Fred Barnes: What Obama Needs to Say at West Point, The Weekly Standard


You can’t fight a successful war unless the commander-in-chief is fully committed to it. So President Obama’s chief task in his speech Tuesday night on Afghanistan is to make it absolutely clear that he is. This won’t be easy. Obama comes from the antiwar wing of the Democratic party that opposes the use of force [...]

Obama to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan – washingtonpost.com


President Obama will outline Tuesday his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials and diplomatic sources briefed Monday as Obama began informing allies of his plan. via Obama to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan – washingtonpost.com.

The Left Denounces Obama’s War


The anti-war Left is not even waiting until President Obama delivers his speech on Afghanistan tonight to denounce him.   His own friends are now turning on the poor guy.
Obama is going to begin to understand what George Bush had to put up with.  And it may even get more vitriolic since the Leftists who helped [...]

Thanksgiving With Bill Ayers: Fugitive Days and Obama’s Plan for Afghanistan


 

Books are the mind’s feast even when they are controversial. While Americans gathered to thank God for our beloved country, I spent much of Thanksgiving seeing America through the eyes of a man who detests her. William Ayers, author of Fugitive Days, is a professor at the University of Chicago. His resume [...]