From the AP:
President Hamid Karzai urged NATO to do more to protect civilians during combat operations to secure Marjah, a southern Taliban stronghold and scene of the biggest allied ground assault of the eight-year war.
NATO forces have repeatedly said they want to prevent civilian casualties but acknowledged that it is not always possible. On Saturday, the alliance said its troops [...]
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Tom Skypek
who has written 157 posts for Hope is Not a Foreign Policy.
Feb
20
2010
20
2010
Karzai’s Ingratitude
Feb
19
2010
19
2010
Thoughts on the Fiscal Commission
You can’t spend like there’s literally no tomorrow, rack up massive deficits, add to the national debt and then pretend to care about spending. Are you kidding me? We don’t need another commission to tell us that we’re bankrupting this country. This is simply political top cover for the Obama administration–they can point to this [...]
Feb
17
2010
17
2010
Political Correctness in the QDR
A recent analysis of the 2010 QDR by the Center for American Progress claims, “…the 2010 QDR abandons the Bush administration’s “Long War” construct that oversimplified the nature of the struggle against violent extremists.” This claim implies that the QDR clarified the nature of this conflict. The QDR doesn’t even accurately identify the threat. It [...]
Feb
14
2010
14
2010
Dick Cheney Discusses Iraq, Terrorism and the Obama administration
Here’s a great interview with Dick Cheney on some key foreign policy issues.
Feb
13
2010
13
2010
Nuclear Policy in the Bush Administration: Setting the Record Straight
Vice President Joe Biden recently wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal outlining the Obama administration’s nuclear policy. In typical Obama administration fashion, he blamed the preceding administration for “the slow but steady decline in support for our nuclear stockpile and infrastructure, and for our highly trained nuclear work force.” His claim of neglect [...]
Feb
8
2010
8
2010
WMD Commission Report Card
Last month, the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism released its assessment detailing how well the U.S. Government has implemented the recommendations presented in its December 2008 report. The Commission explains in the overview, “The assessment is not a good one, particularly in the area of biological threats.” [...]
Feb
2
2010
2
2010
How the Obama administration’s lack of credibility is weakening U.S. national security
Since January 20, 2009, American credibility has taken a back seat to the Obama administration’s quest for international popularity. During his trips to the Middle East and Asia last year, President Obama seemed more interested in bolstering his approval ratings abroad than advancing American interests. Last week it was reported that the Obama administration downgraded [...]
Jan
23
2010
23
2010
Jan
6
2010
6
2010
Obama’s Bogus Health Care “Transparency”
It looks as though President Obama is on the record–on eight different occasions–proclaiming that all health care negotiations would be televised on C-SPAN. This was part of his promise to make government more “transparent” and we all know how that’s turned out.
Jan
4
2010
4
2010