Posts Tagged ‘afghanistan’

Republicans and the Cold War

March 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Ever read one of those posts that just puzzles you?  I do that all the time.  Kinda like sitting in a chair that’s about to tilt over.  Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it hurts.  I was reading a post by Andrew Pavelyev in The New Majority and got that feeling.  He meanders until he reaches his [...]

Scott Ott and the Obama Doctrine

July 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Scott Ott has been one of my favorite authors for quite some time.  Here is yet another reason why: …..Sen. Obama, a man who aspires to be our commander in chief, tells us that a nation called Afghanistan is where this threat dwells. Yet, he says, it does not dwell in Iraq. He tells us [...]

the death of Benazir Bhutto

December 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment

I am reading right now that Benazir Bhutto died in the suicide attack on her rally. This is awful news. I have heard a lot of speculation that Al Qaeda has focused on Pakistan since it’s getting its butt kicked in Iraq and Afghanistan.   That makes sense.  What doesn’t make sense there is attacking Bhutto.  [...]

What will the Democrats do?

December 26th, 2007 | No Comments

I was listening to a debate I think it was on CNN.  The emphasis of the debate was how qualified Hillary Clinton was to lead the country based on her own statements of how she had helped lead the country during her husband’s tenure.  There was a Republican debator, and a Democrat debator.  The first [...]

Why I’ll never run for national office

October 9th, 2007 | No Comments

Or probably any office for that matter.  Check this out: At the event in North Hampton, Iowa, a questioner took issue with Clinton’s recent Senate vote calling on President Bush to formally call the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. He argued that such a distinction confers the president with the ability to invade the [...]

Obama’s toast ( most likely )

August 1st, 2007 | 6 Comments

I just finished the entirety of Barack Obama’s speech to the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Obama’s toast. The reason I say that is if you read the entire speech, and don’t just pull little tidbits from it, he seems to be quicker with a trigger and harsher diplomatically than Bush ever dreamed of. Now, [...]

Michael Chertoff and all that “chatter”

July 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments

Michael Chertoff created a buzz, and has done a weak job dealing with it. Basically he insinuated there’s a growing threat from Al Qaeda due to increased chatter. What he has not done is say there is an increased threat from Al Qaeda due to increased chatter. He upped that concern by saying it’s something [...]

The Koran that was never flushed

May 16th, 2005 | No Comments

Newsweek apologized on Sunday for the article, but while acknowledging possible errors, the magazine stopped short of retracting it. The report that a Koran had been flushed down a toilet set off the most virulent, widespread anti-American protests in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban government more than three years ago. “We regret that [...]