President Barack Obama's speech from the Oval Office Tuesday night was a strange muddle - a televised prime-time address that lacked a bottom line, a consistent theme, a clear road to the future.He announced the end of combat... more ››
Since World War II, Americans have seen little reward for their wars. The Korean conflict ended in a menacing 57-year stalemate. Vietnam brought demoralizing defeat. The Afghanistan invasion, so justified and satisfying at the... more ››
Most Americans will support President Obama's call for patience in Afghanistan and his policy of continuing the long-planned drawdown in Iraq. But there was something bizarre about his entire Iraq speech — it was as if... more ››
