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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2012 77 Comments
The successful Navy SEAL raid which killed Osama bin Laden is becoming one of the central themes of the Obama campaign. Almost every other sentence out of the mouth of Joe Biden (who opposed the raid) is about “bin Laden.” We know that bin Laden was...

Posted by Louis R. Lombardi on January 29, 2012 9 Comments
With the Republican primary taking up all the oxygen, other issues of importance have been flying under the radar. One such issue is our peace initiative in Afghanistan. The Obama administration has decided to engage Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef as a conduit to the Taliban...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 12, 2011 37 Comments
End Game – no clear winner.  Cain exceeded expectations but only because expectations were low.  Perry redeemed himself but I doubt it will change perceptions.  Newt and Romney were both good, Newt scored his usual slap at the moderator and it worked wonderfully.  Scott Pelley...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2010 8 Comments
Gen. Stanley McChrystal was relieved of command in Afghanistan after an article in Rolling Stone magazine. The article widely was described as evidencing McChrystal’s insubordination by criticizing the political leadership, but as I demonstrated, such explanation did not make a lot of sense. There were...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2010 6 Comments
That should be the headline of the day. Barack Obama has just announced that Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of command in Afghanistan based on an article in Rolling Stone which barely quoted McChrystal, but did include numerous inflammatory remarks by anonymous staffers and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 01, 2009 11 Comments
“A camel is a horse designed by a committee.” That’s the feeling I had listening to Obama’s speech tonight about his military designs for Afghanistan. The speech followed pre-speech reports of Obama’s plan. There were no substantive surprises, but Obama seemed truly moved by the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2009 2 Comments
Regarding Obama administration policy towards Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, it is reported: Obama administration officials are saying they’ll judge Karzai on his appointments …. Hmm … Van Jones, Bill Richardson, Tom Daschle, Ron Kirk, Nancy Killefer, Hilda Solis, Chas Freeman, etcetera. Perhaps the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2009 1 Comment
During the primary campaign against Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama attempted to prove intentions to keep us safe by insisting that he, unlike the Bush administration, would send troops into Pakistan without Pakistani approval: In a strikingly bold speech about terrorism Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Illinois...
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