Obama takes a different approach as commander in chief
As he heads toward his next big commander-in-chief moment — a decision on strategy for Afghanistan, possibly this week — Mr. Obama, by necessity and temperament, is wearing the role in ways distinctly different from his predecessor, George W. Bush. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
The US is squandering scores of billions of the Afghanistan quagmire, when dealing with the problems of that country could better be left to the Russians, Iranians and the Chinese (with the Indians waiting in the wings). American will be seen as the occupier and the enemy of Obama keeps escalating the US military presence in Afghanistan. Time to start thinking of leaving.