This time the foolishness originates at the UN: Richard Barrett, a former British intelligence officer now monitoring Al Qaeda and the Taliban for the United Nations, argues that Mullah Omar has learned the lesson of 2001. If the Taliban regain……

The major decision the Obama Administration continues to procrastinate is whether to continue the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Victory in Afghanistan was, as you will recall, one of Obama’s main campaign themes – one he used to convince……

MarkTheGreat on October 12, 2009 at 9:01 AM

Of course you know he was, you just didn’t put the sarc tag on.

Chris, MB4 is correct, and for the right reasons. Obama has made it clear he has no intention of fighting the Afghan war to victory. Every single move he has made has been done with an eye toward losing it in such a way that he can eventually blame the loss on republicans generally and Bush specifically.

I personally hate the idea of cutting and running in Afghanistan, and the reasons it is a bad idea have already been posted here, more than once. Those reasons are correct and I agree with all of them. That is no longer the point though.

The point is that Obama will lose this war, and he cares not how many more American troops he has to throw in the meat grinder before that goal is met. It’s time to get our people out.

Ask them to tell us where Osama, Zawahiri, Abu Yahya al-Libi, and the rest of the gang are hiding; if Omar and the Quetta Shura don’t have that information instantly available, they should be able to get it pretty quickly.

On what do you base this assumption?

Did Zazi heed call to terrorize Americans?

An Open Letter to Gen. James Jones, National Security Advisor

If anyone is still wondering why we need to be in Afghanistan, then look no further than the recent arrest of Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan:

I purposefully picked an MSNBC link to show that the link to Afghanistan isn’t just a conservative notion.

There is a lot of trouble in that region and pulling out is a mistake that will serve only to make our enemies think we don’t have the stomach to make good on our promises not only to the people of Afghanistan but to the people of America and other freedom loving countries around the world.

Here are just a few reasons not to let terrorists have a safe haven in Afghanistan:

(1) Iran is the major sponsor of terrorism in the region, affecting Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Israel just to name a few – staying in Afghanistan puts pressure on them and helps the morale of millions inside Iran who shout “Death to the dictator” from their rooftops at night. See Michael Ledeen’s blog for more: The Death Spiral of the Islamic Republic III

(2) We can win if we let our military fight the war the way it needs to be fought. Anything less just invites more attacks on America because we appear weak to our enemies.

(3) The Taliban is currently a big threat to an ally, Pakistan, and their nuclear arsenal.

(4) Americans don’t run from a fight, especially when it’s regarding something as important as eliminating the threat of global terrorism.

(5) Brave Americans have already given their lives to free Afghanistan and stamp out global terrorism. We owe it to them to finish the job.

The Taliban are still a threat and they must be destroyed. Anything less is a huge mistake we can’t afford to make. Let our troops take the gloves off and give them the resources they need to finish this.

Obama Appoints 2 Devout Muslims to Homeland Security Posts

Arif Alikhan as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.

Kareem Shora, who was born in Damascus, Syria was appointed by DHS Secretary Napolitano
on Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)

Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions? That should make our homeland much safer, huh!! Was it not men of the “Devout Muslim Faith” that flew planes into U.S. buildings not too long ago. What the heck is this president thinking?

If the Taliban’s serious about detente, why don’t 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……

bradley11 on October 12, 2009 at 6:51 AM

We also must bear in mind the overarching goal of Islam is to take over the world. There’s no choice here. We kill both. It’s wack-a-mole with fundamentalist Muslims from now until we die.

Think Pinky and the Brain. Hey Brain Islam, what are we doing today? The same thing we do every day, try and take over the world.

No. I advocated mostly leaving Afghanistan and not making it the Center of the Universe.

MB4 on October 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM

Obama was lying when he said we should make Afghanistan our focus?

So what do you want to do? Send in 40k troops and have a CiC not have their back? That doesn’t make any sense to me.
B Man on October 12, 2009 at 12:48 AM

We can send more troops and then boot the command easier than we can evacuate, have our allies bail, then realize our mistake and try to go back in when the number of separate plots on the US skyrockets.

That’s a defeatist attitude that sets up the US civilian population for further attacks.
Chris_Balsz on October 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Baloney.
MB4 on October 12, 2009 at 1:36 AM

No. You no longer want to win. You’re fine with the enemy winning, which is defeatist. And they already proved they’ll kill Americans in America, before we dropped a single bomb on them.

The Taliban want to rule one country, Afghanistan, in the 12th-century Sharia manner.

Al Qaeda wants to rule the world in a similar manner. The Taliban is more fundamentalist, Al Qaeda is more dangerous to the USA, because THOSE are the fanatics that were behind/involved in the 9-11 attacks on New York City and elsewhere.

If the Taliban could actually locate and catch Bin Laden, they might turn him over to the USA. For money and power. There is no love lost between the groups, and there is constant infighting, which has been going on since the Russians were in Afghanistan. Or longer.

Neither group would I invite to Christmas dinner.

No. I advocated mostly leaving Afghanistan and not making it the Center of the Universe.

MB4 on October 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM

That’s a defeatist attitude that sets up the US civilian population for further attacks.

Chris_Balsz on October 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM

Baloney.

What am I missing here?

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The One’s suicidal utopian fantasy worldview.