Obama to Request Lowest Pay Raise for Military in 38 Years

I just saw this short message which has been going around the internet:
President Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973! It is usually around 3.4% or so. Nice to know that during a time of rampant inflation, while war is fought in 2 [...]

Obama Explains His Peace Agenda to Skeptical Norwegians

From CNSNews.com:
President Barack Obama — a wartime president who has just ordered 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan — was greeted by anti-war protesters and banners in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday.
The Associated Press reported that posters around Oslo feature a campaign image of Obama reading “Change?”  The posters refer to Obama’s expansion of the war started [...]

‘Expert: Obama Making Huge Mistake in Afghanistan’

From NewsMax.com:
William R. Polk, an author, Middle East expert, and relative of America’s 11th president, James K. Polk, warns that America is ensnared in Afghanistan and ought to get out immediately.
The former foreign policy adviser for Dennis Kucinich’s presidential campaign tells Newsmax “we don’t have any plan about what we should be doing.”
Polk also opposed [...]

Bombings Kill 155 in Iraq After Withdrawal; Deadliest Attack on Government in Two Years

From CNSNews.com:
(Update: Iraqi hospital and police officials have raised the toll from Iraq’s deadliest bombing in two years to 155 people. More than 500 people were also injured in the deadly blasts which tore through the heart of downtown Baghdad on Sunday, hundreds of yards from the heavily fortified Green Zone.)
Baghdad (AP) – A [...]

Obama Fails To Fill 40 Percent of Top Defense Appointments

From The Heritage Foundation:
Last week the Politico published results of their study on President Barack Obama’s public speeches  since taking office, concluding that Obama’s  rhetoric had “downplayed” the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to DefenseNews, President Obama’s lack of attention to our national security is not confined to rhetoric. DefenseNews reports:
Seven months into the [...]

Obama Continues to Weaken National Defense

From The National Review:
Is Obama Pressing the ‘Reset Button’ on Defense? – By Thomas C. Pinckney
His proposed budget cuts would not bring peace but would endanger America’s security.
Despite all his initial talk of bipartisanship and putting aside the stale arguments of the past, President Obama is revealing himself with each passing day to be a [...]

Military Deployment Order Revoked for Soldier Challenging Obama’s Citizenship

From World Net Daily:
Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prez
Major victory for Army warrior questioning Obama’s birthplace
A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his [...]

Obama’s “We Suck ‘09″ World Apology Tour

From HotAir.com:
The following passage from Barack Obama’s speech to Latin American leaders will be one of those Rorshach tests for political perspective.  Those who hated the Bush administration enough will applaud it; those who think America is usually wrong will cheer; and the rest of us will shake our heads:
I know that promises of partnership [...]

You can say that again, Mr. President

From Michelle Malkin:
President Obama tells us this Memorial Day weekend that veterans have not gotten the respect they deserve:
President Barack Obama saluted veterans and urged his countrymen to do the same this Memorial Day weekend, saying the nation has not always paid them proper respect.
In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said people [...]

Obama’s Gitmo Flip-Flop

From GOPUSA.com:
Senate rebukes Obama, blocks Guantanamo shutdown
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
May 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare, bipartisan defeat for President Barack Obama, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to keep the prison at Guantanamo Bay open for the foreseeable future and forbid the transfer of any detainees to facilities in the United States.
Democrats lined [...]