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Oh, Snap! Obama Officials Walk Back 2011 Afghanistan Exit Date
10 Nov 2010 8:29 am William Teach

They are really unhappy about this in Liberal World, but, they should have known that the majority of Obama promises all come with an expiration date
The Obama administration has decided to begin publicly walking away from what it once touted as key deadlines in the war in Afghanistan in an effort to de-emphasize President Barack Obama’s pledge that he’d begin withdrawing U.S. forces in July 2011, administration and military officials have told McClatchy.
The new policy will be on display next week during a conference of NATO countries in Lisbon, Portugal, …

George Schultz Observes That Obama Is Out of His Mind
5 Oct 2010 1:29 pm Dave Blount

At least by this point we can dispense with the charade that Obama is even remotely competent to hold his position. Former Secretary of State George Schultz apparently has:
Reagan-era Secretary of State George Shultz blasted President Obama Monday night for his scheduled July 2011 date to begin withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan. …
“You’re out of your mind,” he said at a question-and-answer forum, when asked his opinion of the president’s drawdown date. “How can you say that ‘if I haven’t won by six or nine months from now, I’m leaving?’”
Obviously, …

Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy: They Win, We Lose
24 Sep 2010 2:16 pm Dave Blount

Remember when Afghanistan was the “war of necessity” that we must win, whereas Iraq was the losable “war of choice”? Bush’s surge having turned the tide in Iraq put a whole new perspective on Afghanistan. Evidently, losing is not only an option now, it’s Obama’s plan:
President Obama urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan last year, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him, according to secret meeting notes and documents cited in a new book by journalist …

Movie Review: Newt Gingrich’s America At Risk
16 Sep 2010 10:31 am Warner Todd Huston

In Washington D.C. on Sept. 12 I attended the star studded premiere of the new film America at Risk: The War With No Name, featuring Newt and Callista Gingrich and a dozen well respected experts on the subject of the War on Terror. The event was held at the Newseum, a block or so from the National Mall.

America At Risk clearly reveals the dangers that radical Islam still presents to American security and safety. We are still at war with radical Islam and it is a war we are at …

John Kerry: Obama Preparing to Negotiate With Afghan Terrorists?
24 Aug 2010 12:00 pm Warner Todd Huston

If one can believe a word Senator John Kerry (D, Mass) says, the United States is launching efforts to negotiate with Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan.
“I can report without being specific that there are efforts under way. They are serious and I completely agree with that fundamental premise — and so does General [David] Petraeus and so does President Obama — there is no military solution,” Kerry told NPR. “And there are very active efforts now to seek an appropriate kind of political settlement.”
So that means that Obama is willing to …

No Cure for the Summertime of Recovery Blues
9 Aug 2010 1:36 pm Dave Blount

Comrade Obama’s “Summer of Recovery” is not going down in history as one of our happiest seasons. As the Virtuous Republic observes,
It’s as if Obama and Biden hosted a backyard barbeque and served burnt burgers, raw bratwurst, [and] warm pop and the picnic table was filthy and surrounded by flies and yet it was called a good time. This is in essence, what Obama and Biden are doing with our bad economy by calling it the “Summer of Recovery.”
Employment has fallen to the floor and it isn’t getting up. Now …

With Kagan, We Get a Lifetime Obama…
7 Aug 2010 10:06 am Heather Bachman

The bottom line, however you want to look at it, to Obama’s selection for Supreme Court is the choice’s reasoning is for his power only. Not only is Kagan not a correct choice for the nation but for the court as well; especially in this time of war and fiscal challenge.
No matter who it is, everyone you will speak to about Kagan has their own ideas of her but the one thing that stands out within everyone’s response is clear: “No experience in the judicial chambers.” Although many …

After a Year in Office, Biden Says Afghan War Policy Still Developing
1 Aug 2010 1:11 pm Warner Todd Huston

Vice President Joe Biden wants everyone to just calm down. He says that it’s “much too premature” to judge the Obama administration’s efforts in Afghanistan. Apparently, after a year of focusing on “the right war,” America is still waiting for the Obama administration to “develop” its policies there.
But one thing seems sure, the Obama administration has already excluded the possibility that more troops will be sent if Biden’s comments can be believed. When asked if the additional 30,000 troops are successful, will the administration send even more after them, Biden …

McChrystal Out, Petraeus In
23 Jun 2010 4:55 pm Melissa Clouthier

President Obama firing General Stanley McChrystal today seems all rather anti-climactic after yesterday’s drama.
Couple thoughts:
1. I wonder if the troops will be happy with this decision.
2. I wonder if the buttheads in the administration will get the ax?
3. I bet McChrystal is relieved to be out of that difficult situation.
4. President Obama could have upped the drama quotient by firing McChrystal before talking to him.
5. The Left will be furious about this decision.
6. Everyone needs to get better explaining Afghanistan to the American people. It’s fuzzy.
7. I hope the …

The Real McChrystal Scandal: Are We Losing The War In Afghanistan?
23 Jun 2010 6:01 am John Hawkins

There has obviously been a tremendous amount of controversy surrounding the remarks Gen. Stanley McChrystal made to a Rolling Stone reporter about Barack Obama and other members of his administration. That’s understandable. Even the grunts know that they’re not supposed to publicly trash the Commander-in-Chief and McChrystal & his staff certainly knew it, too. So, to talk smack about the President of the United States to a reporter? Wow, what poor judgment.
But while what everyone is paying attention to are the comments McChrystal and his aides made, what should really …

How Do You Just Lose 17 Afghani Fighter Pilots Being Trained In The U.S.?
17 Jun 2010 10:54 pm Melissa Clouthier

There are a couple things Americans don’t want to worry about. One of them would be 17 MISSING AFGHAN PILOTS. Poof. Gone. Vanished. Buh-bye.
Where are they? Who knows? Yes, it is this bad:
A nationwide alert has been issued for 17 members of the Afghan military who have gone AWOL from a Texas Air Force base where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, FoxNews.com has learned.
The Afghan officers and enlisted men have security
badges that give them access to secure U.S. defense installations, according …

Afghanistan Is Loaded
14 Jun 2010 9:19 am Melissa Clouthier

Who knew? This land-locked throw-back tribal country is sitting on vast wealth. What does it mean?
By Melissa Clouthier
Well, unless America is willing to go colonial and impose civilization on these folks, it will mean more infighting and civil war.
Is this news a way to justify staying in Afghanistan because the president sees no way out that isn’t disastrous for American safety? I think so. Will this news appease the “No blood for oil” crowd? Well, they are pretty hypocritical.
America could have had a piece of the action in …

Afghanistan, The Longest War & Staying The Course
10 Jun 2010 4:29 pm Melissa Clouthier

Today, the Huffington Post headlines Afghanistan and also today, I had the pleasure of having Michael Franzak, Afghan veteran and author of the Afghanistan war memoir A Nightmare’s Prayer: A marine harrier pilot’s war in Afghanistan.
The contrasts couldn’t be more stark. The Huffington Post paints a dire pictureand headlines an op-ed urging President Obama to get out of Afghanistan:

And then, on the other side, are the realists who know what’s at stake in Afghanistan and know what’s at stake should America pull out of that trouble country. There …

Happy Memorial Day, 2010: Remembering HOW They Serve
31 May 2010 10:13 am Warner Todd Huston

It is very, very easy to forget that the members of our American military even exist. Unlike other peoples we don’t live in a nation where the members of our military are skulking around our streets, automatic weapons in hand, glaring menacingly at each citizen and they pass by during their daily activities. We don’t have soldiers extorting travelers, forcing themselves on politicians, or threatening autonomous action at home. We are lucky like that.
So, since they aren’t always under foot and as highly visible to the average citizen as the …

Memorial Day Post: The Warriors Among Us
29 May 2010 4:05 pm Bookworm

Several years ago, as part of a 9/11 commemoration, I wrote the following words in connection with a post I did about Lt. Brian Ahearn, one of the New York fire fighters who perished on that day:
My son, who is seven, is obsessed with superheroes. His current favorite is Superman. After all, when you’re a little boy, battling your way through the world, what could be more exciting than the possibility of being “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able …

Obama’s Increased Use of Death From the Skies, Where’s the Anti-War Left?
7 Apr 2010 1:22 pm Warner Todd Huston

The Washington Think Tank New America Foundation has been reporting on drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq for quite some time and its tally of kills by U.S. drones reveals an interesting thing. It shows that drone kills under President Obama are far and away higher than those under Bush.
Reliable numbers of those killed by U.S. drones are obviously hard to come by. Strikes are deep in unfriendly territory and subject to obfuscation by both a U.S. government that isn’t too keen on reporting kills as well as its …

John Kerry’s “Kindler, Gentler GWOT” Finally Sees The Light Of Day
23 Mar 2010 9:45 am William Teach

We’re not quite at the stage of dropping poodles and bleeding ketchup, but, getting there!

Reporting from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
At the nightly “hot wash” debriefing on the Dwight D. Eisenhower, a pilot from the Pukin’ Dogs squadron was explaining how he dropped a 500-pound bomb on a Taliban target in Afghanistan — and why.
The pilot, a Naval Academy graduate with combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, would face two such cross-examinations before he could get some sleep after his 12-hour mission.
“It’s very professional but very …

Congratulations to the Marines and their Afghan allies for the Marjah victory
28 Feb 2010 11:23 pm Bookworm

I meant to post this yesterday, but time got away from me: many, many, many congratulations to the Marines and their Afghan allies for the Marjah victory. I never doubted that they would win, but I certainly understood that each Marine and Afghan soldier faced the risk that he would make the ultimate sacrifice for that victory.
Naturally, the Times, rather than celebrating a great military feat, is already trying to set up new (and in Times-land, almost certainly insurmountable) hurdles for our troops. I have no doubt …

A retrospective on the war on Iraq
21 Feb 2010 3:53 pm Sister Toldjah

If you read nothing else today, please read David Bellavia’s poignant piece on Iraq: Our Mission is Finally Accomplished… Anyone Care? It’s mostly directed at the doubters and naysayers, those who didn’t believe the US could and would win there, but it’s also an important read for those of us stateside who never gave up believing the mission could be accomplished, who never had a doubt that our men and women and our allies would make it happen.
Hats off and salutes to the men and women of our US …

Liz Cheney: Biden Has Famously Tenuous Relationship With Reality
17 Feb 2010 1:33 pm Lori Ziganto

I had the great privilege of meeting Liz Cheney and hearing her speak at the Red State convention in Atlanta this past August. She’s surprisingly tiny, but, in that small package, is an incredible mind and a hell of a backbone. I adore her and am so glad to see she is becoming an increasingly public voice for, not only Conservative women, but Conservatives as a whole (as true Feminists, we don’t …

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