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Steele Blames Afghan War on Obama, Drawing Calls to Resign

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

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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Drudge: Gen. McChrystal has submitted His Resignation

FLASH: According to an unnamed source ‘Gen. McChrystal has submitted his resignation’ – Joe Klein on Rick Sanchez, CNN… Developing… On eve of major offensive in Kandahar? Gen. McChrystal summoned to White House… Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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Cheerleader in Chief

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=34763 By: Wayne Simmons At no time in recent American military history has a speech delivered by a President of the United States done so much to distance our nation from victory and put the men and woman of the military and intelligence agencies in harm’s way. President Obama’s big Afghanistan speech caused nary a [...]

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The Cavalry’s Comin’, but They Ain’t Staying Long

As you all know, President Barack Obama, after months of stalling, finally delivered his Afghan policy speech last night at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. I forced myself to watch the speech in it’s entirety and I say “forced” because I grew very tired of Obama’s cliche and bromide laced speeches during the [...]

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White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving

Since Obama used his brief stint as a U.S. Senator from Illinois basically to run for President, you might be excused for the brashness of thinking that maybe, just maybe he would have spent some time prior to his election giving some thought to his policy in the Afghan war. That would be presumptious. This [...]

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