Gen. McChrystal Is No MacArthur

A half century ago President Harry Truman tamed a rebellious -- and hugely popular -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who wanted to dramatically expand the war in Korea by attacking China.
President Obama faces a similar challenge today from his commander in Afghanistan, Gen। Stanley McChrystal, who wants to send tens of thousands more American troops to his war.
Read more here. (Huffington Post, Oct. 7, 2009)

John McCain’s Polish Moment, Iranian Style

The Republican candidate’s insistence, then backtracking, then his campaign’s backtracking on the backtracking, that Iran is training al Qaeda evoked President Gerald R. Ford’s declaration that “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.” For others, it was a reminder that we have all been here before — and we are once again exposed to the ignorance of top American officials about the Middle East.

CQ Homeland Security (03/21/2007)

Italians:Top Terrorist Could Win Damages Against CIA

Al Qaeda operative Abu Omar, kidnapped off a Milan street four years ago, could end up owning the home of a CIA officer charged with quarterbacking the badly bungled plan, Italian legal sources say.
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CQ Homeland Security 11/23/2007)

Democrats' New Intelligence Chairman Needs a Crash Course on al Qaeda

Forty years ago, Sgt. Silvestre Reyes was a helicopter crew chief flying dangerous combat missions in South Vietnam from the top of a soaring rocky outcrop near the sea called Marble Mountain.
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CQ Homeland Security (12/08/2006)

Some See al Qaeda Video a Harbinger of Bin Laden's Unfinished Business

As the halls of Congress rattled last week with arguments over wiretaps and torture and what went wrong with intelligence on Iraq, Dan Coleman was thinking of how the next hijacked plane will fly right into the Capitol building.
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CQ Homeland Security (9/08/2006)

Fear Factor: Is Another Big One Coming from al Qaeda?

It’s as good a question as any, coming on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 hijackers’ graduations from flight school.
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CQ Homeland Security (6/30/2006)