The Hill reports on the good news: Charles Freeman, the Obama administration’s choice to head the National Intelligence Council, has withdrawn from consideration after facing strong opposition from Senate Republicans. Actually Senate Democrats like Chuck Schumer and “Independent Democrat...

What to do about John C. Yoo? That’s the question posited today in a NYT front-pager. Yoo, a law professor at Berkeley, was, as many LB Readers know, a high-ranking DOJ lawyer during the Bush administration. He authored several legal memorandums which wound up framing the Bush administration&#...

Kevin Drum and Gary Sick both make the case that there’s been more activity, and a more dramatic shift in policy, on Iran than most people realize. I spoke with a senior European official this morning who’s had some involvement in this issue, and I would say that his comments were in lin...

Joe Klein’s article on the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is informative, but doesn’t inspire a ton of confidence. It seems that military planners want the Obama administration to dispatch further additional troops to Afghanistan over and above the plus-up that’s already bee...

I’ve been looking at the rise of “counterinsurgency” theory first to prominence, then to some influence in the Bush administration, and then via CNAS to influence within the Democratic Party and now the Obama Pentagon with a mix of hope and anxiety. Hope because I think the COIN mi...

Bookworm: 1. American Jews, like most Americans, wrongly believe Hitler was a right winger, rather than a totalitarian. They’re therefore scared of right wingers. 2. American Jews, like most Americans, wrongly believe Hitler was backed by the church. They’re therefore scared of Christians. 3. Am...

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was clearly reluctant to answer David Gregory’s question about the contrasting leadership styles between President Bush and President Obama. But when pressed he explained that Obama is “more analytical” and goes further out of his way to hear from ...

By DemocracyRulesh/t Atlas Shrugs I kid you not, the left has now casually let the cat out of the bag. This piece from Frobes magazine is a love letter to Oblama from Asma Gull Hasan Al Kablooie. Boy, she must think Christians and Jews are really, really dumb.Pro Patria Continued at website....

If you thought some of Barry Oh!’s other cabinet/admin picks were problematic, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Make sure to read Moonbattery’s full post on Chas Freeman, and then get back with me and let me know if you can figure out what the hell Team Obama was smoking when they...

By DemocracyRulesThese comments were posted to Dr. Orly Taitz:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Terry wrote: 2/25/2009 1:05 PM I am a Vietnam era veteran. Prior to Mr. Obama being elected I spent many hours researching Mr. Obama on the net. What I found was extremely disturbing. Not only did I conclude that M...