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In the end, we fall back on the American knee-jerk instinct. Categorize and cauterize.
The Whack-A-Mole Approach to Terrorism -
In response to Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab’s Christmas Day attempt to down an airliner headed from Amsterdam to Detroit, the US Transportation Safety Administration is implementing a new system of passenger screening based on national origin
National Profiling at American Airports: The Patriot Act of the Sky? -
Comedian Paul Mooney sits down with journalist Davey D and discusses Obama, predicting Black presidents and free speech...
Comedian Paul Mooney sits down with Davey D, discusses Obama presidency -
There's a hunger for the full cake, a "Great Society" redux where some in the White House are oddly convinced (in defiance of history) that war can be maintained during domestic economic crunch. Certainly, the argument of inheritance from the previous Administration (and, perhaps, the Gatsby-like bubble boom of the Administration before that) is a strong one. We don't discount that. But, in the end, President Truman's buck-stopping dogma rules the day. What ultimately matters is how this President responds to it.
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If President Obama approaches the Central Asian quagmire with these five things in mind, there may be hope yet. Maybe.
Five Things President Obama Must Keep In Mind When Dealing With Afghanistan -
Troop levels now rival Dubya; Nobel prize looking more and more like a set-up every day.
Obama Troops Afghanistan -
When it comes to 'rogues' like Iran, Cuba and North Korea, will President Obama be feared and not liked? Or will he be liked and not feared?
A Black Republican's Memo to Democrats on Foreign Policy -
Eight years on, the war in Afghanistan has become a loser. Instead of upping the ante by dispatching even more troops into this quagmire, Obama should pull them out immediately.
Jack White On George Will: The US Must Leave Afghanistan and Iraq -
President Barack Obama's major speech in Cairo, Egypt lived up to the hype; not that, as the president said at the city's Al-Azhar University, "a single speech can eradicate years of mistrust," but that Obama is uniquely comfortable speaking plainly in the most uncomfortable of situations. And here—in a Muslim country not yet fully democratic, before an audience of skeptical, but cosmopolitan Egyptians and a noisome public at home—was an uncomfortable situation....
Video: Barack Obama's Speech in Cairo Promotes "A New Beginning" -
For some strange reason, people in the Middle East have trust issues with the United States...
Obama Faces Historic Distrust in Travels to Middle East
