THE ESCALATOR OF LITE:

Obama Announces Afghanistan Escalation (Tom Hayden, December 1, 2009, The Nation)

It's time to strip the Obama sticker off my car.

Obama's escalation in Afghanistan is the last in a string of disappointments. His flip-flopping acceptance of the military coup in Honduras has squandered the trust of Latin America. His Wall Street bailout leaves the poor, the unemployed, minorities and college students on their own. And now comes the Afghanistan-Pakistan decision to escalate the stalemate, which risks his domestic agenda, his Democratic base, and possibly even his presidency.

Thankfully, pretty small stakes.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 3, 2009 6:58 AM