The most common takeaway from President Obama’s speech last night was that it was meandering and boring. While that is true, as Obama somehow managed to talk about the economy and Afghanistan in a speech allegedly marking the conclusion of the Iraq War, it misses the point of one of the most galling speeches in [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Democratic Party, Dick Durban, George W. Bush, Harry Reid, Iraq War, John Kerry, John Murtha, War on Terror
From the time Allied boots set foot in Afghanistan, pundits have been eager to draw comparisons between the wars ins Afghanistan and Vietnam. The most common refrain is that just like Vietnam, Afghanistan is an unwinnable war. In reality, that is the wrong conclusion. In fact, Vietnam was absolutely a winnable war, and in fact [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Curtis Lemay, David Petraeus, Douglas MacArthur, John Kennedy, Korean War, Lyndon Johnson, Stanley McChrystal, Vietnam War, War on Terror
Barack Obama has placed a fluorescent neon “kick me” sign on the United States. It has been the policy of the United States to reserve the right to retaliate to a chemical weapons attack or a crippling cyberattack with a nuclear strike. To those of you who voted for Obama, that is known as a [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Democratic Party, Iran, Israel, Pakistan
