While the initial invasion of Afghanistan went remarkably smoothly (only about 2,000 US Special Forces troops were used), this was largely because much of the actual fighting was accomplished by the Afghans themselves (of the ‘Northern Alliance’) with US air cover/interdiction and close coordination/communication via the US SF troops.
First, my best wishes for a recovery to the injured IRS workers. Condolences, if necessary, to the family of the missing worker.My comments are not a justification or an excuse for Joseph Stack’s actions. It is an attempt at understanding because his suicide note is complex. His last paragraphs on going out and attacking the [...]
Up until the past year, we have been essentially doing nothing but a ‘holding’ program in Afghanistan while the focus was on Iraq. This essentially was a combination of the old ‘fire-base’ concept from Vietnam (which didn’t work there either!), and very small-scale ‘search and destroy’ missions by special forces backed up by enormous airpower.
Just to be clear…. I do not view myself as a liberal, nor a conservative, nor a libertarian, and most certainly, not any sort of tea party fool. I am an Independent, but that label covers far too much ground to be suitably descriptive of anyone. Probably the best descriptor for me is ‘American Fundamentalist,’ [...]
The Southern Poverty Law Center published an article on February 8, 2010, detailing the efforts of a progressive human rights group, Responsible for Equality and Liberty (REAL) headed by Jeffrey Imm, to prevent Jared Taylor’s American Renaissance from holding its biannual conference. American Renaissance’s parent organization is the New Century Foundation, which was making the booking [...]
As I listened and digested the words of General McChrystal and Ambassador Eikenberry last week at their side-by-side brother-to-brother session in Congress, my mind drifted back to a time when their voices expressed public frustration and stark contrasts. Turns out it was only two months ago, which tells me my short term memory is currently [...]
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One thing that has remained true since the inception of this republic: Our leaders do not trust the populace. It has been that way since the beginning. Even a quick overview of The Federalist Papers, which are a collection of 3 of the Founders’ arguments in favor of the Constitution, reveals that our whole system [...]
President Obama will address the nation this evening from West Point Military Academy. He will announce an escalation of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan but also frame for the American people a timetable for a later withdrawal of all forces. The balance beam politics of this speech will continue what is a difficult week for [...]
Over three events, Obama will dine with fellow spouses, take in a performance at a public magnet school, and go to a museum, highlighting her role as a kind of unofficial arts czar and champion of arts education. For Obama, whose next major event is going to Copenhagen and making Chicago’s case to host the [...]
