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Who Should be Obama’s Secretary of Defense

Friday, November 14th, 2008

There's been a lot of talk about who Barack Obama will choose to become his next Secretary of State. It may be a good idea for him to concentrate on his Secretary of Defense, too. Obama has talked about bipartisanship a great deal during the campaign, so this is his ...

“Kurdistan is a Model for Iraq”

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

In today's Wall Street Journal, there is an op-ed by the President of the Kurdish region of Iraq, Massoud Barzani. Barzani explains how the Kurds and the United States have built a very strong relationship, despite all of the problems of Iraq. This includes: Last year, following a U.S. request, we ...

Political Roundup

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Reviewing the bits and pieces of our political news after a brief sabbatical As many have noticed (your emails are appreciated) there has been a recent lull in the activity on the buxtohispano.com web site. I took a few weeks to enjoy some much needed vacation time and complete some other ...

Former Secretary of State Albright Doesn’t Let Reason or Reality Get in the Way of Her Vapid Account of U.S. Foreign Policy and Advice on Iraq

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Last Friday, the Los Angeles Times published an op-ed by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in which she chastised President Bush for the implementation of a revised national security strategy that acknowledges evil and means to confront it. Her piece, an indictment of the U.S. efforts in Iraq and ...

Reasons to go to war…

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

or question our own humanity? "...possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons." "...authorized [Iraqi] field commanders to use chemical weapons" "...some of the most lethal weapons ever devised." "...will not live at the mercy of an outlaw [regime] that threatens [the peace] with weapons of mass murder." Each of the above statements were made by ...