Note:Reasonable people can differ about the wisdom of our ongoing war in Afghanistan,its proper goals or methods of execution,and which policies will best secure our interests following the death of Osama bin Laden. Conservatives continue to debate these issues. Below,Lisa Curtis offers her view that by ignoring the generals,Obama is [...] Jim Emerson,FloydReports.com Before dawn this weekend,approximately 475 Taliban fighters escaped from a large prison in Kandahar. The prisoners opened their cell doors and left the prison through a well-prepared tunnel. Like the classic movie The Great Escape,they managed to escape without being detected. This is not be a Hollywood script but [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com With Islamic riots,skyrocketing deficits,and state-skipping Democratic legislators hogging the headlines,this item has not yet gotten the attention it deserves. Steve Coll writes in The New Yorker,“The Obama Administration has entered into direct,secret talks with senior Afghan Taliban leaders,several people briefed about the talks [...] Kevin “Coach”Collins,Coach Is Right A spokeswoman for the Treasury Department insists “No American taxpayer funds will be used to support [a] Kabul Bank.” Let’s hope this is one promise from these people we can count on because there will be serious consequences if Obama reverses himself. The banks in Afghanistan [...] by Rep. Steve King,Human Events On December 18,2007,then presidential candidate Barack Obama leveled the first of dozens of heavy criticisms against President George W. Bush. In a speech in Des Moines,Obama blasted President Bush for taking his “eye off the ball in Afghanistan."He continued:"It’s time to…increase our [...] By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah,CNS News The Taliban is getting more aggressive Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday,killing 12 people —including six U.N. staff —in the biggest in a [...] The Fox News Rather than going for victory Obama will shift strategy and send few troops President Obama is inclined to send only as many more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as are needed to keep Al Qaeda at bay,a senior administration official said. The official,[...] By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,Townhall.com The terrorist release that has garnered headlines is Scotland’s release of the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. On his return home,al-Megrahi was fêted as a hero by Libya’s President Moammar Gadhafi. Such merriment is a sad capstone to events [...] Seth Jones,New York Post As Marine Corps forces roll into southern Afghanistan,they face an enemy familiar to US officials —Mullah Zakir,a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who now leads a reconstituted Taliban. Abdul Qayum Zakir,also known as Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul,is from Helmand Province and has taken [...] By Los Angeles Times View of Gitmo from air President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order his first week in office —and perhaps his first day —to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay,according to two presidential transition team advisers. It’s unlikely the [...] | |
