Could this actually be the greatest and potentially the deadliest of Obama’s screw ups so far?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | January 1st at 10:12 PM |
I missed the implications of this up front and I bet you all did too, but I am hearing from members of the American intelligence community and some on the outside closely connected to those on the inside who are raising a huge red flag right now. It appears Barack Obama inexperience and amateurishness has just started bonfires on the bridges connecting him to the | Read More »
Barack Obama Trots Out Joe Biden to Attack George Bush
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 2nd at 07:48 PM |
Here is what Barack Obama said last night: It’s enough to say that for the next six years, the Iraq war drew the dominant share of our troops, our resources, our diplomacy, and our national attention — and that the decision to go into Iraq caused substantial rifts between America and much of the world. Though filled with other assertions and outright lies that Bush | Read More »
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By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 1st at 10:15 PM |
Barack Obama spoke at West Point tonight on the issue of Afghanistan. In 4608 words, he did not once mention the word “victory” and the closest he came to using the word “win” was those three letters appearing in the word “withdrawing.” True to form, Obama spent most of his speech decrying the Bush administration going into Iraq. He said — a lie — that | Read More »
Priorities and Winning
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | September 28th at 09:53 AM |
This has set eyebrows to full raise all across America. 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, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC [video teleconferece],” General Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a | Read More »