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ThinkProgress Challenges McCain On His 2003 Statement That We May ‘Muddle Through In Afghanistan’
Think Progress —
... Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) delivered a speech on Afghanistan at the neoconservative think tank American Enterprise Institute. TP Wonk Room’s Matt Duss attended the event and asked McCain this question: ...
McCain Decries ‘Loose Rhetoric About A Minimal Commitment In Afghanistan’ … Like His Own
Think Progress —
... and retreat. These doubts about our staying power deter ordinary Afghans from siding with our coalition against the insurgency.
This pivot to Afghanistan is new for McCain. During the presidential campaign, when Barack Obama was already calling Afghanistan the “central front” in the war on terrorism, McCain was still insisting it was Iraq.
Additionally, as ThinkProgress has highlighted, in November 2003, McCain was tossing around all sorts of “loose rhetoric about a minimal commitment in ...
Kristol Launches Project For A New American Century 2.0: ‘The Foreign Policy Initiative’
Think Progress —
... bio page, Kristol and Kagan were co-founders of PNAC in 1997. Matt Duss writes at the Wonk Room that Kristol and Kagan seem to be re-naming their old organization because it became “inextricably bound in the public’s imagination to one of the worst foreign policy blunders in American history,” the invasion of Iraq.
Noting that FPI’s first public event next week, Afghanistan: Planning For Success, features a heavy representation of Iraq war advocates, Duss suggests that a far better title for the event would be ...
The neocons don't know when to quit
Political Animal —
... , though, given the heavy representation of Iraq war advocates , I think a far better title would be Afghanistan: Dealing With The Huge Problems Created By Many Of The People On This Very Stage . The broad consensus among national security analysts and aid officials is that the ...
Kristol Launches Project For A New American Century 2.0: ?The Foreign Policy Initiative?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... (FPI) bio page, Kristol and Kagan were co-founders of PNAC in 1997. Matt Duss writes at the Wonk Room that Kristol and Kagan seem to be re-naming their old organization because it became “ inextricably bound in the public’s imagination to one of the worst foreign policy blunders in American history,” the invasion of Iraq. Noting that FPI’s first public event next week, Afghanistan: Planning For Success , features a heavy representation of Iraq war advocates , Duss suggests that a far better title for the event would be Afghanistan: ...
The World Desperately Needs More Bill Kristol
Matthew Yglesias —
... , though, given the heavy representation of Iraq war advocates, I think a far better title would be Afghanistan: Dealing With The Huge Problems Created By Many Of The People On This Very Stage. The broad consensus among national security analysts and aid officials is that the ...
A Man With Very Little Skill and Knowledge
Obsidian Wings —
... them — were also Chalabi’s biggest boosters.
Like Ricks, I’d be very interested to hear more about the “implicit agreement” that Chalabi asserts between the U.S. and Iran. Given what’s known now about Chalabi’s cooperation with Iran’s intelligence services, though, it’s pretty chilling to consider how close some of Chalabi’s marks came to taking the White House last November. Unfortunately, as shown by the continuing prominence of McCain, Bill Kristol, Robert Kagan and other neocon fantasists, inadvertently aiding America’s ...
