Current strategy is a loser
More and more, it looks as though President Barack Obama is going to adopt a split the difference policy on Afghanistan that will basically continue current strategy and likely lead to catastrophe. Obama told congressional leaders he does not int...
 3.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 514.0 Pakistani army fights militants in mountains
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Troops fought militants on three fronts and fighter jets bombed insurgent positions today as Pakistan pressed ahead with its assault on an al-Qaida and Taliban sanctuary close to the Afghan border. The army and the T...
1.4K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 514.0 The general's war in Afghanistan
The Pentagon s pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal s confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. McChrystal s painting of the military picture was grim. Failure to gain the initiative and...
4.2K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 1000.0 Top Afghanistan commander meets Obama in Denmark
COPENHAGEN (AP) President Barack Obama summoned his top commander in Afghanistan for a 25-minute meeting aboard Air Force One today as part of his review of a war strategy that has divided the president s national security team. Army Gen. Stanley M...
3.3K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 664.0 To lose a U.S. war
What happens to health care is not going to change the history of the world. What happens in Afghanistan might. Gen. Stanley McChrystal has done his duty. He has bluntly told his commander in chief he must have added combat troops and warned that if ...
3.1K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 514.0 New U.S. general takes charge in Afghanistan
KABUL - Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a four-star American general with a long history in elite special operations, took charge of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan today, a change the Pentagon hopes will turn the tide in an increasingly violent eight-y...
4.4K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 664.0 Cautious response is quintessential Obama
WASHINGTON - True to form, President Barack Obama is striking a cautious, low-profile public stance as the piracy crisis plays out. As the situation changes by the hour, Obama advisers say the new commander in chief is being kept abreast of the devel...
4.6K - Apr. 11, 2009; scored 514.0 Captain's escape from Somali pirates fails
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)- The American captain held hostage by four Somali pirates made a desperate escape attempt today but was recaptured, and officials said other pirates sought to reinforce their colleagues by sailing hijacked ships with other captiv...
6.8K - Apr. 10, 2009; scored 664.0 Safety team warns of bad wiring in Iraq
WASHINGTON - A military team sent to evaluate electrical problems at U.S. facilities in Iraq determined there was a high risk that flawed wiring could cause further catastrophic results - namely, the electrocutions of U.S. soldiers. The team said t...
5.1K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 813.0 The long retreat
The situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, said President Obama, as he announced deployment of 17,000 more U.S. troops. (T)here is no military solution in Afghanistan, says Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Said U.S. Commander Gen. David McKie...
3.0K - Feb. 24, 2009; scored 514.0 Information front
WASHINGTON As it fights two wars, the Pentagon is steadily and dramatically increasing the money it spends to win what it calls the human terrain of world public opinion. In the process, it is raising concerns of spreading propaganda at home in v...
10.7K - Feb. 7, 2009; scored 514.0 Report: Obama should refocus Afghanistan war, rebuilding effort after Bush s miscalculations
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or a clear understanding of the way the poor, decentralized country works, an independent study con...
1.2K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 664.0 U.S. changes Iraq policies, moves troops out of cities
WASHINGTON The U.S. military in Iraq is abandoning deliberately and with little public notice a centerpiece of the widely acclaimed strategy it adopted nearly two years ago to turn the tide against the insurgency. It is moving American troops f...
4.7K - Nov. 12, 2008; scored 768.0 Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 13
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A suspected U.S. missile strike today targeted the home of a local Taliban commander in Pakistan s wild tribal regions near the Afghan border, killing at least 13 people, security officials said. It was the latest in a surge of ...
3.9K - Nov. 7, 2008; scored 768.0 | 
