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salon.com - 10/9/2009

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

— salon.com — When I saw this morning's top New York Times headline -- " Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace... Prize " -- I had the same immediate reaction which I'm certain many others had: this was some kind of bizarre Onion gag that got accidentally transposed onto the ... (more) Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

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nytimes.com - 10/11/2009

Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco

— nytimes.com — THOSE of us who love F. Scott Fitzgerald must acknowledge that he did get one big thing... wrong. There are second acts in American lives. (Just ask Marion Barry, or William Shatner.) The real question is whether everyone deserves a second act. Perhaps ... (more) Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco

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themoderatevoice.com - 10/11/2009

Frank Rich on Afghanistan and the Three Amigos

— themoderatevoice.com — Although I have written a couple of commentaries on the Afghanistan war, mainly illustrating the complexity of... that conflict, I will be the first one to admit that I am by no means an expert on that issue and that I have no relevant suggestions on how to proceed. The real experts are hard at ... (more) Frank Rich on Afghanistan and the Three Amigos

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"No serious leader in Kabul is asking us to leave. Instead we are being asked to withdraw by American leaders who begin their analysis with the presumption that victory is not possible."
Althouse — "They seem to want to ensure defeat by leaving at the very moment when our military leader on the ground has laid out a coherent and compelling strategy for victory. When it comes to foreign policy, almost nothing matters more then your friends and your enemies knowing you will keep your word and follow through on your commitments. This is the real test of presidential leadership. I hope that President Obama—soon to be a Nobel laureate—passes with flying colors." Bob Kerrey. ...

BOB KERREY: “No serious leader in Kabul is asking us to leave. Instead we are being asked to withdr…
Instapundit — ... BOB KERREY: “No serious leader in Kabul is asking us to leave. Instead we are being asked to withdraw by American leaders who begin their analysis with the presumption that victory is not possible. They seem to want to ensure defeat by leaving at the very moment when our military leader on the ground has laid out a coherent and compelling strategy for victory.” ...

Resist Retreat
Chicago Boyz — ... my nostalgia for those great flat plains. Still, you know, I would pause before voting for Bob Kerrey: that he couldn’t see the reflexive anti-Americanism in Obama (one I doubt he feels) is a problem. Watching his long-time partner Winger describing Polanski as victim last week made me wonder again at his judgment in the personal as well as the political. Sure, Krauthammer is more cogent. Still, Kerrey can be and has been heroic; he remains a Nebraskan and remains more right (and more honest) than most Democrats: ...

A Democrat Understands Afghanistan
Blogs For Victory — Couldn’t say it better, myself: President Obama’s decision is extremely difficult. Today, less than 50% of Americans support the war. No doubt even fewer Americans would be on the side of doing what Gen. Stanley McChrystal wants to do: temporarily increase the number of troops and dramatically change our strategy. The way we have provided development assistance to the government in Afghanistan hasn’t improved the lives of the Afghan people. A cloud of illegitimacy hangs over President Hamid Karzai because of the recent election. ...

Obama WH falsely downplaying risks of retreat in Afghanistan: Military, intel sources
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... his radical brand of Islam to Afghanistan’s neighbors and beyond, the officials said. McClatchy interviewed more than 15 senior and mid-level U.S. intelligence, military and diplomatic officials, all of whom said they concurred with the assessments. All of them requested anonymity because the assessments are classified and the officials weren’t authorized to speak publicly. Bob Kerrey openly wonders why the White House has begun to tread the ground of retreat, in an op-ed for today’s Wall Street Journal : Yet despite these setbacks, our leaders must remain focused on the fact ...

Worth Reading
Democracy Project — I didn’t have a chance to blog further on these pieces, but they are worth reading: * Sen. Bob Kerrey argues in the WSJ that a stable democracy can survive in Afghanistan.  * Democrats and the AFL-CIO are proposing taxing stock trades to pay for nationalized health care. * Apple quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its opposition to the Obama Administration’s Climate Change bill. a