Representative Alan Grayson has been unusual among Florida Democrats in attacking the nuclear deal that President Obama and world leaders negotiated with Iran. [1] Even New York Senator Chuck Schumer, who is under tremendous pressure from groups opposed to the deal, has only said that he will thoroughly review the deal, rather than attacking it…
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You can’t follow U.S. print media coverage of the war in Afghanistan for any length of time without running into some variation of the following assertion: "The Taliban Will Never Negotiate, As Long As They Think They’re Winning." No serious effort is usually made to substantiate this claim, which is asserted as if it…
Recent press speculation suggests at least even odds that sometime in November, President Obama will give a speech announcing that he intends to send tens of thousands of more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2010. Not a temporary “surge,” but a permanent escalation. While certainly it’s good news – at least temporarily – that AP…