Archive for 'War' Category

Stating the Obvious: Terrorist Activity Has Risen in Sync with Troop Increases in Afghanistan

Sometimes, someone just needs to point out the obvious: As the number of troops in Afghanistan has gone up, so has terrorism.
The past two weeks, we’ve seen a marked increase in the amount of terrorist activity focused on the U.S.. There was of course the Underwear bomber on Christmas Day on a plane from Amsterdam [...]

Buyers remorse. “Seller’s” Remorse.

In 1959, the late great comedic actor Peter Sellers starred in “The Mouse that Roared”, a quirky comedy about a tiny bankrupt nation that decided to declare war on America for the billions of dollars in reconstruction funds they hoped to receive following their crushing defeat (ala The Marshal Plan). Comedy ensues when Sellers and [...]

1.2.3. What are We Fightin’ For? Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan.

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Country Joe & The Fish said it best in their famed anti-Vietnam War song: “1.2.3. What are We Fightin’ For?” A question I’ve been asking myself since President Obama took office.
 

 
Last night, President Obama addressed the nation from the West Point Military Academy to tell us he was sending another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan [...]

Thoughts on the Afghan War Prior to Obama’s Speech

This will be a short commentary preceding President Obama’s address to the nation Tuesday night regarding sending additional troops to Afghanistan.
It is expected that President Obama will announce plans to send between 32 and 35 thousand additional troops to Afghanistan, slightly less than the 40,000 General Stanley McChrystal reportedly asked for last September. What conditions [...]

The Nobel Peace Prize, War, and The Generals Bush Replaced

Yes, the Nobel Peace Prize. And yes, I know, questions abound as to what was done to deserve it. You don’t have to say it.
Personally, I think the award should be for “accomplishments” not “expectations”, but one thing was mightily clear… the strongest explanation as to why President Obama received the NPP boils down to [...]

Reboot Afghanistan. Here’s How to Win.

A little over 200 years ago, the most powerful military empire on Earth became mired in a decade-long war that ended in humiliating defeat. The locals, consisting mostly of poor uneducated rural farmers and ranchers with few resources, used their “homefield advantage” to eventually defeat the foreign invaders.
If you haven’t already figured it out, I’m [...]

Did Saudi kid confirm Bush let bin Laden escape at Tora Bora?

It was a throw-away line at best in the middle of a story on NBC Nightly News last Tuesday night that no one seemed to notice.
The story was about “a rehab center for young Saudi Arabian boys” that had once been lured into joining al Qaeda. After serving time in a juvenile detention facility, the boys [...]