Karzai and the Afghan Supreme Court Mullahs — Five years ago, the story of Abdul Rahman, a Christian convert from Islam under prosecution for his faith in US-“liberated” Afghanistan, did not make the pages of the New York Times. The
It appears that 2011 will continue to be another challenging year for many looking to sell their home, particularly given a glut of inventory sure to be on the market from an increase in foreclosures. That’s just the latest hurdle,
Obama campaign fundraiser and bundler Cynthia Stroum was appointed Ambassador to Luxembourg for her support. She has now resigned and is returning to private life. The Associated Press reports that she was an amazing prima donna and particularly nasty to
While many Americans will park in front of their televisions to watch football on Super Bowl Sunday, others will tune in just to see the commercials. Unknown to most Americans, one commercial will be seen only by members of the
During the summer of 2009, the British were fighting hard for Sangin. They were always outnumbered by Taliban and terrain. Casualties were high. Today, US Marines are paying in blood for the very same ground because, in part, they gave
In stark, bitter contrast to his indifference to the popular Iranian uprising in the summer of 2009, Barack Obama has almost immediately engaged in events on the ground in Egypt, and it’s not good. Obama took no such action with
The president twice referred to Afghanistan when clearly talking about the situation in Iraq.
A few days ago I ran into friend who I hadn’t seen for a while; catching up on our lives and knowing I have a son who just returned from Afghanistan he asked me, “Why are we in Afghanistan?” That
The Wall Street Journal reports today that the Obama Administration is pressing the government of Afghanistan to release two men who converted to Christianity. Both are under a death sentence. Here’s what an official at the Afghan “Justice Ministry” has
HuffPo reports: WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans stand behind President Barack Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), which will prevent the war from becoming a “domestic political football” like the war in Iraq.
In his State of the Union speech last night, the President stated: “The Afghan government will need to deliver better governance. But we are strengthening the capacity of the Afghan people and building an enduring partnership with them.” It is
James Agee’s novel, “A Death in the Family’” has a wonderfully illustrated nihilistic moment in which the father goes into the darkened bedroom of his child to console the child in an episode of fear of bogey monsters in the
Even as President Obama maintains close to 50,000 troops in Iraq and continues to escalate and expandthe war in Afghanistan, the antiwar movement in America continues to shrink (PDF). So, what happened? Reason.tv visited two antiwar protests–one left-leaning, one libertarian–in
The current argument over women in combat units is gonna be a long and lively scrap, so strap in. Deebow led off nicely noting the simple fact that the law of tonnage applies in combat. Women are not as big
Here are two stories that should be blended into one: Story 1, from the New York Times: The Afghan government and its international partners are set to approve a plan that would expand the nation’s army and police forces to
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets011711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed Today on Coffee and Markets Francis Cianfrocca and I discuss the fiftieth anniversary of Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” warning, Defense spending and cuts, and the challenges of Fed policy on inflation. We’re
Two westerners who gave up seemingly comfortable lives to wage terrorist attacks are singled out for praise in the latest issue of Inspire, al-Qaida’s English-language magazine. Though he killed only himself, Taimour Abdulwahhab al-Abdaly, responsible for the first suicide bombing
Just as the Great Society didn’t work in our own country on our own people, the Great Society Abroad doesn’t work on alien peoples in foreign cultures, either. It didn’t work in Vietnam, as discussed here by the late Peter
Early this week, right after the shootings in Arizona, I wrote a piece about Arizona State Senator Linda Lopez’s comment on the shooter being an Afghan Vet (or so she heard, she said in a Fox interview). My piece asked
Cut “pork” before military spending. In a recent article in the “Stars and Stripes” Defense Secretary Robert Gates is planning to reduce the strength of Soldiers and Marines by up to 70,000 by 2015 due to “this country’s dire fiscal
Simply by virtue of being married to Bill, being a woman, and being as left-wing and progressive as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton gets a pass on pretty much everything. The media swoon over what a trailblazer she’s been, how brilliant
Not a veteran. NOT a veteran. *NOT* a veteran. How many times must we go through this? I was contentedly playing World of Warcraft when I got an in-game message from Demophilius: “How much are you hoping the shooter isn’t
A translation from the website of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Mehr, Iran, January 9, 2011: “In a speech delivered in Tehran to an audience of thousands of visitors from the city of Qom, Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei called upon the
Yesterday was a HORRIBLE day. We’ve seen an obviously unstable and deranged individual, Jared Loughner, shoot and kill innocents; we’ve seen a US Congresswoman declared dead, then not-dead, and we vets have been accused of being the shooter by none
Today has been a HORRIBLE day. We’ve seen an obviously unstable and deranged individual, Jared Loughner, shoot and kill innocents; we’ve seen a US Congresswoman declared dead, then not-dead, and we vets have been accused of being the shooter by
