McNamara Dies: 58,000 Deaths Too Late

I normally subscribe to the notion that you do not speak ill of the dead. In the case of Robert Strange McNamara, former Secretary of Defense, I will make an exception. If one person had to be singled out as being responsible for the turbulent 1960′s it would have to be Robert McNamara. Close behind [...]

Gingrich on Offense

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Senator Dick Durbin were David Gregory’s guests Sunday morning on “Meet the Press”. Newt Gingrich gave a compelling statement regarding the question of why Guantanamo Bay should continue to be used for a prison to hold captured enemy combatants. The fact is the 3,100 Americans who were [...]

Catch and Release on the Battlefield

“The record is clear: rather than keep us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security.” “It is a rallying cry for our enemies. It sets back the willingness of our allies to work with us in fighting an enemy that operates in scores of countries. By any measure, the costs of keeping [...]