Beautiful, downtown Kandahar. Hey, it works, says Jim Lacey, so let’s go. — Jim Lacey is a professor of strategic studies at the Marine Corps War College. Good. Judging by his recent piece at NRO, he has common sense, the
Having settled the controversy over President Obama’s birth certificate, let us now turn to an even more important issue: his birth horoscope. Knowing the exact date, time and latitude of his birth allows us to chart the positions of the
From the Marine Corps Times: Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen will be nominated to replace Army Gen. David Petraeus in Afghanistan and is expected to take command by September, a senior White House official said Wednesday. Allen will leave his
The caption on this EPA photo is: “Afghan Army soldiers secure the military base after a shooting incident.” The killer of nine NATO troops and a contractor was an Afghan Air Corps officer. Is the base secure? — The carnage
Yesterday, Wednesday 04/27/2011, Matt Lauer did us proud. He asked the question that the Media has thus far not dared to ask; is there anything to these incidences involving Afghan National Soldiers and Police turning their weapons on their American
The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets are reporting that Pakistan, which receives billions of dollars in US aid every year, is encouraging another billion dollar aid recipient (Afghanistan) to weaken their ties with us and cozy up to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Eurozone government debt continues to be much worse than expected Just as today’s US housing data is much worse than expected (see today’s main article), euro zone government debt is much worse than expected,
Required reading for Libya Hawks — Forget Sun Tzu and von Clauswitz. With tea-meister Mortenson unmasked, US military strategists are now turning to Lewis Carroll for tips on moving effortlessly from war to war, from mess to mess, from Iraq
Big Government: When speaking of the Left’s “Iraqi comrades,” and again in speaking about Afghanistan, Pecinovsky’s and the greater Left’s view is, they are organizing domestically to beat America abroad, as well as at home, including while we are at
Big Government: While claiming the American flag represents racism and discussing today’s Progressive Movement’s efforts to defeat America both at home and abroad, including on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to help their international “comrades,” Communist Tony Pecinovsky pulls
While claiming the American flag represents racism and discussing today’s Progressive Movement’s efforts to defeat America both at home and abroad, including on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to help their international “comrades,” Communist Tony Pecinovsky pulls the mask
From Accuracy in Media‘s Cliff Kincaid. Al-Jazeera is spinning the newly released “Guantanamo files,” saying they show that dozens of enemy combatants detained at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay were innocent. But that’s not what the previously secret documents
This afternoon, Big Government will break additional exclusive video clearly demonstrating the anti-American, anti-Capitalist nature of a University of Missouri (UM) course on Labor and Politics. See here and also here for previously released videos. If you are wondering why
Hamza: So where is my government check? Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza are who radical Islamist preachers who live in London who are believed to have recruited dozens of extremists to Pakistan and Afghanistan through their mosques. That’s the word
If only in the interest of intellectual hygiene, it would be refreshing if the Obama administration would stop ascribing moral impetuses to its foreign policy. Today, US forces are engaged in a slowly escalating war on behalf of al-Qaida penetrated
This is “postcard” from Afghanistan by Paul Avallone, someone who has drunk more than his share of cups of tea there, first as a Green Beret and later as a photojournalist. Readers will recall his pungently evocative writings and photos
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — Imagine U.S. combat troops and aviators wearing body armor that fits so poorly that it’s tough to position a weapon to shoot, combat uniforms with knee pads that hit around mid-shin and flight suits
Dearborn, Michigan has become a Sharia enclave, much like those populating many European countries. The city of Dearborn, Michigan denied a permit Wednesday for Qur’an-burning Pastor Terry Jones’ planned protest outside the Islamic Center of America on Good Friday. Islamic
Dearborn, Michigan has become a Sharia enclave, much like those populating many European countries. The city of Dearborn, Michigan denied a permit Wednesday for Qur’an-burning Pastor Terry Jones’ planned protest outside the Islamic Center of America on Good Friday. Islamic
It was Greek dramatist Aeschylus (525 BC – 456 BC) who wrote: “In war, truth is the first casualty.” Photographer, journalist and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker (for his documentary Restrepo) Tim Hetherington was the man who tried to prove otherwise. War’s
Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on a fencemending mission to Pakistan, accused Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of aiding the Haqqani militants, in an interview with Dawn (Pakistan). Adm. Mike Mullen meets with Pakistan’s Chairman
Decisions, decisions… Well, since the United States of America has never had a coherent policy or strategy for the region known as the Middle-East, it seems that President Obama is now faced with an opportunity of a lifetime. I have
The U.S. could have decisively obliterated all of Afghanistan within the last few months of 2001 if the nation still fought wars the way they should be fought. But the country doesn’t do that any longer because political correctness has
The United States has spilled blood and treasure in Afghanistan. But Iran has apparently bought more leverage by going straight to the top: giving cash to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. The Washington Times has a report, based on an interview
Reading about another catastrophically maimed casualty of the counterinsurgency strategy (COIN) in Afghanistan, I was struck by a biographical note. This young American, now a triple amputee after stepping on an IED while on foot patrol, an integral feature of
