And Clinton and Obama are wrong. The passage of the Farm Bill is a disgrace, for the reasons Michael Grunwald described in this Time cover story last fall. Here are the McCain, Obama and Clinton statements.
No doubt, John McCain’s attempt to lay out the goals of his prospective presidency was a worthy and honorable effort–but there was something deeply hilarious about it as well. Take his paragraph about Iraq: By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might [...]
This is good news. H.R. McMaster has finally been promoted to Brigadier General after being passed over twice. McMaster is a true military intellectual, the author of a definitive book about the Army in Vietnam. He was a supporter and practitioner of counterinsurgency tactics, commanding a battalion in Tal Afar in 2005-6, and was recruited [...]
Has there ever before been a political ad that looks so much like the trailer for a science-fiction movie? I half expected to see flying cars and a cameo from Judge Dredd.
On Hamas and the presidential campaign. Update: On cue, Bush compares Democrats to Nazi appeasers in a speech to the Knesset. A question: Does anyone think that an “appeasement” policy that included the following factors –using Iran’s 2001 cooperation in Afghanistan as leverage for a more robust engagement strategy –not invading Iraq –not isolating Syria, [...]
Alice Park and I have a story up on this topic here. It’s also coming soon to a newsstand near you. (Come on, admit it, there is something nice about reading stories from an actual magazine, right?)
Later today, John McCain will deliver a notable speech in the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Here is his conceit: “It is important that the candidates who seek to lead the country after the Bush Administration define their objectives and what they plan to achieve not with vague language but with clarity. So, what I want [...]
