Topic: David Petraeus

Friend of the blog Paula Broadwell was on the Daily Show, I think last night, and challenged poor Jon Stewart to a push-up contest. He lost. Her...
President Obama's decision to deploy troops to Afghanistan and announce their withdrawal during the same speech was one of the sorriest examples of...
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US, Afghan rebels reportedly talking

Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level US officials have held talks with a representative of an insurgent movement led by a former Afghan ...
The United States tends to deify its military leaders, turning them into cabinet members, presidential candidates and media celebrities.. . Gen...
Goodspeed Analysis. . Allegations that Iran planned to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington and bomb the Saudi and Israeli embassies, using...

Worst-case scenario

The incoming CIA director asked Congress Thursday to clarify the dangerously murky state of the law regarding aggressive interrogation techniques...
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Panetta, Petraeus positions reflect changing world

0 View Larger Image . The reviews of President Obama's new military and intelligence dream team are overwhelmingly positive. A tough-minded ...

General Petraeus Opens Up

IdeaFeed Home Tags Subscribe (RSS) "The operation [in Afghanistan] was what the military would call an economy-of-force effort for many years. We...