The best defense is a good offense, and after a couple of days of initial scrambling the administration and its defenders have fastened on their approach to defending Obama on Bergdahl. It consists of the following: (1) Trying various lies … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a repeat of a previous post from the 65th anniversary of D-day. I have added some new commentary in brackets to update.] Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII. Here’s a … Continue reading →
…that Obama passed on the idea of a rescue operation for Bergdahl because he wanted to free the Taliban Five and close Guantanamo. A rescue would have made that a lot more difficult. It seemed pretty clear from the start … Continue reading →
A Taliban commander who has been in touch with Time magazine for years and according to them “has consistently supplied reliable information about Bergdahl’s captivity” has told them that there’s more to come: It’s better to kidnap one person like … Continue reading →
There’s a growing sense that, at least for now, the Bergdahl prisoner exchange and its fallout has the left spooked. Maybe Obama will weasel out of this mess, too, either by way of the same tricks that have extricated him … Continue reading →
It became clear as soon as the background information about Bergdahl began coming out that the left would say the right was swiftboating Bergdahl. After all, as I wrote previously here, “swiftboating”: …has become a synonym for “a political low … Continue reading →
Among the many huge problems associated with Obama’s release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for the captive Bergdahl is the fact that in doing so Obama violated a Congressional statute that requires a president to give 30 days notice … Continue reading →
And it was already plenty thick enough. Reaction in Kabul: On the streets of the capital Kabul many expressed anger at the decision to release the five men, a contrast with scenes of celebration in Bergdahl’s home town in Idaho. … Continue reading →
Let’s see if I’ve got this straight. We have Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, released in exchange for five of the most notorious Taliban terrorists held in Guantanamo, the place Obama keeps saying he wants to empty. This certainly helps to empty … Continue reading →
…has been released. I’m glad he’s out. But we gave them five Guantanamo prisoners in exchange. Who are they? Some very bad guys, apparently: The detainees are believed to be the most senior Afghans still held at the prison. They … Continue reading →
President Obama has announced that he’s accepted Shinseki’s resignation. Shinseki is guilty of more or less the same thing Obama is guilty of re the VA: being informed of the abuses and doing essentially nothing. Too bad Obama won’t accept … Continue reading →
It now appears that an award-winning VA hospital in Texas was cooking the books for years—falsifying wait times in order to keep winning those awards and bonuses. Investigations went nowhere: Emails and VA memos obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast … Continue reading →