Was Afghanistan not major enough for him? It almost reminds you of when Rumsfeld was not impressed with invading Afghanistan because it did not provide a rich enough target environment.
Both candidates are embracing, rather than challenging, the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror," which substitutes hysteria for rational analysis in appraising the dangers the country faces.
From Kabul to Baghdad to Jerusalem, in Berlin and now in Paris, Obama's conduct abroad has earned him the right to be considered a respected presumptive commander-in-chief.
Obama's Afghan appearance won't stop the criticism from foes that he doesn't know enough about fighting and winning a war, and that his credential as a tough guy on the war against terrorism is suspect.
Berating women who are still supporting for vice president a candidate who won half the Democratic presidential nominee votes is not the way to persuade them to support Obama.
Our military officials felt brave enough to send our troops into battle, and yet not one of them has the strength of character to look Pat's mother, Mary Tillman, in the face, and say they are sorry.
Don't keep insisting to the Arabs that you're not a Muslim. They already know that, and they don't care.
Let's call these missions what they are: photo ops and ways of gathering impressions, opinions, and assumptions from various sources on the ground. Let's leave the fact-finding to Google.
Both Obama and McCain are advocating the exact same "solution" in Afghanistan: more troops -- Yet sending more troops will only mean more violence. And it's also not enough to simply say "Troops Out Now."
With the eyes of the world, and the U.S. media, trained intently on Obama during his week-long tour of the Middle East and Europe, for McCain, there is the question of what to do while all this is going on.
Seeing Obama in front of American troops at Bagram is not only a great relief (and, hopefully, a preview), it offers a profound contrast with what we've been suffering from.
The presumptive Democratic nominee's world tour etablished that Obama has the gravitas to become President of the United States and neutralized McCain's national security credentials.
Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...
It is one thing to masterfully run a primary campaign, and quite another to travel to three of the world's hottest conflict zones, each with its own unique challenges.
A few hours into his journey to the two key lands occupied by American troops, Barack Obama is feeling the love. Indeed, it seems as if leaders in bo...
Bush and McCain had barely completed even one Iraq victory lap singing hosannas to the surge when they were obliged to begin thinking and talking about how they're going to shore up a failing policy in Afghanistan.
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Tell us something we don't know.
I heard Zbigniew Brzezinski on "Morning Joe" talking about Iran in the same way, stressing cultural engagement with the Mullahs and less focus on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It was inspiring to think about having a president without an agenda set by multinational corporations.
Bribing the heroin distributors and growers is a great idea.
It would be a lot cheaper than turning it into another Iraq.
Obama-Webb '08
BinLaden WANTED the US in Afghanistan because he thought he could do to us there what was done to the Soviets.
Bush obliged him - fell right into the trap that was set for him and then backed into an even BIGGER mess by also taking on Iraq....... Bush made enemies of the peeople in BOTH countries who initially welcomed us - and made us suspect in the eyes of ALL Muslims (and any other oil producing country).
What a novel idea - military power can't solve all problems!
Must be some sort of a liberal.
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