Over at Slate, Fred Kaplan notes that “The White House debate over how many troops to withdraw from Afghanistan next month is really a surrogate for a larger, more fractious debate over the wisdom and strategy of the war itself.” And Fred, being Fred, also notes that this is really really important and we ought…
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Robert M. Gates, totally full of it. Totally.
“Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned on Thursday that North Korea was within five years of being able to target the continental United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile, and said that, combined with its expanding nuclear program, the country “is becoming a direct threat to the United States,” today’s New York Times reports. According…
The Obama doctrine: Shoot first and ask questions later. Sir, may I ask a question?
Now that President Obama has won a significant victory for improving the health of millions of Americans, he might feel secure enough politically to stop, you know, murdering innocent people in Afghanistan. So far this year, our current “Slaughter the Innocents” policy in the country we are fighting to prevent from having, someday, a government…
The Sorrows, and Sins, of Obama
Oy, Obama, n’est-ce pas? Yeah, I voted for him, I even gave him money, and I thank God every day that Georgie Boy, and Dickie Boy, are out of the White House, but overall I’m hard pressed to give my man more than a B-. Of course, my low grade is the least of Barack’s…
The Angst of Anne—why Anne Applebaum wants to ruin your summer
Yeah, it’s summertime, all right, and the living is easy, but Anne Applebaum wants to rain all over your parade. It’s August, after all, and you know what happened in August! World War I! Forget the sunblock, dude, and strap on a gas mask! In her latest, greatest effusion, billed as “Beach Worrying” at Slate,…
John McCain, vote for him Pauline Kael would not
It takes a lot to make Pauline Kael talk like Yoda, but these are parlous times. Over at the Weekly Standard, poor Bill Kristol is at such a loss for words, and sense, that he’s asking the American people to choose a President based on his taste in film! It’s true! Here’s the deal: Katie…
Further thoughts on the current discontents
If we can take Barack Obama at his word—and I fear we have to—we are in all likelihood entering a new era of regulation. Whatever Wall Street Pacification Package emerges from the current confusion, it certainly won’t turn things around before election day, which is looking more and more like a blowout win for the…
The Washington Post, searching for purpose
Why are we in Iraq? Good question! Damned good question! Originally, it was stop Saddam from attacking us with “weapons of mass destruction,” nukes in particular, or at least that dreadful yellow cake. There was no chance that Saddam would attack us, of course—he wasn’t that dumb—but the mere fact that he had those WMD…