 merrie says: The tug-o-war playground politics of the matter aside, there is still the fact of war in Afghanistan, a persistent global threat, and the rapidly diminishing credibility of the United States as a stalwart, moral force in the world, from the limp handling of Iran to the delivery of tribute to Vladimir Putin, and now the dawdling and dithering over the erstwhile good war. For all their squawking about us, the Euros don’t need us to be another EU member. They need someone to do the dirty work. Ditto the Arabs. China and Russia have got to be enjoying this, though. On second thought, there is a sort of double-reverse presidential precedent to this crisis. It’s Obama as McClellan. Not exactly Lincolnesque, but very Lincoln-proximate. Totally related: Victor Davis Hanson at NRO looks at Two-Front Wars, Theirs and Ours and comes away with something other than the currently fashionable doom-and-gloom mongering. It’s al-Qaeda after eight years of war, on the ropes and desperate. I like the part about how al-Qaeda took their eye off the ball and committed resources to Iraq, to their detriment. Anyway, think about it, Obama. History loves a warfighter who wins. Politico handicaps the parlor game. n other war-related business, Malkin on the jihadi threat to America’s rail security. It’s about some guy named Najibullah Zazi. Afghan refugee, raised in Peshawar, naturalized American, drives a cab in Denver. It’s a small world after all! [url=http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/09/21/to-look-good-or-to-... |
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