Category Archives: Afghanistan

The Obama Doctrine: Leading from Behind

Posted on May 1st, 2011

A foreign policy of hesitation, delay, and indecision.  Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president’s actions in Libya as “leading from behind.”  — Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker, May 2 issue To be precise, leading from behind is a style, not a doctrine. Doctrines involve ideas, [...]

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Obama Destined to Be a Footnote in Presidential History

Posted on December 27th, 2010

By: Rusty Weis THE AMERICAN THINKER Barack Obama has set a course that will leave his legacy as no more than a footnote in American presidential history. For all of the bluster and glory, for all of the pomp and circumstance, and yes, for all of the anticipated hope and the promised change, the whirlwind [...]

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The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown

Posted on August 13th, 2010

By Nile Gardiner The last few weeks have been a nightmare for President Obama, in a summer of discontent in the United States which has deeply unsettled the ruling liberal elites, so much so that even the Left has begun to turn against the White House. While the anti-establishment Tea Party movement has gained significant [...]

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Poll: Waning Support for Obama on Wars

Posted on August 3rd, 2010

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Support for Obama’s management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a [...]

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A Sanctuary for Terror

Posted on July 27th, 2010

The militants wage war in Afghanistan while using Pakistan as a place for rest, recuperation and recruitment.   By SADANAND DHUME Perhaps the most surprising thing about the so-called Afghanistan war logs released by WikiLeaks Sunday is our continued capacity to be shocked. That the war isn’t going as well as advertised is already painfully [...]

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Steele Blames Afghan War on Obama, Drawing Calls to Resign

Posted on July 3rd, 2010

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Friday declared his opposition to the Afghanistan war, saying the nine-year-old conflict was of President “Obama’s choosing,” and that the mission is “probably a lost cause” – prompting at least one prominent Republican to call for his resignation. Steele made the comments at a fundraiser in Connecticut just [...]

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The Rules Of Unengagement

Posted on June 27th, 2010

What do Gen. McChrystal and British Petroleum have in common? Aside from the fact that they’re both Democratic Party supporters. Or they were. Stanley McChrystal is a liberal who voted for Obama and banned Fox News from his HQ TV. Which may at least partly explain how he became the first U.S. general to be [...]

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McChrystal Apologizes for Remarks in Profile, Summoned to White House

Posted on June 22nd, 2010

The top U.S. war commander in Afghanistan is being called to the White House for a face-to-face meeting with President Obama after issuing an apology Tuesday for an interview in which he described the president as unprepared for their first meeting.  In the article in this week’s issue of Rolling Stone, Gen. Stanley McChrystal also [...]

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Mort Zuckerman: World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur

Posted on June 19th, 2010

Image Credit: pumasunleashed.files.wordpress.com   President Obama came into office as the heir to a great foreign policy legacy enjoyed by every recent U.S. president. Why? Because the United States stands on top of the power ladder, not necessarily as the dominant power, but certainly as the leading one. As such we are the sole nation [...]

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Obama’s ‘Chicago mafia’ blamed for paralysis at the top

Posted on February 21st, 2010

WHEN President Barack Obama’s secret service codename was revealed as Renegade and his wife Michelle’s as Renaissance, the names seemed perfect for a first couple who had come to Washington to shake things up. More than a year into the Obama administration, with healthcare yet to be reformed, Wall Street banks continuing to pay huge [...]

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