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Strategic patience: Obama admin unveils global security policy that will carry lots of ‘wait’

By Doug Powers • February 6, 2015 06:57 PM

You’ve got a friend

Obama’s Taliban Tools and Treachery

By Michelle Malkin • February 1, 2015 09:49 PM

I filed this column last week just before the latest insider jihadi attack in Afghanistan, which resulted in the death of three American contractors at the Kabul airport. Obama’s Taliban Tools and Treachery by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2015 To call President Obama’s Afghanistan policy a mess is a colossal understatement. To call it […]

Couldn’t have predicted this: Gitmo detainee Obama released for Bergdahl back in touch with Taliban

By Doug Powers • January 29, 2015 04:02 PM

Catch & release consequences

NBC News: Bergdahl to be charged with desertion; Obama admin scurries to protect narrative

By Doug Powers • January 27, 2015 10:19 AM

The stonewalling

Lack of heroic Castro cameo dooms Michael Moore’s support for ‘American Sniper’

By Doug Powers • January 18, 2015 08:46 PM

Arbiter of “cowards”?

Obama fires up Air Force One, Marine One, huge motorcade to deliver climate change warning at UN

By Doug Powers • September 23, 2014 01:33 PM

Plus: Coffee salute

Whoops: Afghan soldiers go missing from military base … in Massachusetts; Updated

By Doug Powers • September 22, 2014 07:53 AM

Nothing to see here?

The deadly jihad attack on Camp Bastion: Two years later

By Michelle Malkin • September 14, 2014 08:13 AM

Today is the 2nd anniversary of the deadly attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. Regular readers of this website have been fully informed about the horrible jihad siege on the base, which occurred three days after the Benghazi attack. But for most Americans, Camp Bastion holds no significance. Two years later, there has been little […]

Of course: White House tells Congress Chuck Hagel made the final call on the Bergdahl/Taliban leaders swap

By Doug Powers • June 9, 2014 10:28 PM

Obama didn’t build that

Baloney, counter-baloney: John Kerry’s insta flip-flop

By Doug Powers • June 8, 2014 01:11 PM

More fumbling

Obama warns terrorist enemies of America: Sure, I’d trade more prisoners

By Doug Powers • June 6, 2014 10:25 PM

Dumbbell diplomacy

Newest spin: Maybe Bergdahl’s platoon was full of ‘psychopaths’ and he reacted like any sane person would

By Doug Powers • June 5, 2014 09:11 AM

Theories

Supporter of non-transparent, law-flouting administration SHOCKED they illegally failed to inform Congress of Gitmo releases

By Doug Powers • June 3, 2014 09:48 PM

Whatever

Exclusive: The story you haven’t yet heard about Bowe Bergdahl’s desertion

By Michelle Malkin • June 3, 2014 03:23 PM

Exclusive: The story you haven’t yet heard about Bowe Bergdahl’s desertion by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2014 Five years ago, I publicly raised questions about Bowe Bergdahl’s desertion from Blackfoot Company, 1-501 Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. A few weeks after his so-called “capture” in late June 2009, three […]

NYT and FNC: Bowe Bergdahl left behind desertion note; Wanted to renounce citizenship

By Doug Powers • June 3, 2014 11:25 AM

Unanswered questions

Flashback: A reminder about Bowe Bergdahl’s desertion problem

By Michelle Malkin • May 31, 2014 08:51 PM

While many people jumped aboard the Bowe Bergdahl bandwagon, I was not one of them. His release today in exchange for five Taliban commanders who had been in custody at Gitmo underscores troubling questions that have persisted since his alleged abduction. Longtime readers will recall questions raised here about the circumstances of Bergdahl’s disappearance. Here’s […]

White House picks wrong time to make good on ‘historic levels of transparency’ promise

By Doug Powers • May 25, 2014 11:57 PM

CIA forced to CYA

Paging the NBC psychologist: David Gregory asks if Bush/Blair are responsible for radicalizing terrorists

By Doug Powers • April 28, 2014 10:00 AM

Blame Bushblair

Maddow: Russia invading Ukraine? That’s totally on Bush

By Doug Powers • March 4, 2014 11:01 AM

Oh really?

Media lapdog of the day: Purple Heart, Bronze Star recipient’s story sure is a lot like Obama’s

By Doug Powers • January 29, 2014 12:40 PM

Instinct

It begins: Afghanistan releases dangerous jihadists over U.S. objections

By Michelle Malkin • January 27, 2014 09:38 AM

The latest news, via TOLO News: The US government has condemned an ordered release of the first wave of 88 prisoners from Bagram prison, saying that more than 40 per cent of the prisoners who are set to go were involved in direct attacks against the US and Afghan forces. The Afghan Review Board (ARB), […]

Obama’s Afghanistan mess

By Michelle Malkin • January 3, 2014 11:48 AM

Obama’s Afghanistan mess by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2013 Is President Obama sleeping well on his Hawaiian holiday? I can think of many families of American soldiers who might not be enjoying the same bliss right now. That’s because 2014 opens with alarming news that the Afghan government will free an estimated 650 prisoners […]

Uncovering the Camp Bastion cover-up

By Michelle Malkin • June 21, 2013 12:17 PM

Photo credit: DVIDS, Cpl. Mark Garcia Marines kneel beside the battlefield cross to pay their final respects to Sgt. Bradley Atwell during a memorial ceremony, Sept. 20. During the ceremony, Marines paid tribute to Atwell, an aircraft electrical, instrument and flight control systems technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16, from Kokomo, Ind. Atwell was […]