…while Obamalet dithers. From Spiegel: What the US military wants is clear. General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan, has called for up to 40,000 more troops… So far Obama has only made it clear that he doesn’t intend … Continue reading →
Fausta reports that Honduras has caved to Obama’s pressure and agreed to reinstate Chavez’s protege Zelaya in a power-sharing interim government. Apparently, Honduras got more than a taste of the Chicago Way, and it wasn’t very appetizing: El Heraldo (in … Continue reading →
Is it any surprise that, although Obama the candidate made a big (and confused and misleading) speech in Berlin about the fall of Communism, he can’t be bothered to attend the ceremony marking the twentieth anniversary of the fall of … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer is tired of Obama’s blaming Bush for his own dithering in Afghanistan: I want to point out one thing about what Obama had said when he talked about “the long years of drift.” There is something truly disgusting … Continue reading →
Remember (ah, it seems like eons ago) the first few months of Obama’s presidency? The focus was on the economy and attempts to foster its recovery. There were a gazillion articles about what had gone wrong: blame the Democrats, blame … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan explains Obama’s recent falling approval ratings in the polls by saying that he owns his presidency now. Nine months into his term, people have stopped giving him the benefit of the doubt as a newbie, and are beginning … Continue reading →
There’s a lively conversation going on in the comments section here about what has become one of our favorite topics: how dangerous is Obama? Meaning: how can you tell if tyranny is approaching, and especially whether it’s likely to be … Continue reading →
Nope, he’s not losing a wink of sleep. Not at all. Not in the least. And I’m afraid I can’t comment on this because I haven’t been told what to say yet.
Continue reading →There’s been a lot of buzz around the blogosphere about Dick Cheney’s speech on Obama’s “dithering” approach to Afghanistan. Much of it centers on Cheney’s criticism of Obama’s Afghan policy (or lack thereof) itself. I’m interested in that. But I’m … Continue reading →
The stalwart Jake Tapper stands nearly alone among network news reporters in clinging to the apparently outworn idea of defending the press’s right to criticize a Democratic president. In this interview he interviews Obama’s Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, voicing some … Continue reading →
…but it’s Obama’s war. He may be Hamlet on Afghanistan, but in the domestic Fox War he’s called up the troops: Dunn, Axelrod, Emanuel. In the WaPo, Ruth Marcus says the war on Fox is dumb, and she goes on … Continue reading →
I’ve written before about Obama’s Hamlet-like indecision on Afghanistan. Some call his approach thoughtful deliberation, and perhaps it is (although I don’t happen to think so). But how long should pondering go on before it becomes procrastination? And never think … Continue reading →