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Jed Babbin

American Spectator contributing editor Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the George H. W. Bush administration. He writes the “Loose Canons” column for The American Spectator and often appears as a talking warhead on television and radio. He is coauthor (with Herbert London) of the book The BDS War Against Israel. He is also the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think. You can follow him on Twitter@jedbabbin.
by | Mar 7, 2022

In Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine, Russian forces have repeatedly and intentionally targeted civilians in hospitals, schools, and their homes. Russian forces have also reportedly pretended to surrender to Ukrainians, drawing the Ukrainian soldiers from cover and then opening fire…

by | Feb 27, 2022

The lasting symbol of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began last Thursday should be the tank flying a big red hammer and sickle flag of the Soviet Union as it crossed the Russian border into Ukraine. It was no…

by | Feb 21, 2022

It was only a few weeks ago that President Joe Biden announced that we were committed to maintaining Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Now Russian President Vladimir Putin is recognizing two parts of Ukraine — Donetsk and Luhansk — as…

by | Feb 13, 2022

Amnesty International is an organization that purports to be politically unaffiliated and interested only in human rights. Both of those claims are refuted by its latest report. On February 1, Amnesty International announced a new report which labels Israel an…

by | Feb 6, 2022

Last Monday, President Biden told a meeting of the National Governors Association that his administration was working hard to figure out why a flood of illegal aliens is coming to America. He said, “I think one of the fundamental things…

by | Jan 30, 2022

There’s a gleeful sense of crisis — and an underlying sense of panic — in the White House these days. Biden’s popularity polls show he’s as unpopular as his Great Satan — Donald Trump — was at his worst moments….

by | Jan 23, 2022

You know the theory. It supposes that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will jump out. But if you start at a low temperature and gradually heat the water, the frog will sit there…

by | Jan 16, 2022

In mid-December, at the same time Russian troops were massing on Russia’s border with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sent a draft treaty to NATO proposing severe limitations on what NATO can do in its members who have joined…

by | Dec 29, 2021

And you thought 2021 would be a cakewalk after the mess we suffered through in 2020? Barry O’Bama warned us not to underestimate Joe’s ability to f*** things up, but far too many voters ignored his admonition. Our new president…

by | Dec 26, 2021

Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon is one of the congressional Dems who sponsored the Mental Health Justice Act. The bill would give incentives to police departments to replace emergency responders with mental health professionals to respond to crimes with individuals…

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