Andy McCarthy, in a disturbing reports, tells us that, according to his sources, the Defense Department has brought a top official of the Islamic Society of America (ISNA) to Fort Hood to lecture our troops about Islam before they deploy to Afghanistan. The ISNA official, Louay Safi, has [...]
I found watching President Obama's speech last night a strange experience. He looked so pained and conflicted while delivering it. When he got around to distinguishing Afghanistan from Vietnam, I could see him as LBJ. Obama simply doesn't have his heart in it.
Earlier today I wondered whether President Obama's speech about Afghanistan would sound more like a description of a war plan or a structured settlement of a legal dispute. What I heard tonight tilted decidedly in the latter direction. To be precise, the speech sounded to me like a slick lawyer' [...]
Reading through O's speech on Afghanistan right now, I cannot help but wonder just where this guy got any kind of education.When President Obama gives his speech tonight about Afghanistan, I'll be listening to hear whether it sounds more like he's describing a war plan or a structured settlement of a legal dispute.
' [...]Tonight President Obama will announce his plan to send more troops to Afghanistan. That's probably a good thing, although, as in Iraq, what the troops do--are permitted to do--is more important than how many of them there are. But Obama's announcement will be greeted with dismay by most Democrats. [...]
President Obama said at a news conference today that he will "finish the job" in Afghanistan:
After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the [...]Dexter Filkins reports from Afghanistan that "American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan, prompting hopes of a large-scale tribal rebellion against the Taliban." Filkins notes that "the plan echoes a" [...]
Sen. Carl Levin is not only a moron, but he’s also a commie.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) – Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that NATO should provide half of the new soldiers.
An [...]
How do you know a politician is lying? His lips are moving.
Ten weeks after 9/11, Senator Schumer said this:
There are also those prisoners of war who we have captured and will capture in Afghanistan and other countries who will receive a trial of some sort. It is clear we [...]
Our friend Tom Cotton, who served in Afghanistan in 2008 and 2009, was in Washington earlier this month with Vets for Freedom. He visited folks in Congress and the White House seeking support for Gen. McChrystal's request for 40,000 to 60,000 more troops for Afghanistan. Tom found that the thinking' [...]
The towers fell in New York on 9/11/01, Kabul fell to American led forces on 11/14/01. That’s 65 days.
President Obama’s hand-picked replacement commander in Afghanistan, GEN McChrystal, delivered his Afghanistan war plans to President Obama on 8/30/09, and President Obama hasn’t acted on his General’s [...]
I’m back from a week in the woods and trying to catch up. One would have thought that between all his golf playing Obama could have found time to make a decision on Afghanistan. Apparently not. Apparently he just doesn’t like his options especially how much they cost.
Now let me [...]
The mother of a dead soldier tells President Obama to make up his mind about Afghanistan. Via Drudge.
[...]The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama "does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government." It has been obvious [...]
Cassandra of Villainous Company, whose husband is a Marine deployed in Afghanistan, lays the wood to President Obama, brilliantly:
Life is full of mysteries, but chief among them in this Marine wife's mind at the moment is, "Just how stupid does this White House think we are?" If the events [...]
The Uighurs are Muslims from East Turkmenistan who no doubt have legitimate grievances against the Chinese who have conquered and colonized their country, if such it ever was. But some of them decided to pursue jihad against China and went to Afghanistan to train with al Qaeda. They were there [...]
This morning, Afghanistan and Iraq veterans from across the country are here in Washington to petition their members of Congress and the White House to fully support mission success in Afghanistan. Their message, in the words of Vets for Freedom leader Pete Hegseth, is simple: "provide our commander" [...]
David Brooks has been talking to military experts he respects -- "retired officers, analysts who have written books about counterinsurgency warfare, people who have spent years in Afghanistan" -- to get their view of the strategic choices facing the president. Brooks reports that these experts have responded not by [...]
In light of President Obama's 
