Talat Masood, a retired lieutenant general in the Pakistani Army wrote an op-ed piece in Monday’s New York Times titled, “Patience, Not Punishment, for Pakistan.” I decided to opine on Mr. Masood’s piece with some alliteration of my own: Passive/Aggressive: Mr. Masood wants us to know that he “feels our pain” and then he lets us know that it could get worse: “The volatile situation in Pakistan is matched by the understandable outrage of Americans Read More…
I got a text Sunday night at 7:50 saying: “Usama bin Laden dead. We got the bastard” It took me a few minutes to process the telegram-like text that my sister sent. I remembered watching 9/11 unfold almost ten years ago and I said out loud, “finally.” I then immediately thought, “what now?” I answered my own question: OBL’s death is the perfect reason to hasten our exit from Afghanistan. Although troops are scheduled to Read More…

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