Outside the Beltway

A growing number of conservatives are in dismay about the state of their movement.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t say whether she thinks the war in Afghanistan is worth the increasing toll on American blood and treasure.

A review by the Army of its alarming spike in suicides blames it on the new strain of risk-seeking recruits who join during wartime and commanders who neglect to rein them in.

While President Obama is pushing the Afghanistan surge, large numbers of elected Democrats are demanding we get out.

“I don’t condone leaking secrets. But nor do I condone a policy that can only work in secret.” – Bernard Finel

Three different ways they’re viewing the leaked “war logs” across the Pond.

Will the Wikileaks document dump give even further impetus to the growing sentiment that the United States needs to leave Afghanistan ?

The scumbags at WikiLeaks have published a huge trove of classified documents provided to them by one or more traitors in our military.

With everyone concerned about the budget deficit, the idea of cutting military spending is finally gaining traction on Capitol Hill.

General Stanley McChrystal retired with full honors while being lauded by the Secretary of Defense.

Feldpost für unsere Soldaten is a campaign recognizing the sacrifices of German soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.

The movie version of Captain America will dress like the flag but won’t be waving it.

Now we’re doubling down on the Karzai government.

Vice-President Biden glances into the future and sees a relatively good year for Democrats. Is he right ?

Will a debate over foreign policy tear apart the GOP ? Probably not.

There is an al Qaeda link to yesterday’s terrorist attack in Uganda.

Some people are saying that David Petraeus deserves promotion to a rank last held by Omar Bradley.

The Taliban have a new secret weapon: Monkey terrorist soldiers.

Is Ann Coulter’s defense of Michael Steele’s Afghan War skepticism the beginning of conservative split, or just an attempt to pile on President Obama ?

Topics include the continuing dismal state of the economy, including the lack of jobs and business investment. On the lighter side: Afghanistan.

It looks like we’ll have at least five more months of Michael Steele gaffes to look forward to.

The latest bad idea from some conservative pundits ? Sarah Palin for Chair of the Republican National Committee.

General Petraeus is in charge in Afghanistan! What exactly does this change?

We need to ask ourselves some tough questions on Afghanistan.

It’s going to be much harder for reporters to get access to the military thanks to new rules announced last night by the Pentagon.

Once again, the knives are out for Michael Steele after his recent Afghanistan gaffe.

The latest poll trends have pollster Charlie Cook thinking that the Democrats could be in for a very bad trouncing on Election Day.

The Chairman of the RNC is expressing doubts about America’s war effort in Afghanistan.

Are new war strategies putting too much strain on commanders in the field ?

The public is growing tired of America’s Longest War.

Does it matter if the controversial McChrystal comments were “off the record” ? No, it doesn’t.

Despite repeated promises to the contrary, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay will be remaining open indefinitely.

The odds that David Petraeus will be able to pull off a miracle in Afghanistan like he did in Iraq are very slim.

David Petraeus says he supports the President’s Afghanistan policy, including the withdrawal timetable, but that means less than most people think it does.

Both President Obama and General McChrystal handled a bad situation incredibly well.

Another poll brings bad news for the White House.

President Obama has relieved General Stanley Chrystal of command of ISAF.

Stanley McChrystal is being called to face Obama’s national security team this morning. They should take the opportunity to come up with coherent Afghanistan policy.

Are we making too much of Stanley McChrystal’s remarks?