Breaking: McChrystal Out, Petraeus IN

By: Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 01:39 PM  | 

Breitbart reports that Petraeus will replace McChrystal. While the narrative might veer toward suggesting this is MacArthur-esque, the MacArthur here (the pompous, overconfident, know-it-all that won’t listen to his closest advisors) is Commander-In-Chief Barack “I have no clue what I’m doing but I’ll be damned if I’ll allow myself to be criticized by underlings” Obama: A source tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama | Read More »

Obama’s Killing Time

By: Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary)  |  November 24th at 12:28 PM  | 

Four more US Soldiers died in Afghanistan yesterday as we continued to wait anxiously for Obama to make up his mind about how to respond to General McChrystal’s report. During the pre-surge days in Iraq, 4 dead soldiers was enough for every major news outlet to scream from the rooftops about the costs of war. Now? Hardly a whisper. Why is it so hard, Mr. | Read More »