Has the world seen the last of the major U.S.-mounted invasions? For Poland’s Rzeczpospolita, columnist Marek Magierowski writes that while electoral politics played a role in President Obama’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, the explanation goes much deeper. For Rzeczpospolita, Marek Magierowski writes in part: Obama also knows that his country is no longer capable of bearing the financial...

Some of you may have noticed that the Taliban has engaged in a terror attack on Kabul, Afghanistan’s Intercontinental Hotel. They just don’t seem interested in cooperating with the Afghan government or any Western entity. This attack may or may not be over. Apparently helicopters just shot terrorists on the hotel roof. Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Kabul’s...

The Obama administration had at least the guts to justify the continued squandering of public money on the so-called war-on-terror in Afghanistan by formally handing over the foreign policy to the CIA and the Pentagon with a seemingly “limitless budget”.(see here). But why is the American media quiet on the cost of war that is crippling US economy — such as the U.S. military’s expenditure...

Now That Would Have Been Some Marketing Meeting! WOW! If this marketing meeting had taken place, about the only thing that could rival it would be Lenny Bruce’s “Religion Inc.” Seems the former Big Cheese of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, was fretting that his creation of terrorism and murder was losing its’ marketing punch. Osama wanted new name for al-Qaida to repair image As Osama bin...

WASHINGTON — Among Dana Carvey’s most brilliant sketches on “Saturday Night Live” were his dead-perfect impersonations of President George H.W. Bush, which made a permanent contribution to America’s political language. “Not gonna do it!” Carvey-as-Bush would say. “Wouldn’t be prudent!” What Carvey grasped is that Bush 41 was a conservative not...

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WASHINGTON – The battle over Libya just got uglier, including Gadhafi assassination allegations. But it’s the rhetoric of Sec. Clinton and majority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell that sheds light on how we got in this mess in the first place. When Sec. Clinton was first chosen for her job at State some were skeptical she’d have Pres. Obama’s back when it was needed. There was never a...

Osama bin Laden’s seized cellphone has increased informed speculation that he was linked to some elements of Pakistan intelligence due to contacts on it with a group that is linked to the ISA. The cellphone of Osama bin Laden’s trusted courier, which was recovered in the raid that killed both men in Pakistan last month, contained contacts to a militant group that is a longtime asset of Pakistan’s...

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America has reached a crossroads. And Barack Obama has a difficult road ahead, because it is his task to lead the nation into a world of limits. From the very beginning, Americans have seen their country as a land of infinite opportunity. And, as long as the frontier beckoned, anything seemed possible. It was the frontier, after all, which nurtured Abraham Lincoln. Now another president from Illinois has told...

President Barack Obama’s announcement of troop drawdowns in Afghanistan on a schedule reportedly faster than some in the Pentagon wished and clearly aimed at America’s political middle has not satisfied many on America’s right or left but it is being praised in Europe and by Afghanistan’s top leader: America’s European allies welcomed President Obama’s announcement of troop reductions...

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The President’s remodeling in our Cash for Clunkers struggle reaches the salesroom with all the dings and dents of a ten-year-old lemon that has exhausted the patience of buyers who have spent almost half a trillion dollars keeping it on the road. “The goal that we seek is achievable,” he says, “and can be expressed simply: no safe-haven from which al Qaeda or its affiliates can launch attacks against...

Here’s the full text of President Barack Obama’s speech on Afghanistan as it is now appearing on various websites based on info provided by the White House: Good evening. Nearly ten years ago, America suffered the worst attack on our shores since Pearl Harbor. This mass murder was planned by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network in Afghanistan, and signaled a new threat to our security – one...

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When President Barack Obama announces his plan for the increasingly unpopular Afghanistan war will there be enough of something in it to please everyone or at least a majority of Americans? Or will it leave every one unhappy? Five predictions HERE. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’d support the troop drawdown if General Petraeus does: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he will...

Is Washington stabbing Hamid Karzai in the back by holding meetings with the Taliban without the involvement of his government? According to this article from Pakistan’s Frontier Post, it’s probably too late for Karzai, who whether he knows it or not, has been nothing but a U.S. stooge since the fall of the Taliban. The Frontier Post editorial says in part: It should come as no surprise. For quite...

Is America’s seemingly unending nightmare of the loooooooong war in Afghanistan now drawing to an end? If news reports are correct, President Barack Obama today will take the first substantive step — according to a few reports against the advice of some military advisors — by announcing a two-phased withdrawal of an initial 10,000 forces with a total of some 30,000 over the next two years. The...

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While the topic of marriage equality has dominated the media the last few days the issue of DADT remains important and I came across some comments that I thought worth sharing “Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution is pretty simple. It says, ‘Raise an army.’ It says absolutely nothing about race, color, creed, sexual orientation.” How dare we, then, exclude a group of people who want to do...

I have bemoaned the fact that so very few Medals of Honor were being awarded to our deserving heroes, both during the peak of our fighting in Iraq and during the entire first seven years of the Afghanistan War. While nearly 250 of our troops received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, only four heroes were so recognized for actions in Iraq during the Bush administration and a single Medal...

No matter what the President announces tomorrow on Drawdown Day, nobody will be happy with his decision, especially if, in Obama tradition, it is a measured move. That will neither satisfy the growing bipartisan desire to get out completely or the McCainiacs who see every Middle East conflict as an outpost for defending American liberty. Yet… How do we keep fighting in a country where an ambassador, as...

While the United States regards itself as a highly transparent democracy, columnist Enrique Lynch of Argentina’s La Capital writes that the photo taken during the killing of Osama bin Laden in the White House Situation Room reflects a blatant and dangerous exclusion of the public more reminiscent of a monarchy than a 21st century democracy. For Argentina’s La Capital, Enrique Lynch writes in part: What’s...