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“Barack Obama Better Be All In” on Afghanistan
No comments on “Barack Obama Better Be All In” on AfghanistanAt Contentions, the Commentary magazine blog, Peter Wehner assesses the prospects of success for David Petraeus, whom he calls one of the best generals “in our history”: What Petraeus also needs, apart from time, is…
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Obama’s Announcement on McChrystal Makes the Best of a Very Bad Situation
I share the gratitude Obama described for General McChrystal’s service. But what the hell was he thinking giving access to a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine? The threshold decision to participate in a story for…
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Zakaria Lays the Right Oily Blame at the Foot of the Wrong Target
It’s up to Obama to keep the media tail from wagging the presidential dog.
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Biden Was Right About Obama’s “Great Achievement”
I assert that “not screwing up Iraq” is a non-trivial achievement — and certainly a much better outcome than many of us feared before the election.
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Honeymoon-Over Watch: He’s Lost MoDo
MoDoIf we can’t catch a Nigerian with a powerful explosive powder in his oddly feminine-looking underpants and a syringe full of acid, a man whose own father had alerted the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, a…
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Civil Rights, and the Intersection of Race and Sexual Orientation
Not long after the Presidential election last year, the Web Goddess and I had dinner with four of our closest friends, who happen to be a black couple and a lesbian couple. There was exactly…
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A Signpost in Mr. Obama’s War
From the San Diego Union Tribune. Hat tip: Navy for Moms.
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Not Quite the Clarion Call I Had in Mind, But…
With Guantanamo, Obama has already proven his ability to abandon a silly deadline. Once the troops are deployed, the boots on the ground will be real. The withdrawal date will be a goal.
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Dumbest Headline of the Day, as the Afghanistan Speech Looms
The true risk, and the reason some of us favored John McCain for the role of Commander-in-Chief, is that Obama and many Democrats seem intent on convincing us that America is NOT at war. This…
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Old Europe, an Unearned Nobel Prize, and a War of Necessity
Our European allies clearly have no stomach for the fight. As America considers sending up to 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, even the (relatively) stalwart UK today announced plans to send… um… 500. As in…