Obama Picked The Wrong War
There's a management saying: the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Bestowing stable government upon Afghanistan is not the main thing. Eradicating al-Qaeda is the main thing. Watching President Obama speak this week about the US drawdown from Afghanistan, I thought of the old …Does Huntsman Face an Uphill Battle?
Huntsman strategist Jon Weaver has identified the core problem with the GOP brand. Jon Huntsman strategist Jon Weaver, speaking to Esquire magazine on the core GOP problem: "There's a simple reason our party is nowhere near being a national governing party .... No one wants to be around a …U.S. Must Not Defeat Itself In Afghanistan
The cost of winning the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is quite modest and quite manageable. The cost of losing, by contrast, could prove catastrophic for the United States. Say this for Congressional Democrats: When it comes to national defense and foreign policy, they are at least …Canada's Worn-Out Military
Canada's Afghan mission has so depleted its armed forces that they may need a full year to recover before being able to deploy again overseas. As Canada prepares to leave Afghanistan, a weakness in our military is inadvertently revealed in comments by Lt.-Gen Peter Devlin, Commander of the …Bad News from Afghanistan
A new report suggests that despite battlefield victories, the U.S. is still failing to win over the Afghan people. This is not good news. Despite battlefield gains against insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the United States is failing to win over Afghans in the heartland of the Taliban, a …Bin Laden's Kid Lashes Out
When I first heard that Osama Bin Laden's son Omar was calling his father's death a violation of international law, I had to assume it was a joke. One’s first reaction is that it’s a joke – a parody to attract attention. But no. It’s apparently for real. If so, it shows how hopeless it is to …America's Afghan Mission: The Wrong Front Line?
The world's most important terrorist safe haven is visibly not Afghanistan, but instead next-door Pakistan. After the death of Osama bin Laden, the U.S. is now faced with a difficult question. My latest column for CNN.com asks: Is the commitment of 100,000 troops in Afghanistan hurting our ability …Have We Won the War on Terror?
In 2001, we feared that radical Islam might gain money and nukes. Since then, radical Islam has been contained, marginalized, bypassed - and then shot above the eye by an American special forces team. Has the war on terror already been won? Or to put it another way: Is the killing of bin Laden …Inside the SEAL Team Raid on Bin Laden's Lair
SEAL Team Six is getting the credit for the Bin Laden hit, but as a part of JSOC - the shadowy Joint Special Operations Command - it's inconceivable they did it alone. At this time, hundreds of thousands of U.S. and allied military men and women are giving thanks they have lived to see this …