Tag: Afghanistan
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RIMPAC! Or, Here’s Why It’s Dangerous Even to JOKE About Yelling “Fire” in a Crowded Theater
Don’t publish the sailing time of troop ships. No-brainer, right? But what if the publisher is the Navy itself?
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The al-Awlaki Killing Crossed a Line. Bravo, Mr. President.
In addition to being a tactical victory, the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki is a welcome reminder that the President understands we are at war.
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Glenn Greenwald on Norway: It Must Be America’s Fault
Greenwald implicitly assumes that the attack is probably "jihadi" related. Why else go into detail about Norway’s participation in the wars in Afghanistan and Libya? He’s less interested in giving Islamists the benefit of the doubt than he is in saying "we’re just as bad."
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Quick Take: VDH on Obama’s Afghanistan Speech
Victor Davis Hanson on last night’s presidential speech about Afghanistan: "We are on the hinge of history, unsure whether we swing to 1974 and give up, or swing back to 2006 and win."
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Props to the Prez for Getting bin Laden
Despite the risks, despite not being certain that bin Laden was even in the compound, Obama signed off on the mission. It could have ended badly, but it did not, and Obama deserves enormous credit for a landmark victory in the war against Islamic fascism. Congratulations, Mr. President, and thank you.
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Teacher’s Beard Was A Reminder of Bin Laden in More Ways Than One
Looking like that, he would have been ill-advised to visit Pakistan.
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Astonishment at Obama’s War-Making Overwhelms Consideration of the Merits of It
It was nearly three years ago that Senator Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, in part on the strength of having the purest "surrender-at-any-cost" position on Iraq. Who then could have predicted the following headline: "Nobel Peace Prize Winner Enters Third War"?
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On National Security, Obama Eventually Tends to Get it Right
War is different from crime-fighting. Prisoners of war logically should be treated differently from people accused of crimes. No battlefield reading of Miranda rights while the gunfire continues. No presumption of innocence, no standard of “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” President Obama, to his credit, recognized this reality again yesterday in signing an executive order […]
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Thanksgiving Day Ruminations on America, Its Defenders and Its Enemies
Enough about turkeys today. Let’s talk hawks and doves, taking as our text the work of two good writers with very different world views. Clifford May, who leads the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, starts his Thanksgiving Day column by giving thanks for the members of our nation’s armed forces. At this moment, such men […]
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Obama’s Mixed Signals on Afghanistan
The prize for elegant metaphor of the day goes to Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal: With a wink of its left eye, the Obama administration tells its liberal base that a year from now the U.S. will be heading for a quick Afghan exit. “Everyone knows there’s a firm date,” insists White House […]