Month: December 2009

In my review of the president’s speech in this blog yesterday, I concluded he doesn’t understand that we have a real enemy out there, and that his response to terrorism is without any real moral conviction. This is probably because he doesn’t believe, in the deepest part of his heart, that the threat is genuine. What further evidence do we have of this? Well, here’s a reminder. The idea that terrorists should be treated as ordinary criminals is central to… Read more »

After months of waiting, the nation finally received the result of all that agonizing over the future of our Afghan policy. The speech that President Obama gave at West Point on Tuesday evening focused on the following: We are in this mess because of the failures of the Bush administration; Gen. Stanley McChrystal will get 3/4 of what he wanted for this war; We are going to get out of it as quickly as possible. Let’s take those three points… Read more »