This morning, at 5 a.m. ET, the Iraq War came to an abrupt end. Devoid of the shock and awe of the initial invasion, this time I was able to view the historic event from the comfort of my living room. When President Bush announced the beginning of the Operation Iraqi Freedom, I was in [...]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would insist on certain conditions and set limits on what American and NATO troops could and could not do in his country on Wednesday in an apparent appeasement speech to a grand council of Afghan elders, officials and dignitaries, known as a loya jirga. “America is powerful, has more [...]
Obama’s speech lacked passion and was less than convincing when defending actions against Libya. There may have been good reason to attack the Gaddafi regime. While it appears that a potential slaughter was averted it’s still unclear as to ‘why there’? Why there and not Tunisia, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Dafur, the Congo or any [...]
I normally subscribe to the notion that you do not speak ill of the dead. In the case of Robert Strange McNamara, former Secretary of Defense, I will make an exception. If one person had to be singled out as being responsible for the turbulent 1960′s it would have to be Robert McNamara. Close behind [...]
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Senator Dick Durbin were David Gregory’s guests Sunday morning on “Meet the Press”. Newt Gingrich gave a compelling statement regarding the question of why Guantanamo Bay should continue to be used for a prison to hold captured enemy combatants. The fact is the 3,100 Americans who were [...]
“The record is clear: rather than keep us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security.” “It is a rallying cry for our enemies. It sets back the willingness of our allies to work with us in fighting an enemy that operates in scores of countries. By any measure, the costs of keeping [...]
