To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Observercast

Escalate First, Think Later?

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Excuse me for being impolitic, but why the —- is America “surging” so unquestioningly into Afghanistan? Not for nothing is that country called “the burial ground of empires,” “a guerilla’s paradise” and “the theme park of problems.” Yet, President Obama insists that America must act now to “stabilize” Afghanistan and its dizzyingly […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.