WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST – AT 8:07 A.M. ET:  Sadly, we need reminders occasionally about just what the war in Afghanistan is about.  From Fox:

NADAHAN VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- A homicide bomb ripped through a wedding party for a family with ties to police in the Taliban's heartland in Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said Thursday.

The Taliban denied carrying out the attack, but strong suspicion fell on the insurgent group because of previous attacks and killings of people seen as allied with the government or Afghan security forces.

It's been reported that a number of children were killed.

Questions:  What kind of people do this?  And what kind of "outrage" will the UN and other international organizations express?

We hope the president condescends to make a statement, and makes Americans understand anew that the people who engage in this kind of wanton slaughter have us in their sights, as they did on 9/11. 

The Obama administration may have dropped the term "war on terror," but that's what it is.

June 10, 2010