Below The Beltway

Today’s Cato Daily Podcast features a speech that former Congressman Joe Scarborough made at a Cato Institute forum held today called Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan
Scarborough’s speech is about 17 minutes long, but well worth listening to:

Congressman John Duncan, a Republican from Tennessee, took to the House floor last week to say that there is nothing conservative about the nine year old War in Afghanistan:

Bravo
H/T: United Liberty

Today, the House of Representatives was debating a resolution brought under the War Powers Act to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Now, there was absolutely no chance that the resolution would pass, but that doesn’t mean the debate isn’t worth while.
Here’s Ron Paul’s speech from the floor this afternoon:

No, I’m not kidding, she really did:
Nothing happens by coincidence. Take, for example, Obama’s announced Afghanistan policy tonight. Had it not been for the pressure of your Barnett lawsuit, and your brilliant motion for reconsideration, Dr. Orly, Obama would have pulled out of Afghanistan.
You can take single-handed credit for this policy in our titanic battle [...]

I’m a bit late getting to this one, but when I saw this last night my jaw dropped:

I may not be blogging much today, but I’ve got a new column at Pajama’s Media about President Obama’s speech last night.
Go read it !

Part One:

Part Two:

Shortly after Thanksgiving, we should know what the President has decided to do in Afghanistan:
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama held a final strategy session with top aides on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and plans to announce his decision within days, the White House said.
NBC News reported that Dec. 1 was the [...]