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John McCain didn t answer Katie Couric s question on Iraq. As a matter of fact, John McCain screwed up the answer. Just so that we are clear. Sunni leaders got together in al-Anbar province to stop the violence and push Al Qaeda out of their country. This happened in September and October of 2006. The surge was announced by the President in January of 2007. The surge was really targeted to decrease the violence in Baghdad. IN BAGHDAD. Although there was some troops transferred to al-Anbar, the decrease in violence was because of the Sunni s taking control of their own piece of Iraq. C L has an outstanding post on CBS breaking their own rules. ShareThis

The speculation before Senator Obama left for Iraq that he would possibly commit a presidential-bid-ending gaffe was deafening. So naturally the media was caught off guard when John McCain managed to beat Obama to the punch. Download | Play Download | Play Stewart: Come on! This guy is a newbie! You can t snag one faux pas, one misstep, a blunder, a boo boo, a brainfart? Something small a geography mix-up? McCain: It’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border. Stewart: The Iraq-Pakistan border, otherwise known as IRAN.

Barack Obama sat down with CBS Lara Logan Sunday morning for a long interview about his meeting with President Karzai and his vision for American foreign policy. Calling the security situation in Afghanistan precarious and urgent, the presumptive Democratic nominee stressed that that country is the real central front in the war on terror, and it s about time we started treating it as such. Download | Play Download | Play The Afghan government needs to do more. But we have to understand that the situation is precarious and urgent here in Afghanistan. And I believe this has to be our central focus, the central front, on our battle against terrorism. Full transcript below the fold: Logan: Why does it have to be the central focus? What is so critical to U.S. interests here? Obama: This is where they can plan attacks. They have sanctuary here. They are gathering huge amounts of money as a consequence of the drug trade in the region. And so that global network is centered in this area. And I think one of the biggest mistakes we ve made strategically after 9/11 was to fail to finish the job here, focus our attention here. We got distracted by Iraq. And despite what the Bush Administration has argued, I don t think there s any doubt that we were distracted from our efforts not only to hunt down al-Qaeda and the Taliban, but also to rebuild this country so that people have confidence that we were to here to stay over the long haul, that we were going to rebuild roads, provide electricity, improve the quality of life for people. And now we have a chance, I think, to correct some of those areas. There s starting to be a broad consensus that it s time for us to withdraw some of our combat troops out of Iraq, deploy them here in Afghanistan. And I think we have to seize that opportunity. Now s the time for us to do it. I think what s important for us to do is to begin planning for those brigades now. If we wait until the next administration, it could be a year before we get those additional troops on the ground here in Afghanistan. And I think that would be a mistake. I think the situation is getting urgent enough that we ve got to start doing something now. The United States has to take a regional approach to the problem. Just as we can t be myopic and focus only on Iraq, we also can t think that we can solve the security problems here in Afghanistan without engaging the Pakistan government. Logan: And how do you compel Pakistan to act? Obama: Well, you know, I think that the U.S. government provides an awful lot of aid to Pakistan, provides a lot of military support to Pakistan. And to send a clear message to Pakistan that this is important, to them as well as to us, I think that message has not been sent. Logan: Under what circumstances would you authorize unilateral U.S. action against targets inside tribal areas? Obama: What I ve said is that if we had actionable intelligence against high-value al-Qaeda targets, and the Pakistani government was unwilling to go after those targets, that we should. My hope is that it doesn t come to that - that in fact, the Pakistan government would recognize that if we had Osama bin Laden in our sights that we should fire or we should capture him. Logan: Isn t that the case now? I mean, do you really think that if U.S. forces had Osama bin Laden in their sights and the Pakistanis said No, that they wouldn t fire or wouldn t go after him? Obama: I think actually this is current doctrine. There was some dispute when I said this last August. Both the administration and some of my opponents suggested, Well, you know, you shouldn t go around saying that. But I don t think there s any doubt that that should be our policy. Logan: But [not going after him] is the current policy. Obama: I believe it is the current policy. Logan: So there s no change, then? Obama: I don t think there s going to be a change there. I think that in order for us to be successful, it s not going to be enough just to engage in the occasional shot fired. We ve got training camps that are growing and multiplying. Logan: Would you take out all those training camps? Obama: Well, I think that what we would like to see the Pakistani government take out those training camps. Logan: And if they won t? Obama: Well, I think that we ve got to work with them so they will. Logan: Would you consider unilateral U.S. action? Obama: I will push Pakistan very hard to make sure that we go after those training camps. I think it s absolutely vital to the security interests for both the United States and Pakistan. Logan: You do have a situation seven years on into this war where Osama bin Laden and all his lieutenants and all the leaders of the Taliban, they re still there. They re inside Pakistan. Obama: It s a huge problem. First of all, if we hadn t taken our eye off the ball, we might ve caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. So we made a strategic error. And it s one that we re going to pay for, and unfortunately the people in Afghanistan have paid for it as well. But we now have an opportunity to correct that problem. One of the, if you look at what s happening right now in Iraq, Prime Minister al-Maliki has indicated he wants a timetable full withdraw. That is the view of the vast majority of Iraqis as well. We ve seen a quelling of the violence. We haven t seen as much political progress as needs to be made. But we re starting to see some efforts on the part of the various factions to deal with some of the issues that are out there. Logan: Token efforts at best. Obama: They are token efforts at best. But if we have a timetable and they suddenly see an urgency behind the fact that the American troops are going to be leaving and that they need to get their act together, then this is the perfect moment for us to say, We are going to shift our resources. We re going to get a couple of more brigades here into Afghanistan. We re going to be willing to increase our foreign aid to Pakistan. In exchange, we re going to expect that Pakistan takes much more seriously going after al-Qaeda and Taliban base camps on their side of the borders. Logan: What would be a mission accomplished for you in Afghanistan? Obama: Well, a mission accomplished would be that we had stabilized Afghanistan, that the Afghan people are experiencing rising standards of living, that we have made sure that we are disabling al-Qaeda and the Taliban so that they can longer attack Afghanistan, they can no longer engage in attacks against targets of Pakistan, and they can t target the United States or its allies. Logan Losing is not an option? Obama: Losing is not an option when it comes to al-Qaeda. And it never has been. And that s why the fact that we engaged in a war of choice when were not yet finished with that task was such a mistake. Logan: Do you believe the war on terror can t be won if Osama bin Laden is still alive and if he s still out there? Obama: I think there would be enormous symbolic value in us capturing or killing bin Laden, because I think he s still a rallying point for Islamic extremists. But I don t think that by itself is sufficient. I think that we are going to have to be vigilante in dismantling these terrorist networks. Logan: Okay, last question: There is a perception that you lack experience in world affairs. Obama: Right. Logan: Is this trip partly aimed at overcoming that concern, that, you know, there are doubts among some Americans that you could lead the country at war as commander in chief from day one? Obama: You know, the interesting thing is that the people who are very experienced in foreign affairs, I don t think have those thoughts. The troops that I ve been meeting with over the last several days, they don t seem to have those doubts. The objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to ten years. It s important for me to have a relationship with them early, that I start listening to them now, getting a sense of what their interests and concerns are, because one of the shifts in foreign policy that I want to execute as president is giving the world a clear message that America intends to continue to show leadership, but our style of leadership is going to be less unilateral, that we re going to see our role as building partnerships around the world that are of mutual interest to the parties involved. And I think this gives me a head start in that process. Logan: Do you have any doubts? Obama: Never.

Author: nationalbanana Added: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:54:49 -0800 Duration: 228This Al Qaeda soap opera effectively dramatizes many pressing issues currently besetting our Middle Eastern neighbors.

Author: nationalbanana Added: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:54:49 -0800 Duration: 365This Al Qaeda soap opera effectively dramatizes many pressing issues currently besetting our Middle Eastern neighbors.

Author: nationalbanana Added: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:54:49 -0800 Duration: 193This Al Qaeda soap opera effectively dramatizes many pressing issues currently besetting our Middle Eastern neighbors.

What's the difference between "misspeaking" and just plain having your facts wrong? Today's Lunch takes a look at McCain's continued references to a country that hasn't existed for 16 years. But can Obama capitalize?

What's the difference between "misspeaking" and just plain having your facts wrong? Today's Lunch takes a look at McCain's continued references to a country that hasn't existed for 16 years. But can Obama capitalize?

The Bush/McCain debacle in Iraq devoured so many lives and resources that the U.S. was forced to take their eye off the Taliban and the real al Qaeda threat in Afghanistan. As a result of this gross negligence and lack of foresight and planning, both groups have reconstituted and become stronger and deadlier than ever. June saw the highest U.S. body count in Afghanistan since that conflict began in 2002. More than six years in, things are now worse than ever there for our troops. Download | Play Download | Play (h/t SilentPatriot) During a press conference Wednesday, when asked about deteriorating conditions and the growing number of troops deaths in Afghanistan, President Bush falls back on the same predictable propaganda of patriotism, and distraction from reality. What does our president propose to fix the situation? Throw more money and bodies at it get ready for The Surge 2.0. We re constantly reviewing troop needs, troop levels. We re halfway through 2008; as I said, we re going to increase troops by 2009. One thing, however, that you got to understand is that we have doubled Afghan troops coalition troops have doubled from two years ago. So there is an active presence and there are more troops there than there were. But we re constantly reassessing and seeing whether or not we can change tactics in order to achieve our objective. Update: Video at The Huffington Post shows the top U.S. military officer saying yesterday that he doesn t have enough troops to send to Afghanistan because they are bogged down in Iraq. Full transcript below the fold: WhiteHouse.gov: Q Thank you, Mr. President. June was the deadliest month for U.S. troops in since we began the war in Afghanistan. Has Afghanistan replaced Iraq as the central front of the war on terror? And is al Qaeda and the Taliban taking the upper hand? And also, is it possible that we could send additional U.S. troops there sooner than the 2009 date that you ve been talking about? THE PRESIDENT: First of all, anytime a troop loses their life, whether it be in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere, our hearts go out to their families. And I am so appreciative that, in a time of danger, Americans are willing to step up and volunteer and sacrifice. Secondly, it has been a tough month in Afghanistan, but it s also been a tough month for the Taliban. You know, one reason why there have been more deaths is because our troops are taking the fight to a tough enemy, an enemy who doesn t like our presence there because they don t like the idea of America denying safe haven. America is pressing an ideology that s opposite of theirs, and so, of course, there s going to be resistance. I am confident that the strategy is going to work, which is to confront the Taliban, confront elements of al Qaeda, and at the same time, encourage the growth of a free society by good economic policy, good education policy, and good health policy. We re constantly reviewing troop needs, troop levels. We re halfway through 2008; as I said, we re going to increase troops by 2009. One thing, however, that you got to understand is that we have doubled Afghan troops coalition troops have doubled from two years ago. So there is an active presence and there are more troops there than there were. But we re constantly reassessing and seeing whether or not we can change tactics in order to achieve our objective.

Show 221 Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope. Michael Medved talks to author Michael Yon. 37 minutes 8.6MB Synopsis- Never underestimate the American soldier. That's the moral of former Green Beret Michael Yon's brilliant battle-by-battle, block-by-block tale of how America's new 'greatest generation' of soldiers is turning defeat and disaster into victory and hope in Iraq. The American soldier is the reason General David Petraeus's brilliant strategy of moving our soldiers off isolated bases and out among the Iraqi people is working. Working to find and kill terrorists, reclaim neighborhoods, and help lead Iraq to democracy. Yon is no cheerleader. According to the New York Times, he has logged more time in combat situations in Iraq than any other U.S. reporter. When failed American leadership was driving Iraq into chaos and civil war, nobody told the story earlier or better than Michael Yon. The top brass was so mad that twice the U.S. military denied him access to Iraq. So Yon has supreme credibility when he says that we are finally winning, not primarily with our overwhelming technology, not with shock and awe destruction, but with the even more powerful force of American values--with the courage and leadership, strength and compassion of our soldiers. Moment of Truth in Iraq is packed with Yon's trademark thrilling and often heart-rending tales from the battlefield: * The American commander fed up with phony Al Qaeda 'documentaries' that showed terrorists shooting at bombed out American vehicles as if they had beaten us in open battle. The commander and his men staged the bombing of a broken down truck, then when the terrorists came to put on their act, Navy SEAL snipers killed every one. * Follow the exploits of the great Deuce Four battalion that becamethe center of a warrior cult dreaded by terrorists and revered by Iraqis. *Think Iraqi soldiers can't fight? Read about the elite Iraqi SWAT team taking down a terror cell for the murder of four American soldiers and a brave Iraqi guide. *Think Americans are occupiers, not liberators, of Iraq? Tell that to the wounded Iraqi interpreter, who, convinced he was about to die, begged his U.S. commander to have his heart cut out and buried in America. * Learn why so many Iraqi boys dream of becoming American soldiers. * Brutalized by Saddam for decades, Iraqis hungered for strength entwined with justice and tempered by mercy. The American soldier delivered. Here is the true, untold story of the American soldier and the courage and values that are bringing victory for America-and Iraq. The New York Times rack[ed] up more time embedded with combat units than any other journalist

Stephen thinks the great thing about the war on terror is that if we fight it right, it can go on forever. Download | Play Download | Play al Qaeda is losing? They re our key ally in never having to explain what our government is doing.

Show 211 Dennis Prager talks to Douglas Feith, the former Under Secretary of Defense and a chief architect of the Iraq war. His new book is War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism. For Synopsis of book see ACU show 210. To purchase book visit Amazon War and Decision. Download all of Dennis Pragers shows free at: http://www.townhall.com/talkradio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3 Highly recommended! Click here to start your free subscription to the American Conservative University newsletter We will send you notice each week about our new shows. To download this show, right click the direct download file below and select Save target as... and save the file on your computer. Mac users should hold down the control key when clicking to get the Save as... option.

Show 210 Michael Medved talks to Douglas Feith, the former Under Secretary of Defense and a chief architect of the Iraq war. His new book is War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism. 37minutes 8.6MB To purchase book visit Amazon War and Decision Synopsis- Of all the players in the planning and evolution of the Bush Administrations war on terrorism, few were more integralâor more controversialâthan Douglas Feith, the chief strategist on Donald Rumsfelds Pentagon policy team. A highly influential international policy analyst for more than a quarter century before joining the Bush Administration in 2001, Feith worked closely with Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Cheney, and President Bush in defining the U.S. response to the attacks of 9/11 -- from the successful war on Afghanistan to the more challenging invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. Now, in this candid and revealing memoir, Feithâa founding member of the neoconservativeâ movement and an architect of the administration's preventive strategy in the war on terrorismâoffers the most in-depth and authoritative account yet of the Pentagon s evolving stance during one of the most controversial eras of American history. Drawing upon a unique trove of documents and records, this extraordinary chronicle will put the reader in the room for scores of previously unreported senior-level meetings, showing how hundreds of critical decisions were made in defense of American interests during and after the crisis of 9/11 -- decisions both successful and controversial. Where journalists like Bob Woodward could only speculate, Feith is the first inside player to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, at a time when history hung in the balance. As the political battles over Iraq and the Bush administration surge onward, one thing has been missing: A fair and accurate assessment of how the battles were joined, from inside the team that planned them. With this exceptional work of history, Douglas Feith contributes the only thing that can change the course of the debate: the truth.

It has been a little while since Keith Olbermann has had a Special Comment. Keith Olbermann has 4 major points. George Bush gave an interview yesterday to Politico.com and the users of Yahoo. The Election of a Democratic President could emboldened the enemy - this of course is nonsense. It is fear-mongering. It is so 2004. The country has moved past this. I was told they had Weapons of Mass Destruction said Bush. This is the It wasn t my fault. defense that Bush has used in the past. Keith is not letting him get away with that weak answer. Because the buck stops at the President s desk. He was the one that appointed those knuckleheads. He was the one that didn t ask for objective opinions. Finally, there was that great quote, I don t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal. President Bush has said some painfully uninformed things over the last 7 years. This may be the worst. He gave up Golf not for lent but for the Iraq War? Keith really lets Bush have it on this one and he should because the idea is more than condescending.  Oh, but, is this just another spin job?  The Associated Press has photos of President Bush playing golf after the death of the UN envoy. Keith s Special Comment might of been a little over the top but he was correct.  George Bush isn t sprinting to the finish line like he said.  He is limbing.  If he were a boat he would be listing to one side.  I guess the one thing that is clear is George W. Bush is the worst president in the last 50 years.  He maybe the worst president, ever.

I think everyone remembers where they were when they first heard about the planes flying into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. For our generation, it’s that horrifying moment that matches up with when other generations remember the Kennedy assassination or the bombing of Pearl Harbor. But where were you when the horror of the Bush Administration’s handling of 9/11 began settling in? Its inability to scramble jets that fateful day or the President staying in an elementary school, reading to children about a goat rather than getting up and showing some leadership capabilities? Where were you when the Administration resisted a proper investigation of the attack on America? Philip Shenon, an accomplished and long-time reporter for The New York Times, has written a book that every American should read. The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation is, of all things, a beautifully-written journey into the not-so-bipartisan investigation into the government’s handling of 9/11 and its aftermath. It’s the first book of the 21st Century that could be a proper companion to Woodward and Bernstein’s classic, All the President’s Men. You should read The Commission, and then you should get very, very mad. (Please note: Due to a technical problem, only the first half of this live interview recorded on BlogTalk Radio. If anyone privately recorded it in its entirety, please contact Mr. Media.) Read the complete transcription of this interview HERE! You can also LISTEN to this interview by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below! open separate window © 2008 by Bob Andelman. All rights reserved.

The hits just keep on coming from America s two most wanted - Bin Laden & Al-Zawahiri.

Author: TNOYF Added: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:49:32 -0800 Duration: 233Ayman Al Zawahiri comments on the growing discord in the Islamic community concerning Al Qaeda's tactics.

Author: TNOYF Added: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:49:32 -0800 Duration: 233Ayman Al Zawahiri comments on the growing discord in the Islamic community concerning Al Qaeda's tactics.

The comments from Ayman Al-Zawahiri are translated by The Nose On Your Face.

Check out the winners of this years Al Jazeera Kid's Choice awards! Ranked 3.16 / 5 | 2762 views | 3 comments Click here to watch the video Submitted By: hardlynews Tags: Hardl News Hardlynews Al Al Jazeera Al-Qaeda Hillary Duff Mandy Moore Kid's Choice Awards Show Terrorism Categories: Comedy

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Author: revelation131 Added: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:22:31 -0800 Duration: 395Muslim terrorist Osama bin Laden returns in a video in September 2007. Bible prophecy discussion of what this means.

Author: revelation131 Added: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:22:31 -0800 Duration: 395Muslim terrorist Osama bin Laden returns in a video in September 2007. Bible prophecy discussion of what this means.

Do we really want a president who needs Joe Lieberman as a fact-checker?

Meet Prisoner #345, an Al Jazeera journalist imprisoned at Guantanamo.

Meet Prisoner #345, an Al Jazeera journalist imprisoned at Guantanamo.

President on 5 Year War Mark: 'This is a fight that American can and must win."

President Bush says surge opened door for "strategic victory" in Iraq.

In Jordan, McCain errs in describing which extremists Iran is allegedly aiding.