AP Publishes Photo of Dying Marine (Updated x2)
[Guest post by DRJ] The AP has published a photo taken August 14 of Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard after he suffered severe leg injuries from a rocket propelled grenade during a firefight against the...
View ArticleAnother New York Times Reporter Freed in Afghanistan
[Guest post by DRJ] A New York Times reporter held hostage by the Taliban has been freed by British commandos: “Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter held captive by militants in northern...
View ArticleReleased Afghan Detainee Set to Sue U.S.
[Guest post by DRJ] Catching up on a story from a couple of weeks ago, the Obama Administration has released Mohammed Jawad from Guanatanamo and returned him to Afghanistan: “Mohammed Jawad returned to...
View ArticleObama Administration: Bagram Detainees Have Less Rights Than Gitmo Detainees...
[Guest post by DRJ] As reported by Jake Tapper: “President Obama’s Justice Department last night filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia arguing that the 600 or so...
View ArticleHuman Rights Groups Pressure Obama Administration
[Guest post by DRJ] More and more, the human rights honeymoon with the Obama Administration appears to be over: “Three human rights groups today lashed out at the Obama administration for refusing to...
View ArticleMcChrystal Report: More Troops or Fail (Updated)
[Guest post by DRJ] General Stanley McChrystal, President Obama’s choice for military commander in Afghanistan, reports he needs more troops or the mission will likely fail: “The top U.S. and NATO...
View ArticleWill Gen. McChrystal Get the Troops He Needs? Is This a Hint?
Indications are that Gen. McChrystal will resign if he does not get the additional troops he says he needs to win in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, note well this quote from an anonymous Obama administration...
View ArticleThe Judgment to Lead
[Guest post by DRJ] Candidate Obama said Afghanistan is “the war that has to be won” and, as he visited Afghanistan during the Presidential campaign, he spoke of the need to increase American troops in...
View ArticleOne is the Loneliest Number
[Guest post by DRJ] General Stanley McChrystal, Obama’s commander in Afghanistan, has talked to President Obama once in the past 70 days: “McChrystal talked about his interaction with the president in...
View ArticleStraight Talk About the War in Afghanistan?
[Guest post by DRJ] Eight U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, bringing to 15 the number of Americans killed this month. But Obama’s National Security Adviser retired General James Jones...
View ArticleObama Angry at McChrystal?
[Guest post by DRJ] President Obama’s 25-minute meeting in Copenhagen with General McChrystal may have been more about Obama dressing down McChrystal than a discussion of military strategy: “According...
View ArticleObama Receives McChrystal’s Troop Request
[Guest post by DRJ] The AP reports that President Obama asked last week for General McChrystal’s report containing his request for more troops in Afghanistan. The report has been delivered to Obama and...
View ArticleCindy Sheehan Protests Obama’s War
[Guest post by DRJ] Cindy Sheehan has moved to Washington and is protesting Barack Obama’s war: “Cindy Sheehan says she is moving to Washington. The anti-war activist was outside the White House for...
View ArticleObama May Let Taliban Stay in Afghanistan (Updated)
[Guest post by DRJ] The AP reports the Obama Administration is considering a strategy that focuses on al Qaeda and allows Taliban rule in parts of Afghanistan: “Obama’s developing strategy on the...
View ArticleA Time to Play and a Time to Lead
[Guest post by DRJ] Life’s good in Washington if you’re President Obama, who had a few spare hours and plenty of takers for a pick-up basketball game at the White House. But Obama had a good day —...
View ArticleBob Kerrey’s Afghanistan Op-Ed
[Guest post by DRJ] On the Op-Ed pages of the Wall Street Journal, Bob Kerrey hopes President Obama does not waver on Afghanistan: “There is surely a strong temptation to conform his better judgment to...
View ArticleVoting Present on Afghanistan
[Guest post by DRJ] Taliban violence is escalating in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the Taliban leaders almost certainly noticed President Obama’s delay in acting on General McChrystal’s request for...
View ArticleObama and the Taliban
[Guest post by DRJ] Reports indicate President Obama may retool his Afghanistan policy by focusing on al Qaeda and accepting Taliban involvement in the future. Implicit in that decision is the belief...
View ArticleMore Delays in Afghan Troop Decision
[Guest post by DRJ] The Obama Administration’s most recent excuse for not sending more troops to Afghanistan is that they need proof the Afghan government will be a good partner: “In Sunday talk show...
View ArticleThe War Over Afghanistan
[Guest post by DRJ] There’s a war in Afghanistan and a war over Afghanistan, and the latter appears to be between the Defense Department and the White House. Exhibit “A” is from The Weekly Standard’s...
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