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Egypt – The beginning of turmoil in the Middle East – 2011 Will Obama lose Iraq? This is not insignificant question, since Obama inherited a winning situation in Iraq but now he is in danger of making our sacrifice in Iraq meaningless. The goal of the incoming administration should have been to establish a relationship with the new government while allowing a drawdown of our troops, but Obama simply failed to look at the long term strategic t…
“When Johnnie Comes Marching Home” On March 23rd 2003 US forces along with coalition troops first set foot on Iraqi soil with orders to destroy the Iraqi army. Two weeks later on April 9th allied forces triumphantly drove into the Iraqi capital of Bagdad. On Friday October 21st, 2011 President Barack Obama told the United States people and the world that all US ground forces, some 50 thousand troops, will be out of Iraq by year’s end; thus endi…
… regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley. On the whole, his administration skewed toward the worst excesses of TR and FDR and could hardly be called conservative, despite tax reform and an unflinching commitment to winning the war in Iraq. Now, four years after running a Progressive in (tattered) Conservative clothing, who would be “acceptable to independents,” the GOP finds itself lining up the circular firing squad to choose a nominee. As the Bushes be…
…en Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to stay on in his position and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. These two are far from the left and seem to show that Obama is backing away from waving the white flag of surrender in Iraq. Don’t get me wrong, I do not like the Clintons, Hillary or otherwise, but, at least, she voted for the war in Iraq and will seem to follow through on the current policy along with Gates. I anticipate that they will rem…
…ons of what a hero is. They say it is heroic to have started gender reassignment surgery and appear on national television. I say it is brave to do that but it is heroic to have served as a soldier, had your face blown off in Iraq and then appear on national television. Let me back up a bit: I love that Chaz Bono is on the show. In case you are really good at avoiding pop culture, Chaz Bono is Cher’s son. He used to be Chastity Bono who was Cher’…
…ight to use force if needed. There was a debate before the buildup toward war, and Congress was given the opportunity to say yea or nay. You can easily make the case that Congress allowed both Bush’s a declaration of war if Iraq did not meet certain conditions, which they did not. Neither Obama in Libya, nor Clinton in the Balkans ever went to Congress and asked for support. Whether one agreed with Obama’s policy toward Libya or whether one be…
…nts. The majority of them were along the line of “Yes, I agree too, but who is going to pay for it and how is it going to work?” Almost universally, the liberal responses were either “The Rich,” or “Bring the Troops Back from Iraq and Afghanistan.” I then realized that most thinking from Liberals is not based upon logic. In fact, from these responses, it appears liberal thinking is idealist and based upon emotion. This has been argued in the past…
…Republican strategist and I just don’t buy that — I’m convinced the 84 percent disapproval will hurt the Dems as much as it hurts us — what about: 60% of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of Iraq — this after his announcement on Friday that he was bringing troops home by Christmas, an announcement which was attacked by all the major Republicans as a failure due to the way the end game came about (a dispute…
…he President has proposed total global nuclear disarmament which no one has taken seriously and we have finally joined with the rest of the world to find a way we can all live with global warming. We’re still fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the US installed government in Iraq is so corrupt it makes Chicago politicians look like saints. I thought the Nobel Prize was given for positive results in the area of peace not for just trying to g…
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