Afghanistan Archives


RNC’s Steele: right or wrong on Afghanistan?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

RNC Chair Michael Steele’s recent comments on Afghanistan – which he derisively called “Obama’s war” while questioning the potential for victory – found pockets of support across the political spectrum.  (more…)

On Afghanistan, Obama bends the truth curve

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Three agonizing months of deliberation, analysis and internal debate in the White House and this is the best they can do? (more…)

For Obama, Afghanistan is a bridge too far

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

There has been no doubt for weeks now in my mind that President Obama has been planning a retreat from Afghanistan. All the dithering and hand-wringing (more…)

Dems flounder on Afghanistan

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Evidence continues to mount demonstrating how much better Democrats are at campaigning than governing. Legislative chaos, Gitmo waffling, (more…)

For Dems, it’s always ‘butter’ over ‘guns’

Monday, September 28th, 2009

In the wake of the Obama Administration’s looming failure with its government health insurance and possibly its cap-and-trade proposals, it has made a grand splash on the international stage (more…)

Chickenhawk in Chief

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Barack Obama scored big points during the 2008 campaign by reminding voters of his opposition to the war in Iraq in 2002 (when he was an Illinois State Senator without an actual vote). (more…)

Straight talk on Gitmo, ‘torture’

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Last year many Americans decided to support a change in presidential administration at least partly because they believed that the United States government was running an abusive prison at Guantanamo Bay and torturing suspected Islamic terrorists. (more…)

Afghan War winnable & important

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

(Washington, May 10) As news from Iraq got progressively better in the last year the reflexive pessimists among us have shifted (more…)

The Iranians are coming

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

As the Obama Administration works to promote its version of socialist democratic rule at home, the Islamic Republic of Iran is looking to expand its power base in the Middle East. (more…)

Obama’s kinder, gentler foreign policy

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Though much of the focus of Barack Obama’s first six weeks in office has been on his trillion dollar economic stimulus and (more…)

Afghan policy way off track

Monday, January 26th, 2009

As Obama prepares to wade deeper into Afghanistan, President Karzai complains on Fox News about two things: his lack of control (more…)