Russia has been worried in particular, not so much about the idea of a small defense ... but about what it might mean in the future. |
Sunnis turned out for the election because that was better than the alternative of sitting it out. But they are not going to be happy to continue in the process if none of the decisions on governing the country go their way. |
That conspiracy theory totally ignores the fact a lot of these commissioners are not political and some of them are Democrats, ... It's not how the process works and I would challenge anyone to offer proof this was a political process. |
That is the most extreme form of wishful thinking. There is simply no basis for making that statement. |
The Afghan campaign has required a lot of base construction, aircraft refueling and several thousand American [personnel]. The costs have been in the general vicinity of $20 billion -- about one-quarter the cost of Desert Storm already -- and it will keep going. |
The Army has truly distinguished itself over the last several years adapting to some very difficult circumstances. But the fact is the troops are tired now and a lot of their equipment is in the shop. |
The bad news is that any shortfall shows how hard it would be to increase the Army's size by 50,000 or more as many of us think appropriate, ... We appear to have waited too long to try. |
The bad news is that any shortfall shows how hard it would be to increase the Army's size by 50,000 or more, as many of us think appropriate, ... We appear to have waited too long to try. |
The economy is not helping us win the war. |
The fact that he has managed to elude capture for four years bodes well for his long term ability to stay at large. |
The general idea that we would want the UAE to invest here and diversify is correct. They have a history of being good traders. |
The Pentagon is run by a political appointee, a Republican, and he's the one that put Ellsworth on the list in the first place, |
The Republicans don't want to get beaten to the punch on this. |
There's at least a decent chance we'll never catch him. |
There's no doubt there are a lot of good things happening economically, but to conclude, therefore, that the economy is fundamentally healthy or that it's improving fast enough to really help us with the war, I think goes too far. |