'Fact Check‘ Thrashes President's Speech 6. Video: Iranian Video Says Mahdi is 'Near' - or Islamic messiah--is about to appear. 7. Video: President Obama's Speech on Libya 8. Video: The Most Dramatic Japanese Tsunami Footage Yet - The Ocean wipes out a city... 9. Nanny State: Delaware Gov. Officials Tear Down Residential Homeowners' Basketball Hoops 10. Video: More than a month later, Indiana Liberal flee baggers finally come home 11. Video: Cherry Blossoms Bloom in Washington DC Between Caesar, God and Allah Edward Cline Separation of mosque and state cannot happen while Islam does not allow its followers to enjoy political or religious freedom of choice and freedom of thought. The Syrian Spring Caroline Glick Anti-regime protests in Syria are a welcome departure from the grim choices posed by Egypt and Libya, because supporting protesters there is actually a good idea. Vin's Notes on Islamism: Part Five Documenting Islamist incursions around the globe. Vin Ienco Koran-Burning and fatwas in America, Australia labeled as "Islamophobic" and attacks upon Christians and Jews: Islamism marches on... A Warning to Proponents of Interfaith Dialogue Caveat Emptor - Buyers be aware - What you hear is NOT what you get Rachel Lipsky Interfaith dialogue tends to be a one-way street, where Muslims present to non-Muslims a glossed-over and neutered version of Islam that is rarely challenged. Durbin Launches the 'Anti-Pete King Hearing' Frank Gaffney, Jr. The hearings today, led by Dick Durbin, are intended to examine hate-crimes against Muslims, and can be seen as a retaliation for the recent hearings on homegrown Muslim extremism. U.S. Strategy - Or the Lack Thereof Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, US Army (Ret) To date, government policy elitists in the United States have demonstrated an almost complete ignorance of history in matters of forward strategic planning. Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. President's Muddled Speech Leaves Libya War Aims Unclear (TELEGRAPH) 2. Obama on Non-Criminal Illegal Aliens: We Don't Want to Deport Them; 'We Want Them To Succeed' (CNS) 3. Japan on 'maximum alert' over nuke crisis (AP) 4. Israel considering annexing West Bank settlements (YAHOO) 5. Huck keeps the 2012 field guessing (THE HILL) 6. New Jersey: DHS, FBI, key pols attend Muslim victimhood luncheon (JIHAD WATCH) 7. Coming soon to a military base newsstand: Magazine for gay soldiers (DAILY CALLER) 8. Conservatives upset with Obama's regime change remarks (CNN) 9. Fiscal Showdown Looms in Capitol (WSJ) 10. WAR COST: $600 MILLION, IN 6 DAYS... (ABC) It's Not That Qaddafi Was Right, It's That We Knew He Was Right Andrew McCarthy Qaddafi warned that there were al Qaeda Islamist rebels in his country, and the U.S. took him seriously, but now we know that these are with the Libyan rebels, this fact is ignored... Bigotry Hearing Relies Upon Flawed Statistics Steve Emerson Today, a hearing will be held to investigate abuses against Muslims' civil rights. However, evidence for the hearing will come from tainted sources. Quote of the Day - March 29, 2011 On the subject of Libya, the White House speech writers have been busy... click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!