David Petraeus Stories
A list of the most recent stories about David Petraeus.
Al Qaeda still a threat, ex-Petraeus aide says
WASHINGTON – A former top aide to General David Petraeus and Attorney General Mike DeWine both warned today that al Qaeda remains a threat to the West despite the death Sunday of its longtime leader, Osama bin Laden. “It remains to be seen whether al Qaeda will come up with ...
Using The Bully Pulpit
With the Congress out of town for over two weeks around Easter, the Obama White House has had the chance to dominate the news cycle in the second half of April. How well have they done? To me, one of the best tests of any White House is how well ...
George Will: This grab for freedom is Egypt’s to lose, not America’s
Sixty years ago, American politics was embittered by an accusation couched as a question: “Who lost China?” The implied indictment was that America had fumbled away a possession through incompetence or sinister conniving.In 1949, when communists came to power there, America bestrode both hemispheres shattered from war. Americans thought their ...
Jonah Goldberg: Here are my picks for the 5 GOP front-runners
Who among us can contain their excitement? The GOP presidential primary season has begun!By my count, there are 24 people who are beneficiaries of nontrivial presidential buzz: Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, John Thune, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence, Rick Santorum, Haley Barbour, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Paul ...
Jonah Goldberg: How about an assassination list?
Does Anwar al-Awlaki deserve to die? Would it be good for America and the world if, through some combination of fate, luck, justice and the arsenal of democracy, his heart stopped beating tomorrow? Does Barack Obama have America’s best interests at heart when he endeavors to make that happen?The answer ...
Clarence Page: Let’s keep our enemies straight
Why should the commander of America’s forces in Afghanistan care about a paranoid pastor of a church with 50 members in Florida? Welcome to the Internet age.The problem began when Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville announced plans to burn copies of the Quran on ...
Bob Herbert: We owe the troops an exit
At least 14 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan over the past few days.We learned on Saturday that our so-called partner in this forlorn war, Hamid Karzai, fired a top prosecutor who had insisted on, gasp, fighting the corruption that runs like a crippling disease through his country.Time magazine ...
Obama on Iraq
Here is the text of President Obama's speech to the nation from the Oval Office on the end of combat operations in Iraq. This was provided by the White House. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY August 31, 2010 Remarks of President ...
George Will: The peace process mirage is biggest threat to peace
JERUSALEM — Immersion in this region’s politics can convince those immersed that history is cyclical rather than linear — that it is not one thing after another but the same thing over and over. This passes for good news because things that do change, such as weapons, often make matters ...
In defense of the Carruthers family
After all the Carruthers family has done for this city, I am ashamed a citizen would try to tell them how to spend their money. Shame.Regarding the caller criticizing the Carruthers family: Who do you think was responsible for the new ER wing at Fort Hamilton, the new Gebhart Center ...
<b>‘They were wrong’</b>
With the recent resignation of Gen. (Stanley) McChrystal, one has to wonder if the Democrats and their best friend — the mainstream media — will be honest concerning recent history. I challenge folks to Google for comments made by Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and (Barack) Obama concerning Gen. (David) Petraeus. ...
Gen. Petraeus Returns
Two weeks ago today, General David Petraeus was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee when he suddenly fainted at the witness table. Little did he realize that he would return as the President's choice to be the new commander of that war. Petraeus certainly has strong support in both ...
Heading To The Barn
With the Congress off next week for a July 4th break, that means lawmakers will act like kids who haven't studied for a test, and try to jam as much work into this week as possible. While the start of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will dominate on ...
E.J. Dionne Jr.: The wound McChrystal opened
Gen. Stanley McChrystal put President Obama in an impossible position. That is why he had to go.A general’s tasks involve executing policies made by the commander in chief, plotting strategy and winning wars — not playing politics in the media to get at civilian rivals inside the government.What McChrystal did ...
Charles Krauthammer: A surge with an expiration date
President Obama was fully justified in dismissing Gen. Stanley McChrystal. The firing offense did not rise to the level of insubordination — this was no MacArthur undermining the commander in chief’s war strategy — but it was a serious enough show of disrespect for the president and for the entire ...
George Will: McChrystal was on fool’s errand
In 1932, during a lunch in Albany with Rexford Tugwell, an adviser, Gov. Franklin Roosevelt paused to take a telephone call from Louisiana Gov. Huey Long. When the call ended, FDR referred to Long as the second-most dangerous man in America. Who, Tugwell asked, is the most dangerous? FDR answered: ...
Gen. David Petraeus
Once again, a President is making the call to the bullpen on a war that isn't going as well as it could. And once again, Gen. David Petraeus is being waved in to offer his assistance. Back in the Bush Administration, Petraeus was brought in to institute the "military surge", ...
George Will: On Afghanistan, fast-forward
Evidently Hamid Karzai did not get the memo on terminology. U.S. military commanders have stopped using the word “operation” to describe the drive, now delayed, against the Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city. This word connotes danger and stirs dread among the population, whose allegiance is the prize for which ...
Kathleen Parker: Mining Afghanistan’s future
Amid all the dark news from Afghanistan, every now and then a sliver of light slips through the cracks.Afghanistan, it turns out, is rich in minerals. Trillions rich. It’s going to become the Saudi Arabia of lithium, they say. Thanks to vast stores of that resource, plus iron, copper, cobalt ...
George Will: Taliban know that U.S. forces are hostages of timetable
MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The ticking clock does not disturb the preternatural serenity that Gen. David Petraeus maintains regarding Afghanistan. Officially, the U.S. Central Command is located here; actually, it is wherever he is, which is never in one place for very long. He is away about 300 ...
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