Harry Reid is a genius when it comes to military tactics — just ask him


"Harry Reid Campaign: Saying ‘War is Lost’ Helped Win the War!"

Fulfilling his oath of office requires more than ending combat in Iraq


"The president may have re-imaged the Oval Office with modernistic lamps and a rug made from recycled fibers, but his ego remained a big part of the decor as he announced on Tuesday night the withdrawal of combat brigades from Iraq."

US forces still in fight at end of combat mission


"Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents."

A dangerous world needs stronger U.S. leadership


Obama's 'Come Home America' Speech

Gretchen Carlson smacksdown Robert Gibbs on Obama’s flip-flop

The Speech: Why Didn’t They Call Rewrite?


"What do we take away from President Obama’s speech about the Iraq War and the U.S. economy last night? It was — at least, it was intended to be — a major statement. A few days ago, the president had announced that the United States would forthwith be withdrawing its combat troops from Iraq. Over the last few months, it has become ever clear to the American people that the president’s vaunted “stimulus” plan has failed to stimulate anything other than continued high unemployment and staggering deficits. Here was his chance to make his case on prime time. How did he do?..."

Obama, in Announcing End of Combat in Iraq, Does Not Credit the Timetable Put in Place by the Bush Administration


"...terms and the troop drawdown stipulated in SOFA was, in fact, signed by U.S. and Iraqi officials on Nov. 16, 2008. The Iraqi parliament approved the deal on Nov. 27, 2008. President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed the agreement on Dec. 14, 2008."

‘I Pledged I Would End This War, As President That’s What I’m Doing’

Iraqis say 'wrong time' for US withdrawal: poll


"When asked if it was the right time for American soldiers to leave -- the US military earlier confirmed troop numbers in Iraq had fallen under 50,000 for the first time -- 59.8 percent said no, compared to 39.5 percent who said yes."

P. J. O'Rourke - Everything you always wanted to know about Afghanistan .  .  


"If you spend 72 hours in a place you’ve never been, talking to people whose language you don’t speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don’t understand, and you come back as the world’s biggest know-it-all, you’re a reporter. Either that or you’re President Obama."

Conway: U.S. Withdrawal Deadline Boosts Taliban in Afghan War


"The top U.S. Marine general made a sharp departure from the White House’s talking points on Afghanistan, saying President Barack Obama’s promised July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing troops from the country had given “sustenance” to the Taliban."

Heroes Coming Home


"This week, the last U.S. combat forces left Iraq, having completed their mission more successfully than almost anyone could have imagined."

4 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan


"Deaths Bring the Number of International Forces Killed in Afghanistan This Month to 42, Including 28 Americans."