By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
Pakistani Ambassador Sherry Rehman resigned Tuesday, citing her party's loss in parliamentary elections as she plans to return to her South Asian nation where she faces a police investigation on charges of blasphemy.
Pakistan complained this week to U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson about reports that President Obama plans to increase drone strikes against terrorist targets, which the foreign minister condemned as "counterproductive" and other lawmakers denounced as a violation of national sovereignty.
President Obama's nominee for ambassador to Pakistan predicted Tuesday that the United States will soon crush al Qaeda, nearly 11 years after its attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon pushed Washington into the war on terrorism.
A secret cable from the U.S. ambassador in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) underscored the perilous position of some pro-American Arab leaders dealing with terrorist infiltrators, rumors of Israeli hit squads and populations suspicious of Western motives.
Documents made public recently show the United Arab Emirates sought U.S. government help in tracing prepaid credit cards used by those linked to the assassination of a Hamas arms dealer last year.
This was the year the Earth struck back.
This was the year the Earth struck back.
"It is great when different people live together," he told a television station Tuesday after visiting the village of Nij in the northern part of the Caspian Sea nation.
"We want to see credible, free and fair elections on a timely basis," he said, adding that the United States is playing no favorites among candidate from the ruling Pakistan People's Party, the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N or other smaller parties.
