Democratic senatorial candidate Richard Blumenthal has succumbed to an occupational hazard of boomer political candidates: alluding to some details of military service that turn out to be a lie. In Blumenthal’s case, his Vietnam-era stint was in a Washington DC … Continue reading →
The Lieberman proposal to strip terrorists who are Americans of citizenship rights has a great many critics. That is not surprising, since the idea appears at first glance to be a fairly radical one. Here’s a typical critique, taken from … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Yesterday and today represent the 30th anniversary of the Carter administration’s ill-fated Iranian hostage rescue attempt. Four years ago I wrote the following post about it. It feels appropriate for a variety of reasons—and not just the anniversary—to revisit … Continue reading →
There’s a new thrill on the roller coaster ride that is the Barack Obama presidency: “Obama limits when US would use nuclear arms” [emphasis mine in the following excerpt]: President Obama said Monday that he was revamping American nuclear strategy … Continue reading →
The buzz is that President Obama will finally announce his Afghanistan decision on December 1, and that the magic number of troops sent will be 34,000. If so (and I must emphasize that this information is based on anonymous leaks, … Continue reading →
Now comes the news that President Obama has rejected all “of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team.” Instead, he wants to clarify the exit strategy first, and turn over responsibility to an Afghan government that he … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repost of an article originally written in 2005. This year, however, the celebration of Veterans Day is especially poignant, given two realities: (1) the Ft. Hood shooting and the politically correct inability of the military … Continue reading →
Michelle Malkin has
Continue reading →First impressions (I was busy all day and just started to catch up on the news): There’s a press conference going on right now, and they just said that the shooter actually is not dead. He is alive, although hospitalized. … Continue reading →
This Tom Friedman column surprised me, but it was a pleasant surprise. Several bloggers have highlighted it, and I want to do so too, because it says some things that really need to be said—not that Obama will say them. … Continue reading →
A man, no plan, a war, Afghanistan. That may not be a proper palindrome, but it describes the relation between President Obama and the Afghan War: According to McClatchy, some members of McChrystal’s staff said they don’t understand why Obama … Continue reading →
I don’t think he is (at least not in the way you’d imagine). But Leslie Gelb does: I’m lost on President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan policy””along with most of Congress and the U.S. military. Not quite eight months ago, Mr. Obama … Continue reading →