Posts Tagged ‘war’

Petty Politicking Plagues Progress

Recent polling has found that a majority of Americans feel that the country is too politically divided. No, this does not mean that the American people feel that fifty states are too many, or that counties, cities, parishes, and boroughs should be dissolved across the board. Rather, the concern is that there is too much [...]

Approaching Afghanistan Appropriately

The news of the past week has shown that President Obama does not take well to criticism. If the Fox News flare-up was not enough to suggest this, then certainly the White House’s terse response to criticism from the Associated Press of dubious stimulus-related job claims was. Thus, one is left with reasons to worry about [...]

Could Afghanistan Become Obama’s Iraq?

As we well know, the Iraq war contributed substantially to former President George W. Bush’s popularity free fall.  Could similar circumstances in Afghanistan contribute to a similar drop for President Obama? Soren Dayton via Twitter brought my attention to a piece that quotes the following from a McClatchy report: WASHINGTON – The prospect that U.S. [...]