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While President Poopypants (thanks Scott M!) vacays somewhere… President and Mrs. Bush are putting their time to good use. They were in Maine Sunday and dropped by The Run For the Fallen. Here’s the story from WMTW Channel8: Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura surprised participants in the third annual “Run [...] and then there are journalists. P.J. O’Rourke tells us about a special kind of expert in The Weekly Standard — the 72-Hour Expert from Kabul, Afghanistan. If you spend 72 hours in a place you’ve never been, talking to people whose language you don’t speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don’t understand, and [...] Wikileaks founder and spokeshole Julian Assange was charged and then discharged of rape and molestation by a Swedish prosecutor this past week and weekend. Assange, of course, is trying to paint it as a Pentagon set up. Using our noodle — and the common sense God gave us (or that you inherited from [...] Looks like Iran/Israel may be heating up sooner rather than later. From the Jerusalem Post: Former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said he didn’t see “any signs whatsoever that President Obama would make the necessary decision” to strike Iran’s nuclear reactor, speaking in an interview with Israel Radio Tuesday. Bolton claimed Israel has only [...] Here’s fascinating article from The New York Times on Obama’s expansion of drone and commando operations across Asia and Africa. The attack offered a glimpse of the Obama administration’s shadow war against Al Qaeda and its allies. In roughly a dozen countries — from the deserts of North Africa, to the mountains of Pakistan, to former [...] Here’s a good full look at the Israeli response to a nuclear Iran and a portrait of Benjamin Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister) from The Atlantic… according to Jeffrey Goldberg… they are fast approaching the point of no return. But the Israelis are doubtful that a man who positioned himself as the antithesis of George W. Bush, [...] I sure do… George W and Laura Bush went to D/FW Airport today to greet some returning troops. More pics here from the USO Facebook page. Damn I miss that man. h/t: NRO The Corner Share on Facebook We’re all familiar with the number of dead on 9-11 — or its approximation — 3,000 total including over 2,700 in the World Trade Center attack. I had assumed that after nearly 9 years that most (well over most) remains had been recovered and identified. That assumption was wrong**. Human Remains Discovered Since 2006 About [...] I agree 100% with everything these Apache pilots say in this video. While it isn’t my unit and it’s Afghanistan and not Iraq, everything we do and say is for that guy on the ground. If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t be there. ATTACK! Video is via Bring The Heat, Bring the [...] From the Hill’s Blog Briefing Room: The Pentagon demanded Thursday that Wikileaks hand over classified Afghanistan war documents published leaked to the website. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell at Thursday’s briefing said “the only acceptable course” is for Wikileaks to turn some 15,000 documents still being reviewed by the website back to the U.S. government and delete all [...] …and some Japanese are still pissed. I’d tell them to go and try peddle their pity party in Seoul, Korea and see how that works out for them. Don’t like how your war ended maybe your country shouldn’t have started it. Take a look at this I notice nobody ever protests or marks the anniversary [...] JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A modest NCO received the Army’s third-highest award for valor July 22 during the welcome-home ceremony for 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Staff Sgt. Jarrett D. Brown of 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, received a Silver Star on Watkins Field at the beginning of a busy ceremony that included the [...] From STRATFOR. Mexico’s Juarez Cartel Gets Desperate On Aug. 3, the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico, reopened after being closed for four days. On July 29, the consulate had announced in a warden message that it would be closed July 30 and would remain closed until a review of the consulate’s security posture could be [...] It seems our troops won’t be home from Afghanistan in 2011 as promised by our TelePrompter in Chief. From this AP report: “Nobody thinks that Afghanistan is going to be a model Jeffersonian democracy,” President Barack Obama said in a television interview that aired Sunday. “What we’re looking to do is difficult — very difficult — [...] Here’s an interesting — and telling — story from Yahoo! News about the status of trials for terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants down at Gitmo. A bit: Attorney General Eric Holder announced in November the trial would be moved to federal court in New York. But the administration backtracked and put the issue under [...] and this is why From Friday’s London Daily Telegraph: In an interview with Channel 4 News, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said they were studying and investigating the report, adding “If they are US spies, then we know how to punish them.” The warning came as the US military’s top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen said that [...] In my International Law seminars we often discuss the similarities between pirates (or pyrates as Daniel Dafoe would write) and terrorists. I’ve just put the above book on my list since that course is coming up in the Fall again. The history of dealing with pirates could offer a great road map for [...] Last week I blogged an item about how the Gulf oil spill’s long term effects are being over hyped by the media. In that post I asked: How bad can the long term environmental damage be when the Gulf of Mexico is already loaded with oil and has been for thousands or millions of years? So [...] The ongoing WikiLeaks release is being covered by The Guardian here — it seems to me to be the most comprehensive coverage. A lot will be written about WikiLeaks’ motivations…. I don’t know that that is very useful — why does a toddler throw a tantrum? Because he can and because he lacks the wisdom [...] Here’s an interesting article from der Speigel Online about a new quiet axis in the Middle East aligning against Iran. Here’s a bit, go read the whole thing here: This makes the words uttered last Tuesday by the UAE’s ambassador to the United States, Yousef Al Otaiba, in Aspen, Colorado, more than 12,500 kilometers to [...] I am sure you have heard of laws being passed in NYC and other places that attempt to control eat habits by outlawing or placing taxes upon fatty or sugar filled food and drink. Recently the recently deposed potentate of the Afghan theater decreed that all Burger King, Pizza Hut and other fast food restaurants would [...] I was perusing the latest declassified articles in CIA Studies for no apparent reason. In it they have a page of book recommendations on a wide variety of topics — a fascinating list not so much for scintillating reads, but for the arcane niche topics on which people write. Here’s my favorite from [...] From CDR Salamander I know a lot of you may not know this, but the military spends a great deal of time making sure that we respect the rights and feelings of others…sometimes to the point of self parody. What follows is the text of a message sent after a Flag Officer visited an unnamed US Naval [...] I’ll tread lightly on Outlaw’s turf here because I ran across this story over at The Corner and as a civilian I love watching these huge birds do touch and gos, etc. and of course I know they do yeoman’s work in transporting our troops and their equipment all over God’s green earth. Anyway… [...] I’ve never watched a couple “refuel in mid-flight” before. And no… that’s not a euphemism. The plane (bottom) of Navy Lt. Jeff McLean is refueled over Pakistan by the plane of his wife of one year, Christine McLean, whom he has not seen in six months. The photograph was taken by his wingman. [...]
Jerry Birchfield kisses the helmet of his nephew, Lance Cpl. Joshua Birchfield, after a memorial for Birchfield and Lance Cpl. Cody Stanley at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps center. Stanley died Oct. 28 in Now Zad, Afghanistan, and Birchfield died Feb. 19 in Farah province. While we were all celebrating [...] Two things up front: 1) there’s no excuse for General Stanley McChrystal letting the nose of Rolling Stone’s camel under his tent, and 2) based on that mistake, he had to be relieved. I understand, and agree with, Outlaw’s disdain over efforts to defend McChrystal now that the cow has exited from the barn, but [...] Ted Nugent — McChrystal got punked by Rolling Stone. The Nuge — from The Washington Times: Maybe Gen. McChrystal believes he figuratively dived on a grenade in hopes the Rolling Stone explosion would ignite a much-needed deeper debate over the Afghanistan war. Maybe he just wanted out of Mr. Obama’s klusterphunk. Maybe he had no [...] For a list of theaters and dates this film will open click “read more” below. I have read the companion book “WAR” and I would encourage anyone who would like to get an unvarnished look at what a group a paratroopers faced in Afghanistan, you can’t do much better than RESTREPO. Visit their homepage. Share [...] Andy McCarthy has an interesting post on General Stanley McChrystal over at The Corner. Why would General Stanley McChrystal give that kind of access to a lefty rock-n-roll magazine? Maybe because he’s a kindred spirit who felt the need to assure Rolling Stone’s Michael Hastings that he voted for Obama — even against McCain, a military [...] If you thought the CG and his staff $#it talking the POTUS from Afghanistan was bad, try this on for size. From The Victory Insitute via BlackFive. The McChrystal Flap: Behind the Scenes So the President’s a domestic disaster and his foreign policy’s not too much better either. Sending Gen. Petraeus to Afghanistan, though? I’ll definitely give credit where it’s due, especially when it’s what the previous man in the Oval Office probably would have done. Chappelle’s Show Black Bush www.comedycentral.com Buy Chappelle’s Show DVDs Share on Facebook Who called this yesterday? Gen. David Petraeus, the head of the military’s Central Command and the architect of the surge of forces into Iraq in 2007, will take over as the commanding general in Afghanistan, Mr. Obama said. The shakeup followed comments by Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his aides disparaging the president, his [...] Did General Stanley McChrystal just commit career suicide? For those who don’t know GEN McChrystal, the commander in Afghanistan gave access to a free-lance reporter who worte an article for Rolling Stone Magazine. The article according to the MSNBC website quotes GEN McChrystal as saying he was: “disappointed” in his first Oval Office meeting [...] Yesterday I was lamenting the lack of awards to appropriately recognize those who have gone above and beyond. This morning, I was alerted to this article describing an action in 2006 that earned SSG Erasmo Espino Jr. the Silver Star. Via Stars and Stripes newspaper. Go read it all. SSG Erasmo Espino Jr. Home/News/Special ReportsHeroes 2010 A nice article on the sad state of awards in our military… From STARS AND STRIPES (go read the whole thing) Despite criticism, Medals of Honor still scarce for current wars Stars and Stripes’ 2010 Heroes edition You may or may not have been tracking the recent goings on in Kyrgyzstan and the ongoing ethnic conflict between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks. After the recent coup there violence has been ongoing though some see it receding others are sure. So in steps the UN. From The Moscow Times: The United Nations [...] With friends like the Pakistanis… who needs enemies? From The Times of London: Pakistani support for the Taliban in Afghanistan runs far deeper than a few corrupt police officers, however. The Sunday Times can reveal that it is officially sanctioned at the highest levels of Pakistan’s government. Pakistan’s own intelligence agency, the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), is said to [...] Saudi Arabia seems to know on which side its bread is buttered… From The Times of London: Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal. In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new [...] Ass-Holy Warriors at rest A couple of weeks ago, I was speaking to a soldier who had just returned from service in Afghanistan and asked for his take on that conflict. He said that it’s essentially all about the Pashtuns and he didn’t hold out much hope that would ever change. There are approximately [...] A couple of weeks ago Outlaw posted the trailer to Restrepo — a documentary about the 173rd Airborne in Afghanistan by Sebastian Junger — also author of the book War on his experiences in Afghanistan. Junger is currently Peter Robinson’s guest on his Internet interview show Uncommon Knowledge. He’s on part 3 of [...] The British medical journal Lancet has become somewhat well-known for publishing a study of Iraqi war dead putting the number of civilian and combatant dead at around 650,000 from 2003 into 2006. New research seems to show that not only is that number wrong, but the study on which it is based shows signs [...] |
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