Battling the Vietnam Analogy
Among the interesting moments during President Obama’s speech on the Afghanistan surge last night, there was his rejection of the Vietnam analogy:
First, there are those who suggest that Afghanistan is another Vietnam. They argue that it cannot be stabilized, and we’re better off cutting our losses and rapidly withdrawing. I believe this argument [...]
Senate GOP Letter to Obama: It’s Time to Decide on Afghanistan
Senate Republicans are stepping up their calls for President Barack Obama to decide –- and decide soon –- on the way forward in Afghanistan. In a letter dated, November 11, 2009 — Veteran’s Day — ten Republican members of the Armed Services Committee are urging Obama to win the war there.
“It has been two [...]
Mark Moyar: Lessons of Iraq
Mark Moyar is the Kim T. Anderson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism at the Marine Corps University. He is the author of the revisionist history Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965, now available in paperback.
The occasion of this post is Professor Moyar’s new book, noted below. But before getting to that, [...]
Baron Barone Gives the King His Drubbing
Michael Barone has just given President Barack H. Obama the thumping of his administration so far — in his own low-key, quiet, but factually stubborn way. The charge is fecklessness, and the substance of the charge is the president’s sudden lack of interest in pursuing what he himself dubbed “a war of necessity” that [...]
Obama adviser: Afghanistan gov’t must do better
Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser said Sunday as he downplayed worries that the insurgency could set up a renewed sanctuary for al-Qaida. Retired Gen.
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Susan Rice: Please Don’t Judge Our Policies Yet
“We have a crucial stake in Afghanistan,” said Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., speaking at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington D.C. On this eighth anniversary of September 11th, the ambassador took aim at Nancy Pelosi’s remarks about Afghanistan when Rice said, “For us to dismiss [...]
