hotair.com - 10/12/2009
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Or rather, if Obama’s serious about detente , why doesn’t he demand that they do so as one of those “constructive beginnings” with Islamist fascists that he’s been pursuing? [...] Read the rest »
huffingtonpost.com - 10/14/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
It's been a big week for Joe Biden,
with his position on Afghanistan landing him on the...
cover of Newsweek. I have an idea for how he can capitalize on all the attention, and do what generations to come will always be grateful for: resign. On ...
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Why Joe Biden Should Resign
foxnews.com - 10/8/2009
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WASHINGTON -- President Obama is inclined to send
only as many more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as...
are needed to keep Al Qaeda at bay, a senior administration official said. The official, in an interview with The Associated Press, also added that the ...
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Official: Obama to Send Enough Troops to Keep Al Qaeda ...
abcnews.go.com - 10/14/2009
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Why the Taliban cannot be separated from Al Qaeda
Sister Toldjah —
(H/T – Allahpundit, who asks the $64,000 question on why the “moderate” Taliban won’t give up Osama bin Laden)
Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn explain why we must defeat the Taliban, as well as the other affiliated Afghani insurgencies. In a nutshell:
All three of the main Afghani insurgent groups, the Quetta Shura Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, have extensive personal leadership-to-leadership ties to Al Qaeda, established over decades of cultivation by Al Qaeda.
The relationship ...
Why the Taliban cannot be separated from Al Qaeda
No Runny Eggs —
(H/T – Allahpundit, who asks the $64,000 question on why the “moderate” Taliban won’t give up Osama bin Laden)
Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn explain why we must defeat the Taliban, as well as the other affiliated Afghani insurgencies. In a nutshell:
All three of the main Afghani insurgent groups, the Quetta Shura Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, have extensive personal leadership-to-leadership ties to Al Qaeda, established over decades of cultivation by Al Qaeda.
The relationship ...
OK Serious Question From Allahpundit
The Jawa Report —
October 12, 2009 OK Serious Question From Allahpundit If the Talibans serious about detente, why dont they give us Bin Laden ? Er uh cause lying to infidels in order to deceive them is like lying to your dog. Not a sin in Islam. Seems I remember Muhammad said something about, "War is deceit". So a much better gauge of the Taliban or any other Islamist group's intentions would be to look at their actions. Lets see the Taliban for instance can not ever turn of bin-Laden to the infidels. Against the Koran and they haven't even offered and never will. What does that action tell ...
let’s call it a test of sincerity
Knowledge is Power —
… of the Taliban’s sincerity, too.
WAR: The Taliban Deal-Breaker
Baseball Crank —
... Now, Obama is putting up trial balloons about giving up on the whole project and accepting the Taliban returning to power as a fait accompli before it has even become one (passively allowing conditions on the ground to worsen and then accept the results as inevitable is Obama's go-to foreign policy move). But Allahpundit asks one crucial question we need to put to the Taliban to test whether or not it's completely insane to do this: ...
Will Obama Ask The Taliban The Deal-Breaker Question?
RedState —
... Now, Obama is putting up trial balloons about giving up on the whole project and accepting the Taliban returning to power as a fait accompli before it has even become one (passively allowing conditions on the ground to worsen and then accept the results as inevitable is Obama’s go-to foreign policy move). But Allahpundit asks one crucial question we need to put to the Taliban to test whether or not it’s completely insane to do this: ...
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Osama Betting on a U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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OK, be clear…
upper-left.blogspot.com 9/4/2009 — …but you'll have to try again, because clarity seems to have eluded you this time. Adam Bink writes at Open Left… Let me be clear: I'm for having the necessary amount of troops on the ground to win the war, within reason. My problem is with the ...
The Debate on Afghanistan
outsidethebeltway.com 10/13/2009 — The debate of Afghanistan continues in the nation’s opinion pages.
Robert Kaplan in The Atlantic makes the case for counter-insurgency:
Obama needs to get behind his chosen general as soon as possible and put this spectacle of ...
Obama agenda: Afghanistan —
First Read 10/12/2009
The Washington Times has an interesting story claiming Pakistani intelligence officials are complaining about a lack of intel-sharing by the U.S. Of course, there's still a trust issue in the U.S. when it comes to dealing with the ISI of ...
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