Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I meant to post this yesterday, but time got away from me: many, many, many congratulations to the Marines and their Afghan allies for the Marjah victory. I never doubted that they would win, but I certainly understood that each Marine and Afghan soldier faced the risk that he would
Continue readingA friend sent me this powerful (non-exclusive) image from Michael Yon: Yon describes it as follows: A crew from the United States Air Force spent Saturday night and Sunday morning airlifting different groups of wounded soldiers from Kandahar to Camp Bastion to Bagram, back to Kandahar, then back to Bagram,
Continue readingOn the subject of the “secular humanism religion” that guides liberals, it’s informative to read this quotation from William Kristol, writing about Obama’s sudden imperative need to do away with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in the American military: But the repeal is something that Obama campaigned on. He believes in
Continue readingI’m sorry posting today was limited, at best. I had wall-to-wall appointments and meetings, and am now starting the carpool rounds. I also took time out to do something nice. Some months ago, I was able to convince my 10 year old son that, rather than getting more stuff in
Continue readingOver at The Dawn Patrol, Greyhawk has put together a very special list: he’s compiled links to (and holiday messages from) active duty bloggers serving at home and abroad. He asks that you visit their blogs and send them holiday greetings in the comments section. That sounds like a plan
Continue readingI’ve been following, although not blogging about, the story of CJ Grisham. Briefly, he’s a milblogger who received accolades from the White House on down, both for his bravery in battle, and for the quality of his milblog reporting. Recently, however, while living in Huntsville, he got into a wrangle
Continue readingFor my birthday, my husband gave me an Amazon Kindle. It’s a sensible gift for me, since I read voraciously and often find myself waiting around in various places because of carpools. Since the Kindle fits in my purse, I always have something to read. The only problem with the
Continue readingDo you ever wonder what it’s like to live in Iowahawk’s brain? I do. Brilliant satire flows out of him so effortlessly that I know that his brain functions in a very different, and much more sophisticated, way than mine does. Take the Nanny State approach to war. Unable to
Continue readingMudville Gazette reports that some Republican lawmakers haven’t forgotten the three SEALS facing court-martial for having given a fat lip to a suspected Al Qaeda murderer during his arrest. This is no little thing. SEALS are the creme de la creme of our military forces. If they’ve done wrong, that’s
Continue readingThere’s yet another movie coming out about the way in which the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq destroy lives and turn young men into pathetic losers: There is a grim timeliness to the release of “Brothers,” Jim Sheridan’s movie about the effects of war on the family of a Marine
Continue readingNot that we didn’t know it before, but we’ve been getting a rash of statements lately that make it clear that liberals don’t understand the military. When Bush was Commander in Chief, the troops were maniacal killers or politically useful body counts. Now that Obama is Commander in Chief, the
Continue readingIn the “better late than never” category, I discovered a few days ago that my local conservative radio station, KSFO, maintains a rolling archive of all the shows they’ve aired over the preceding seven days. This means that, finally, I can listen to Rush, whose radio show normally comes along
Continue readingRight after the Fort Hood shooting, I referred in an email to Major Nidal Hasan. Steve Schippert, who was one of the email’s recipients, immediately wrote me back saying that I should never use the word “Major” in the same sentence as that killer’s name. Through his act of murderous
Continue readingHere’s our Commander in Chief speaking of the situation in Afghanistan while he was running for office: “We’ve got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we’re not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there.”
Continue readingAs Barack Obama seems poised to turn Afghanistan into another Vietnam, it’s no surprise that troops in Afghanistan are increasingly demoralized. It turns out that Xerox is doing something to help that situation. If you go here, you can create a thank-you card for the troops, which Xerox will then
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