We've come under fire at The Daily Banter for being a 'pro Obama' site in recent times, largely because we've refused to join the increasingly militant civil libertarians who insist Obama's sole purpose in office is to drone Arab babies and listen to your Facebook conversations. ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From The AP: AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. ...read more

US troops in Afghanistan have been placed on alert following the killings of 16 Afghan civilians by a US soldier. US officials warned of reprisals after the soldier went on a rampage in villages near a base in Kandahar. Nine children were among those killed. Earlier, US ...read more