Mr. Obama, the Christian president with the Muslim-sounding name, would heed the admonitions of neither religion's prophets about making war and do what no empire or leader, including Alexander the Great, could do: he would, he assured us "get the job done in Afghanistan." And so we have our democratic president receiving the Nobel Peace Prize as he sends 30,000 more troops to a ten-year-old conflict in a country that's been war-torn for 5,000 years.


Alexander the Great pacified Afghanistan.  So did Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, and a dozen other empires.  It hasn't been "war-torn for 5,000 years," either.  It has been near-constantly at war since Daoud pushed out the last King of Afghanistan in '72, however, only to get assassinated by the communists in '78. 

Otherwise, an intriguing and thoughtful interview with Turley.  I think Turley nailed it with his "red state/blue state" observation.  I hear it from both sides:  they primarily justify their votes as being against the Other Team.  When I tell people I'll be voting for Johson, the answer is usually "that's just a vote for Obama/Romney!"  The answer tells me which Team they root for.

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