McCain is back to being a Senator and offering advice on Afghanistan: Sen. John McCain says the situation in Afghanistan will get more difficult before it gets easier — “just like the surge in Iraq was.” The former Republican presidential candidate visited the southern province of Helmand on Sunday, where he said NATO forces are […]
Yup – that’s what the foundation of right wing idiocy, the National Review, is pushing, along with an attempt to get Time Magazine to name Palin “Person of the Year”. What’s one of their qualifying factors? On the lighter side, one foreign-policy expert showed up for a panel in a towel (but fully clothed underneath) […]
Iraq was the key issue in the mid-term elections. Republicans and Democrats actually agree on that assessment. Now we are seeing a growing number of Republicans speaking out against the administration (it has become the hip thing to do). As if that isn’t enough, we found out via a new ABC poll of Senators that […]
Yeah – that other war! Islamic militants are using a recent peace deal with the government to consolidate their hold in northern Pakistan, vastly expanding their training of suicide bombers and other recruits and fortifying alliances with Al Qaeda and foreign fighters, diplomats and intelligence officials from several nations say. The result, they say, is […]
Now before I start I know this story might touch a raw nerve for some people. When the picture was first published in the Morning Star newspaper on September 10th there was an outcry of disgust and complaints. I do not wish to offend people, so anyone who might be, please do not read on. […]
OK I have to really get something off my chest. The arrest of those three college students arrested in Alabama has really got me thinking. I pointed out in my original post on the subject how it had become a right wing conspiracy theory. If you frequent political forums, like I do, then you would […]