Pelosi Discovers Her Inner Fiscal Hawk
Nancy Pelosi insists: “We have to look at that war with a green eyeshade on.” She is talking about the war in Afghanistan–with anticipation that President Obama will increase resources for the war effort. Increased troops to fight our enemies in Afghanistan will require more money for this effort, of course. And Pelosi and her [...]
Our Ditherer-in-Chief continues to ‘vote present’
Our “Ditherer-in-Chief” continuing to do little more than “vote present” in making a final decision on Afghanistan is complicating the Afghan campaign and significantly affecting our war effort. It seems our inexperienced, unprepared-for-office, president fails to understand that there is a cost of dithering:
General Stanley McChrystal’s assessment and force-requirement studies were largely complete by the [...]
Commentary Web Exclusive: Obama’s Afghan Strategy ‘A Prescription for Tragedy’
Max Boot at Commentary: “The administration seems intent on doing just enough to keep the war effort going without doing enough to win it” and “it places US troops in harm’s way without giving them a chance to prevail”:
[...] If media leaks are to be believed, President Obama will attempt to chart a middle way [...]
Imagine There’s No Peace Prize, It’s Easy If You Try
So at the very moment that President Barack H. Obama convenes his “war council” to decide whether to accept Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recommendation to expand operations in Afghanistan — changing to a counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy and adding 40,000 additional troops to the war effort — the Norwegian Nobel Committee announces that the president, who has [...]
Sarah Palin, Karl Rove, and the Boss Support Obama!
Well, if he goes ahead and does the right thing in Afghanistan.
The Foreign Policy Initiative, formed by Bob Kagan, Dan Senor and the boss, and directed by Jamie Fly, today released an open letter to President Obama. It expresses support for the U.S. effort in Afghanistan, and calls upon President Obama to continue to provide [...]
