More Flak Jackets, Less Flack
George Will is rightfully dismayed and revolted by American casualties in Afghanistan. Thus he begins his most recent column, “Time to Get Out of Afghanistan,” by lamenting the death of two young...
View ArticleA Jobs Summit that Works
Good for Newt for calling his own. Here are some things we should be talking about: 1) A 5-year extension of the Bush tax cuts. This is no time to be raising taxes. While the ideology of the governing...
View ArticleThe Big Budget Cut the GOP Forgot
When it comes to the first and easiest-to-cut part of the federal budget, Republicans deserve at least a small pat on the back. They promised to cut lots of wasteful domestic programs and, now, they’ve...
View ArticleDefense Reshuffle Means More of the Same
Obama has made some new foreign policy appointments — at the Department of Defense, CIA, and in Afghanistan. And, for the most part, these personnel are about as good as could be expected. These are,...
View ArticleObama’s Disgraceful Afghan Exit Plan
President Obama’s speech last night on his planned Afghan drawdown was a disgrace. He began by taking a gratuitous shot at his predecessor, George W. Bush, because Bush invaded Iraq. And he committed...
View ArticleMilitary Must Educate Public on Budget Cuts
With President Obama and his new and highly political defense secretary, Leon Panetta, preparing to gut the defense budget, how should military officials, both in and out of uniform, respond? Not in...
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