++The Washington Post isn't happy with President Obama's plans for Afghanistan. They even commissioned two former ambassadors to write an op-ed to lament the global perception of weakness our withdrawal will cause. The Post laments President Obama ending the war in Iraq,not sending troops to Libya or Syria and now ending the war in Afghanistan.They said he was just doing this so he can be seen in history as ending two wars.
++Just a factual note. The withdrawal plans for Afghanistan have been in development for 8 years. The US military commanders finally believe there is a definitive plan that provides real dates.
++Jennifer Rubin writs today that Hillary Clinton will have to repudiate Obama's foreign policy to show she is tough.
++John McCain said that just because a politician declares a war is over that doesn't mean it is. But you do have to try and end wars.
++The President delivered his West Point address today and spoke about coming to the end of a "long season of war". He went at length to say that military intervention should not be the first option of choice in policy-making. He said because of the cost of war the threshold for using force has to be higher than all the other options. I found it interesting that the three presidents he quoted were FDR, JFK and Eisenhower. Vietnam-era presidents and beyond didn't make the cut.
++The West Point speech was long on specifics, which I will deal with later.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
The Week Ahead
++ Wednesday, President Obama is set to make a foreign policy speech at West Point where he will urge international engagement but no overreach.
++President Obama is to announce new measures to restrict carbon from power plants. This will be somewhat watered down so states can choose to comply. The International Community is anticipating this policy announcement as a sign the US will become serious about climate change.
++President Obama announced that the plan for Afghanistan is that American direct involvement ends this year and he advocates keeping 9,800 troops in country until 2016.
++Glenn Greenwald is set to announce what he thinks is his bombshell revelation--all the Americans who have been monitored by the NSA.
++Rasmussen has some funky poll numbers out today. Obama is at 50% approval rating.Democrats have a 42-38 lead in the generic congressional poll, which means it is a wash. Jason Carter has a 48 to 41 lead in the Georgia governor's race over Nathan Deal.
++The new Ukrainian President wants direct military assistance from the United States and wants to negotiate with Putin directly.
++President Obama has ordered military training for the "moderate" Syrians.
++President Obama is to announce new measures to restrict carbon from power plants. This will be somewhat watered down so states can choose to comply. The International Community is anticipating this policy announcement as a sign the US will become serious about climate change.
++President Obama announced that the plan for Afghanistan is that American direct involvement ends this year and he advocates keeping 9,800 troops in country until 2016.
++Glenn Greenwald is set to announce what he thinks is his bombshell revelation--all the Americans who have been monitored by the NSA.
++Rasmussen has some funky poll numbers out today. Obama is at 50% approval rating.Democrats have a 42-38 lead in the generic congressional poll, which means it is a wash. Jason Carter has a 48 to 41 lead in the Georgia governor's race over Nathan Deal.
++The new Ukrainian President wants direct military assistance from the United States and wants to negotiate with Putin directly.
++President Obama has ordered military training for the "moderate" Syrians.
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