News & Observer Sep 03, 2010 DEADLINES DISTRACT FROM VICTORY Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON Many have charged that President Barack Obama’s decision to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan 10 months from now is hampering our war effort. But now it’s official. In a stunning statement last week, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway admitted that the July
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 Obama’s ‘Come Home America’ Speech A dangerous world needs stronger U.S. leadership. By KARL ROVE At times Tuesday night, it sounded as if President Barack Obama didn’t know what kind of speech he wanted to give. Was it a foreign policy address aimed at assuring a world-wide audience of America’s resolve in
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AUGUST 31, 2010 The Surge and Afghanistan Unless he understands the reason for success in Iraq, the president is unlikely to lead a successful strategy against the Taliban. By JOHN MCCAIN Today President Obama will deliver a major speech to mark the draw down of U.S. forces in Iraq to 50,000 troops. He will likely
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This article and video from the Huffington Post gives us a perspective on how the Far Left feels about Obama’s performance as president versus as a senator. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/obama-vs-obama-on-afghani_n_676836.html
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AUGUST 8, 2010 The Taliban Method The murder of 10 aid workers in Afghanistan reveals the brutal nature of our enemy. The barbarity of Islamic extremists has become a commonplace event, but the apparent murder last week of 10 aid workers in Afghanistan, including six Americans, is especially notable as an education in the nature
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AUGUST 3, 2010 Is Afghanistan Worth It? The U.S. cannot remain a superpower if the suspicion takes root that we are a feckless nation. By BRET STEPHENS Even Americans who pride themselves on knowing their history have probably never heard of the Battle of Stones River. Fought over frigid ground in January 1863, the battle
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JULY 29, 2010 WikiLeaks ‘Bastards’ The website has endangered the lives of Afghan informants. Julian Assange, the editor of the WikiLeaks website that on Monday released some 92,000 classified military documents, has told the German newsweekly Der Spiegel that he “loved crushing bastards.” We wonder if the “bastards” he has in mind include the dozens
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Restrepo BY Gabriel Schoenfeld July 23, 2010 10:05 AM What is combat in Afghanistan like? For those of us who have not been embedded as reporters, but want to know what our soldiers in this difficult war are up against, there is now Restrepo, a documentary film by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger. The subtitle of the
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JULY 14, 2010 The Taliban War on Women Continues When 22-year-old Hossai was told to quit her job by the Taliban, she refused to be bullied. She was shot and killed. By RACHEL REID Kabul Beware Taliban revisionism. You’re going to hear much more of it in the coming months as policy makers from Kabul
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JULY 13, 2010 U.S. Rebuilds Power Plant, Taliban Reap a Windfall By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan—The U.S. has poured more than $100 million into upgrading the Kajaki hydropower plant, the biggest source of electricity in south Afghanistan. And it plans on spending much more, in an effort to woo local sympathies away from the
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