Robert Naiman

As US politi­cians de­bate how to cut the deficit, lob­by groups are push­ing for a de­crease in mil­i­tary spend­ing.

When it comes to the War in Afghanistan and aus­ter­i­ty, Oba­ma should take a leaf out of the new French Pres­i­dent’s book.

Even Jews can be barred by Is­rael from trav­el­ling to Beth­le­hem – for the thought crime of sup­port­ing Pales­tin­ian rights.

The same per­son who re­named “french fries” “free­dom fries” is now push­ing for diplo­mat­ic en­gage­ment with Iran.

If a bill pushed by Lieber­man pass­es, it could give the US “po­lit­i­cal au­tho­ri­sa­tion for mil­i­tary force” against Iran.

The pa­per has made faulty al­le­ga­tions about Iran’s nu­clear pro­gramme with­out run­ning prop­er cor­rec­tions.

Pres­i­dent Oba­ma should an­nounce an of­fen­sive cease­fire in Afghanistan dur­ing win­ter hol­i­days, and urge oth­ers to join.

Re­pub­li­can can­di­date Ron Paul, un­like oth­er mem­bers of his par­ty, is crit­i­cal of US sup­port for Is­rael.

Sanc­tion­ing Eu­ro­pean coun­tries for buy­ing Iran­ian oil will hurt the Unit­ed States, too.

More con­ser­v­a­tives are shift­ing their po­si­tions on Iraq, Afghanistan, and mil­i­tary spend­ing.