Tag Archives: Afghanistan

US Withdrawal From Afghanistan to Accelerate

Posted on January 11, 2013 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

During a joint press conference today held by President Obama and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, the president announced that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is going to accelerate and that combat operations will end in the spring. WASHINGTON … Continue reading →

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Why I Probably Won’t Watch ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 1:53 pm by Bob Cesca

Turns out they falsely link waterboarding with ascertaining the location of Bin Laden: The film includes wrenching scenes of a terrorist suspect being waterboarded and subjected to other forms of torture by C.I.A. operatives; the suspect eventually surrenders information that … Continue reading →

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Pay No Attention to the Neocons Behind ‘Peacenik Mitt’

Posted on October 24, 2012 at 7:10 am by Bob Cesca

My Wednesday column debunks the myth of Peacenik Mitt… Anyone who believed Mitt Romney’s shape-shifting performance as “Peacenik Mitt” on Monday night is an amnesic, naive doofus. As we all know by now, Romney will do and say whatever is … Continue reading →

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A Shiny Object

Posted on September 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm by JM Ashby

Democrats may have rediscovered their national security and foreign policy mojo under the leadership of President Obama, but they’ve also had a little help from Republicans who have seemingly abandoned that sphere of politics and deemed it a “shiny object.” … Continue reading →

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Idiot Quote of the Day

Posted on September 7, 2012 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

I’m beginning to get the impression that Mitt Romney really isn’t very smart. “When you give a speech you don’t go through a laundry list, you talk about the things you think are important.” Mitt Romney on not mentioning the … Continue reading →

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An Epidemic

Posted on May 21, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, NATO members signed an agreement today to hand over control to Afghanistan’s own security forces next year and to withdraw all combat troops by the end of 2014.

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Soldiers With Genital Injuries

Posted on March 22, 2012 at 7:09 am by Bob Cesca

I’m not sure this has ever really been talked about as an issue with soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan: men severely wounded in the penis and testicles by IEDs and the like. Many of these soldiers literally lost … Continue reading →

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Who Saw This Coming? Part 2

Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

Again, their reactions are all too predictable. During a morning pandering session in Mississippi today, Rick Santorum attacked President Obama over the continued “unraveling” of Afghanistan by attributing recent events to giving the enemy “hope.” OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss.–As he mingled … Continue reading →

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Who Saw This Coming?

Posted on March 12, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

I did, for one. Just as predicted, Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller is attacking President Obama for apologizing for the murder of civilians in Afghanistan yesterday morning by a U.S. soldier. And here’s the kicker — The Daily Caller wants to … Continue reading →

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Time to Come Home

Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, a clear majority of Americans believe the war in Afghanistan has largely been a waste of time, and a simple majority believe we should have come home yesterday. Sixty percent of Americans … Continue reading →

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