Ghosts of September 11th
If the United States of America does not immediately announce a massive drawdown in Afghanistan, the world will keep asking questions about Osama bin Laden because our lives will be getting worse, not better, by the day. And every time Mr. Obama opens his mouth about 9/11, he pours more gasoline into the pool and asks for another box of matches.
White House Struggles to Get Story Right on Raid
WASHINGTON – Killing Osama bin Laden was a big victory for Obama, but how exactly the raid went down is another story — and another, and another. Over two days, the White House has offered contradictory versions of events, including misidentifying which of bin Laden’s sons was killed and wrongly saying bin Laden’s wife died in gunfire, as it tries to sort through what the president’s press secretary called the “fog of combat” and produce an accurate account.