“It really doesn’t matter how President Obama divides the Afghan baby, how he splits the difference between McChrystal and Biden. Because the war has been lost,” Thompson said on his radio show today. “I say this because of one sad and simple fact. The president does not [...]
CBS: Obama ‘Outraged’ Over Leaks About Afghanistan Indecision
Citing an interview the President gave to White House correspondent Chip Reid, at the top of Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith declared: “An outraged President Obama says heads may roll when he returns from Asia, telling CBS News he’s [...]
CBS: Obama ‘Outraged’ Over Leaks About Afghanistan Indecision
Citing an interview the President gave to White House correspondent Chip Reid, at the top of Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith declared: “An outraged President Obama says heads may roll when he returns from Asia, telling CBS News he’s [...]
Military officials are not amused:
An Army cook and single mom is confined to her base in Georgia and may face criminal charges for skipping her deployment flight to Afghanistan in order to take care of her infant son.
[...]Obama Dithers. US Troops Die.
“Broken Arrow” for US Troops in Afghanistan?
by J.D. Longstreet
Just a snippet:
Looking at Afghanistan today it is fairly easy to see what is about to happen there, barring some unforeseen event. The “Vietnam Syndrome” has already set in among the troops in theatre. Look, [...]
Okay, don’t answer that:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday the primary U.S. mission in Afghanistan is defeating al Qaeda, rather than making a long-term commitment to rebuild the country.
“We’re not interested in staying in Afghanistan; we’re not interested in any long-term presence there,” Clinton told the NBC program [...]
“I hope the President will make a decision soon,” Sen. Bob Corker told the media in answer to a question about troops for Afghanistan. “I hope it will be one that really reinforces our efforts to be successful there. I’m going to wait until he makes that [...]
For more than a few months, our military commanders in Afghanistan have been requesting more troops in order to support the ongoing compaigns there. Those requests have, no doubt, been couched in very political and cautious language, but even so, the primary message of all of them have [...]
From Jim Geraghty:
When an administration official begins a sentence about what’s going on with the Afghanistan decision, “I’m not saying that we’ll be in a perpetual state of review, but–” doesn’t anything that follows that “but” serve as some evidence that indeed, the administration does appear to be in [...]
Republicans and the administration quibble over the amount of troops needed in the War in Afghanistan:
What’s more, let’s say that McClatchy is right and Obama goes with 34,000 new troops. Is the Republican Party really going to say that 6,000 troops — basically one to two Army combat brigades [...]
Jim Kyle recognizes the day in an email blast:
Today, we pause to honor those who have served our country in uniform.
Even as you read this email, thousands of Tennesseans are in harm’s way across the world. Whether it is in the streets of Baghdad or the mountains of Afghanistan, men [...]
He explains in an opinion piece in the M’boro Post:
We owe them more than just our gratitude though; we have an obligation to serve those who have volunteered to serve our country. The unfortunate reality is that here at home, there are about 185,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who [...]
They, and Marsha Blackburn, say we need more troops in Afghanistan:
Vets for Freedom bills itself as a nonpartisan organization, but watchdog groups say it effectively serves as a public relations front for the GOP. The group does legitimately have a membership base made up of combat veterans of Iraq [...]
Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tenn., was so quiet and low-key, he was nicknamed "Silent Soldier" while at Fort Hood preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan. -- More.
A lot of people want to know the circumstances surrounding Spc. Frederick Greene's death. A person familiar with the' [...]
From Michael Crowley:
What’s also ironic is the extent of Gates’s influence over Obama’s Afghanistan strategy deliberations. Perhaps no Cabinet member matches Gates’s impact in the Situation Room as the White House reviews its war plan. It may be Washington’s oddest partnership: a secretive white Republican intelligence insider in his [...]
The Washington Times has an exclusive report from Afghanistan, describing the discovery of a disease that is fatal roughly one-third of the time. Here’s the link to the story.
[...]And you won’t like him when he’s angry:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that he is “angry” and “disappointed” with President Barack Obama for delaying his decision on increasing troop levels in Afghanistan.
“The fact is we already have men and women over there, and the longer we delay in [...]
On This Week with Bob Mueller...
Our panel of media and political experts include Former State Democratic Party Chair Bob Tuke and syndicated conservative talk show host, Steve Gill. We're discussing the increased violence and deaths of U.S. service members in Afghanistan. Also in the round table discussion, the President is' [...]
