After 17 months of diplomacy, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice was only able to get 12 of the 15 countries on the United Nations Security Council to vote to place increased sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s illegal pursuit of nuclear weapons. Yesterday, on Fox News Sunday, Rice jumped to defend the Obama Administration’s lackluster performance by claiming that previous Iran resolutions were not unanimous during the Bush Administration and that there were “abstentions”. Her strategy to minimize the Bush team’s performance in order to make her own poor performance look better isn’t factual. After so much hype about…

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cbsnews.com richard grenell on yahoo Jerry Yang Should Follow Sergey Brin’s Lead in China Jerry Yang spent the first eight years of his life experiencing China firsthand. Born Yáng Zhìyuǎn in 1968 Taiwan, Yang and his family personally knew the limits of their freedom. But Yang’s father presumably wanted more for his son. While China offered limited opportunities for a child from a lower-middle class family, the U.S. presented limitless options. But the co-founder of Yahoo, and one of the most successful and well-known Chinese-Americans, has missed an opportunity to speak out on behalf of the people in the country…

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In a White House that craves to be the most popular country in the world and is willing to unilaterally give up much of the leverage we have to become well-liked and accepted by others, this bowing thing is the tip of the iceberg for understanding how far Obama will go to make us just another country among the many others. Obama’s physical deference is a manifestation of his policies. He wants to be popular, so he asks no tough questions or demands any action in return. Obama has already made clear that he doesn’t believe the United States is…

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