Rich Lowry’s Obama lovefest
Read this and gag. I’m not sure how Obama could have handled this any better. He was genuinely graceful about McChrystal and his explanation of why he had to go made perfect sense. He called for unity within his adminstration in pursuing the war and sounded quite stalwart about both the war and about the [...]
Gen. McChrystal out, Gen. David Petraeus in. What does it mean for the Afghan war?
On Conservative Beacon Podcast with Josh Price: General Stanley McChrystal is out in Afghanistan with General David Petraeus taking his place. But here is the key question: Does this personnel change alter our strategy for the war? The answer is no. Tune in to Conservative Beacon Podcast to hear why:
Gen. Stanley McChrystal should be fired, but not for comments in Rolling Stone
On Conservative Beacon Podcast with Josh Price: General Stanley McChrystal should be fired, but not for insubordination based on comments in Rolling Stone as Democrats , the state-controlled media, and even some Republicans want. He should be relieved from his duties for his politically correct philosophy on warfare. UPDATE: Time magazine’s Joe Klein tells CNN [...]
Mexican president says Arizona immigration law is discrimnatory
On today’s podcast: I respond to FoxisNoiseFools’ comments from yesterday’s podcast about Wall Street and capitalism. I discuss Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s assertion that Arizona’s new immigration law is discriminatory And General Stanley McChrystal has turned our military into an Afghan security force
Nancy Pelosi trying to pass health care reform without an actual vote; James Edwards discusses the effectiveness of E-Verify
Sinclair Lewis was wrong on two fronts: It is happening here and; America is transitioning from a representative republic to a dictatorship powered by not one individual but a political ideology–neo-liberalism (socialism). I write this because President Obama and congressional Democrats are disregarding the will of the People by trying to find any way to [...]
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on our military’s politically correct Rules of Engagement
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters discusses the politically correct Afghan strategy and the suicidal Rules of Engagement our military and civilian leaders have sent our servicemen and women into battle with. He’s in agreement with me that Taliban so-called “reconciliation” is nothing more than bribery. He also describes our counterinsurgency strategy as “touch-feely.” He’s spot on. [...]
Taliban Chief Hiding in Populated City to Avoid Predator Drone Attacks
U.S. intelligence officials believe that Taliban leader Mullah Omar has moved to the Pakistani port city of Karachi in order to avoid Predator drone strikes. Why would Omar believe moving to a more populated area increase his security against drone attacks? Because under Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s approach and his prescribed Rules of Engagement (ROE) for [...]
If Obama’s So Concerned with His ‘AfPak’ Strategy…
Why has he spoken to General Stanley McChrystal, our commander in charge in Afghanistan, once in the last 70 days? The military general credited for capturing Saddam Hussein and killing the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq says he has only spoken to President Obama once since taking command of Afghanistan. “I’ve talked to the president, [...]
Pentagon Wants Public Relations (PR) Men as Generals
By Josh Price Last week I wrote about the devolution of military leadership here in America. To make my point, I conducted a very basic compare/contrast analysis of World World War II and Cold War hero General Curtis LeMay and the current commander in charge in Afghanstan, General Stanley McChrystal (read that analysis here). My [...]
From General Curtis LeMay to General Stanley McChrystal
By Josh Price The new U.S. commander in charge of our operations in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, recently gave an Wall Street Journal in which he stated that the Taliban are winning the front in Afghanistan: “It’s a very aggressive enemy right now,” Gen. McChrystal said in the interview Saturday at his office in a [...]
