Obama tries to show that America can have a thoughtful war president.
On Thursday, President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney both spoke about the war against terrorists. Obama spoke to America's ideals, literally if not figuratively, delivering his speech in the building that houses the Constitution. Cheney spoke from a bunker, figuratively if not literally, holding forth in a roomful of conservative partisans. How this debate plays out politically will depend on where the American people find themselves. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
The US is squandering hundreds upon hundreds of billions of dollars on military adventures that do nothing to improve the level of security of the US. This country has not business whatever waging war for year after year after year in Muslim countries. Time to get out of Iraq entirely and start shrinking the American military presence in Central Asia.