Air dancers.

Remember the anti-war movement? Not too long ago, the Democratic party’s most loyal voters passionately opposed the war in Iraq. Democratic presidential candidates argued over who would withdraw American troops the quickest. Netroots activists regularly denounced President George W. Bush, and sometimes the U.S. military (“General Betray Us”). Cindy Sheehan, the woman whose soldier son [...]

Please don’t go.

This capital, scarred and traumatized by years of war, became quieter and safer over the past couple of years. Few ordinary Iraqis saw the lull as a clear turning point. Many feared that extremist groups were lying low, waiting for the U.S. military to disentangle itself from a war that appears to be far from [...]

Out of his league.

This from Reuters today: [Former Senator George] Mitchell, who helped to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict, was named by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week to lead U.S. efforts to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mitchell’s tour will also take him to Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, France and Britain. He said he [...]

Afghan strategy.

Check this out: Strategic Divergence: The War Against the Taliban and the War Against Al Qaeda | Stratfor. It’s a nice piece describing our objectives and likelihood for success in Afghanistan. As President Obama turns our focus there from Iraq in the coming months, what should we expect? What does the President expect? How will [...]

September 20, 2001.

President George W. Bush said this to the American people during his State of the Union address on 9/20/01: It is my hope that in the months and years ahead life will return almost to normal. We’ll go back to our lives and routines and that is good. Even grief recedes with time and grace. [...]

Taking his eye off the ball?

First he’s closing Guantanamo and now he’s shutting down the “black sites”? President Obama on Thursday will order the closure of so-called black sites, where CIA and European security services have interrogated terrorist suspects, under executive orders dismantling much of the Bush admistration’s architecture for the war on terror, according to four individuals familiar with [...]

The Bush legacy.

George W Bush: winning the war on terror – Telegraph. If superpowers do not demonstrate an ability and a willingness to wield power (as Britain did on numerous occasions at the height of the Empire) their hegemony will be increasingly challenged. President Bush exercised U.S. military power to stunning effect in both Iraq and Afghanistan, [...]

Bush’s gift to Obama.

Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » The Bush Legacy – gifting Obama with a Muslim world rejecting jihad. An excellent analysis. Worth a read and a forward to any pals who might be in need of some education. There is more than just the foul taste in the mouth from jihad that is left to [...]

Afghanistan surge.

Patterico’s Pontifications » The Surge in Afghanistan. May it work as well as the surge in Iraq.

It’s over (and actually has been for some time)

Iraq takes control of Green Zone from US. After 9/11, we were vulnerable for another strike. Those who perpetrated 9/11 did so in furtherance of jihad—the destruction of Western civilization (as evidenced by America and Israel) and the global dominance of Islam and shar’ia law. These jihadists did not exist within the borders of one [...]