A recent CNN poll showed that the number of Americans who approve of U.S. military action in [tag]Afghanistan[/tag] has dropped to a new low (56%), and only about a quarter of the country (28%) believe the United States is winning the [tag]war[/tag] in Afghanistan. But what about the president’s audacious claim that the [tag]Taliban[/tag] “is […]
Donald Rumsfeld’s suddenly-infamous remarks last week to the American Legion’s national convention has been scrutinized and analyzed from just about every angle, but the Defense Secretary’s remarks haven’t been truly put to the test until [tag]Frank Rich[/tag] is done with him. Last week the man who gave us “stuff happens” and “you go to war […]
While the capture of yet another #2 man for al Qaeda is encouraging, this seems like an even bigger story right now. For reasons I can’t quite figure out, the U.S. media isn’t giving the story much attention. The most influential moderate Shia leader in [tag]Iraq[/tag] has abandoned attempts to restrain his followers, admitting that […]
In case you missed it, yesterday’s debate on [tag]Meet the Press[/tag] between Sen. Rick [tag]Santorum[/tag] (R) and Bob [tag]Casey[/tag] (D) wasn’t all that bad. Too often, candidate debates are overly-rigid affairs, with stilted rules, specific time limits, turgid opening and closing statements, and formal questions that don’t allow for any real discussion. [tag]Russert[/tag]’s not great […]