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Tweet this To succeed in Afghanistan, we’ll need the support of the likes of Abdul Sattar Abu Risha. He was the daring tribal sheik in Anbar province whose pivot against al-Qaida in the summer of 2006 began to turn the Iraq War. He marshaled other tribal leaders in what grew into a nationwide anti-al-Qaida movement. Sattar acted knowing that the Americans had his back. “Instead of telling (the Iraqis) that we would leave soon and they must assume responsibility for their own security,” Col. Sean MacFarland, who worked with Sattar, has explained, “we told them that we would stay as long as necessary to defeat the terrorists.” Sattar trusted President George W. Bush, and admired him “for sticking to his principles despite public opinion.” All of this is recounted in the new book on the Anbar revolt, “A Chance in Hell,” by Jim Michaels. As Mark Moyar writes in a review in The Wall Street Journal, it was only by winning the confidence of elites like Sattar - who was ...

By: Jim Meyers In perhaps his harshest criticism yet of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Jeb Bush sharply chastised his successor, saying he had committed an “unforgivable” act by supporting President Barack Obama’s massive stimulus package. In an exclusive Newsmax interview, Bush praised Crist as a “talented guy” and “about the nicest guy I’ve ever met in politics.” But he took Crist to task for enthusiastically backing what Bush called “a massive spending bill that is not related to stimulus. It is related to trying to carry out a liberal agenda.” Crist is running for the U.S. Senate, and is squaring off against former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican primary. See Jeb Bush's Comments on Charlie Crist in Newsmax.TV's Video Interview below So far Bush has remained neutral in the race, but he told Newsmax he “might” decide to endorse one of the GOP candidates. Already his son Jeb Jr. is backing Rubio and ...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview that the Obama administration is charting a “dangerous course” as it pushes for a dramatic expansion of government. Bush predicted a “tsunami” of opposition will sweep away Democratic candidates this November , and a popular “uprising” is under way.

Today's Most Popular Stories 07.31.09 Each day, Ashley Estill surfs your sites for the most popular stories of the day. Here are the top headlines for July 31, 2009: Washington Post: House Passes Bill to Prolong 'Cash for Clunkers' Washington Times: Economy declined a modest 1% last quarter Washington Examiner: Congress approves $2,000,000,000 more to fund "cash for clunkers" N.Y. Times: So Far, It's the Summer That Isn't L.A. Times: GDP beats expectations in second quarter USA Today: Tiger back in the mix at Buick Open after second-round 63 CQ Politics: New Alaska Governor More Popular Than Palin The Hill: Veterans groups have 'grave concerns' on health bill Politico: Henry Waxman gets deal on health bill ABC News: Political Punch: Pentagon Releases New Images of Air Force One Flyover CBS News: Hot Wall Street Caps Best July in 20 Years Fox News: Not So Suite Life: Family Wants Out of Living Alone in 32-Story Co...

Obama needs to stop blaming Bush July 25, 5:27 PM · Jeremy Lukens - Orlando Conservative Examiner AP Photo Barack Obama continues his nonstop campaigning, despite the fact that he has actually been president since January, doing countless TV specials, radio addresses, tweets, and Jerry Lewis-style telethons. In seemingly all of these addresses, Obama does exactly what he did to get elected: speak in vague terms and blame Bush. Though his “stimulus bill,” which was so important to pass right away that there was no time for Congress to read it (though there was time for it to sit on Obama’s desk over the weekend), has been an abysmal failure, Obama is quick to point out that he “inherited this economy.” Never before has a person in a position of such power and authority been so unprofessional when it comes to taking responsibility. Obama’s philosophy seems to be that “...

Legacy Fight: Inside Bush and Cheney's Tense Final Days By MASSIMO CALABRESI AND MICHAEL WEISSKOPF Massimo Calabresi And Michael Weisskopf Thu Jul 23, 11:20 am ET Hours before they were to leave office after eight troubled years, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney had one final and painful piece of business to conclude. For over a month Cheney had been pleading, cajoling, even pestering Bush to pardon the Vice President's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby. Libby had been convicted nearly two years earlier of obstructing an investigation into the leak of a covert CIA officer's identity by senior White House officials. The Libby pardon, aides reported, had become something of a crusade for Cheney, who seemed prepared to push his nine-year-old relationship with Bush to the breaking point - and perhaps past it - over the fate of his former aide. "We don't want to leave anyone on the battlefield," Cheney argued. Bush had already decided the week bef...

There are people who think Google is incorporating political bias into search results. As examples they use misspellings of George Bush and Barack Obama. Are the results of misspelled queries really something Google would take the time to specifically alter to inject their political beliefs though? This has led some to speculate that Google is showing its political bias. Top executives with the company were very open about supporting Barack Obama during his presidential campaign. Eric Schmidt even appeared in Obama's 30 minute infomercial. This surely only adds to the speculation. "So what is this all about?" asks someone under the handle Discovery on Search Engine Watch's Forum. "Obama who Google endorses has all negative pictures, negative sites and negative videos completely removed and his self promoting website put in their place while at the same time George Busch has every single nasty photo, nasty attack site and video presented with NO alterations by Go...

George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine. A little over one year ago : 1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high; 2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon; 3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%. 4) the DOW JONES hit a record high--14,000 + 5) American's were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacations overseas, living large!... But American's wanted 'CHANGE'! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress and yes--we got 'CHANGE' all right. In the PAST YEAR: 1) Consumer confidence has plummeted ; 2) Gasoline is now over $4 a gallon & climbing!; 3) Unemployment is up to 5.5% (a 10% increase); 4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION DOLLARS and prices still dropping ; 5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure. 6) as ...

A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. �The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. �He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government �In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. �He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?' The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.. The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. �The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. �When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of t...