Partisan CBS

CBS News: On the whole the the networks try to give the appearance of being objective, but it seems in the days of Obama, that does not matter, thus shock statement by veteran CBS reporter, Bob Schieffer, " For the record, I generally agree with the President's approach on foreign policy,..." I ask the reader can you think in the time of Ronald Reagan that the elite media would state that they supported the Reagan Foreign Policy. It seems in the time of the ONE, the STAR, get a Nobel on the cheap that the Main Stream Media and that includes, ABC, NBC and CBS have taken a side, like the Nobel Committee they have shown that Republicans should only go on Fox News, because they will be targets to the Liberal Main Stream Media. My kind of reporter is Walter Burns from the Front Page, will investigate anybody and if no story will invent one, at least you can trust that kind of reporter.

How much for CLEANING and GARDENING = 12,415

BBC News: Reports that UK PM Gordon Brown will have to pay back 12, 415 to the tax payer for his expense claims for cleaning and gardening. If you want to see a political dodo watch Gordon Brown, New Labour does not have the courage to get rid of this political loser, thus the country has to go through months of this slow destruction of a government. Its a pity that Labour does not have the butchers instinct that the Conservative Party had in 1990, when Lady Thatcher was seen as a vote loser she was out, Tony Blair was forced out under pressure, to be replaced by Gordon Brown due to the Iraq War, now look what has happened, Brown is set for political oblivion while our Tony is to become the President of the EU. You have to love politics, its brutal and not fair, that why this blog exists.

Afghanistan NEEDS at least 25,000 more US Troops or its LOST

CNN: Reports on the views of David Kilcullen an adviser to the US military on Afghanistan and Iraq, in essence the US needs another twenty five thousand troops in Afghanistan or it will lose the War. One can understand the position of President Obama, he has just won the Nobel Peace Prize, and his military want him to send between twenty five and over sixty thousand new troops to Afghanistan. If does send the troops whats the point of the Nobel Peace Prize, if he does not send them he will be seen as weak and afraid to act after winning an Award for nothing. This is a tricky moment of Obama, the wrong move and his wont win re-election in 2012. One gets the impression that some of the advice he is getting is from those that are fighting the Vietnam War all over again, yes that would be VP Biden. The problem for President Obama is that he has never served, this is a military decision, last time I looked Obama never went to West Point, one wonders if he knows the difference between an aircraft carrier and a battleship, at least Jimmy Carter had been an officer in subs. It will be simple for readers to understand the Obama decision, if he follows the McChrystal request he wants to protect the the USA and the West, anything less at the US voter has voted in the new Neville Chamberlain.

What NEXT for Afghanistan ?

The New York Times: Reports on the debate in the Beltway of Washington D.C on the level of troops that should be sent to Afghanistan, as the NYT writes " to add another 40,000 troops on top of the 68,000 Americans already deployed there. " It should be noted that other NATO countries have about forty thousand troops in theatre, thus the US and NATO already has about one hundred thousand troops in theatre. An interesting fact that has come out is that the forty thousand request could be the middle level, it has been leaked that General McChrystal has also set a higher level of over sixty thousand new troops for Afghanistan. Thus the US military wait for the Hamlet of the Oval to make his mind up, keep at present level and lose the war, split the difference, at about twenty thousand troops and lose the war or win the war with forty thousand troops. If President Obama does not go along with the recommendations of General McChrystal then expect the USA to lose in Afghanistan, also that Taliban will take over Afghanistan and that Pakistan will come under more threat from the Taliban of Pakistan. All this down to arrogant and weak President. Obama is no Reagan.

The Arts and Obama

The New York Times: Reports how the TV comedy circuit is dealing with President Obama, the liberal NYT writes the following, " The bits about him are getting harsher. They are no longer just gentle gibes.." At the end of the day its about getting viewers to watch, more viewers more TV ads and thus more money for the networks. These networks are not going to be an arm of the Obama Administration till the end of time, they need viewers, if viewers are not happy with President Obama they have only Fox to watch, does not matter how Liberal the networks are, its about the dollar at the end of the day. Thus President Obama might look back at his early Presidency as his best time, the late night chat shows are going to after him now, they have to after he go the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, really NOTHING!. I will almost guarantee that former President Bill Clinton will have a smile on his face, lets be honest it must hurt him, President Carter ( 1977 -1981 ), Vice - President Al Gore ( 1993 2001 ), President Obama ( 2009 - ) all Democrats have gotten a Nobel Peace Prize, and it can be argued that President Clinton does deserve the prize for his charity work after leaving Office. Even the Nobel Peace Prize Committee cant give it to him now, even they must read the press after the Obama award, it could be years if not decades before Clinton gets a look in for the prize, thus he will have to watch the TV comedians send Obama up, that might be his only consolation.

The Threat to Pakistan from the Taliban - USA

BBC News: Reports on the visit by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to London. The Secretary stated that Pakistan was under threat from the Taliban of Pakistan and that Iran cant play the UN. The recent attack on the Headquarters of the Army of Pakistan by the Taliban of Pakistan shows how much danger Pakistan is under, that danger would be increased tenfold should President Obama follow the advice of VP Biden, the Vice President has argued for a drawback of US troops from Afghanistan and the increase of drone attacks on Al Qaeda in Pakistan. The US is already not that popular in Pakistan, the drone attacks while being very effective against the leadership of Al Qaeda has also killed innocent people, thus the effect of a more advance drone attacks could have serious repercussions for the Government of Pakistan. Also lets gets real here, the one and only concern is that Pakistan is a nuclear armed power, the US and West can not afford to see the Taliban take over Pakistan, thus while Obama is third guessing himself over Afghanistan, the President should really look at his policy towards Pakistan. Also a piece of advice to President Obama, do your self a favour and send Biden to count the Penguins in the Falklands, the Biden advice could lead to regional war between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has released the name of the soldier killed last Thursday, the soldier was " Lance Corporal James Hill of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards " Our thoughts are with the family of Lance Corporal Hill.