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A hapless journey’s end
30 Apr 2013 3:00 pm Josh Bernstein

What happened in Boston last week was truly a tragedy. Two Muslim brothers detonated two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Unless you have been living in a cave or under a rock somewhere you already know what happened. The sad fact is the Obama Administration, The FBI, and the entire Intelligence Community failed to protect the American people. Three people died and over 175 were injured by two brothers practicing their religion of peace.
Throughout history people of all different faiths have killed each other in the …

Why Hello G.I. Jane
29 Jan 2013 10:45 am Matt Vespa

As Bridget Johnson tattled this morning, polls show support for women in combat. There has been a lot of discussion regarding Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifting the ban on women in combat positions. As Fox News posted on January 24:
The change would open hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs to women. Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey both approved the change Thursday, and the White House separately said it endorsed the decision. The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a …

The Iraqi Question
11 Oct 2012 10:31 am Matt Vespa

With the supposed conclusion in hostilities in Iraq, Frederick Kagan, of the American Enterprise Institute, and Kimberly Kagan, president of the Institute for the Study of War, have outlined that we risk losing Iraq and how our early departure has not only seen an influx of sectarian violence, but an incremental rise in activity from Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AIQ). This is part of a series of columns the couple have written concerning American policy in the region. However, with the Middle East and much of North Africa erupting in a fury …

A Blogger at NATO 2012, What I Saw on Day One
21 May 2012 12:46 pm Warner Todd Huston

I was awarded press credentials for NATO’s 2012 Summit in Chicago and, having no idea what to expect, what I found on day one was a study in contrasts. What occurred was sometimes amusing, often mundane, and sometimes even violent. But it was all democracy in action.
Early on the morning of day one, Sunday, May 20, I boarded a western Metra train under threat of having my equipment bags confiscated or at least me prevented from boarding the train with them. I was not ruffed up the “the man,” though …

Video: Bragging Mr. President? Heroes Don’t Spike the Football
1 May 2012 9:38 pm Warner Todd Huston

This video perfectly illuminates the unseemliness of Obama’s constant gloating and bragging that he, himself killed Osama bin Laden.
This video comes out just in time as members of the SEALs are slamming Obama for bragging so much about bagging binnie.
As the caption notes:

America knows who deserves the credit for killing Osama Bin Laden – United States Navy SEALs and the American intelligence community. Join with Veterans for a Strong America and let President Obama know who really deserves the credit.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I agree with President Clinton when …

Revisionism: Old Timer Phil Donahue Injects Racism Into 2002 Iraq War Vote
21 Apr 2012 10:00 am Warner Todd Huston

Old-timer Phil Donahue, about who rumor has it used to have some sort of TV show back in the previous century, has recently turned up on NPR for some unexplainable reason. And, like his long past career, he’s dwelling equally in the past with his new comments about the authorization of force against Iraq in 2002. But he’s adding a new spin to the now irrelevant discussion by adding to it all one of the left’s favorite tropes: racism.
You see, according to Donahue, racism sullied the decision to authorize …

Obama’s Budget: More Tax, Borrow and Spend
13 Feb 2012 5:57 pm Michael Fell

The White House presented its 2012 budget Monday. A $3.8 trillion proposal which includes $1.43 trillion in new taxes on households whose incomes meet or exceed $250,000 (note: this is the new “progressive” definition of millionaires and billionaires), a fourth straight year of $1 trillion-plus deficit spending (which will require yet more borrowing), and new mandatory spending intended for the Education and Energy Departments.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72792.html
As has been the case for the past three years, the White House pays lip service to calls for reduced spending. There are no efforts made to …

State of the Union or Wishful Thinking?
25 Jan 2012 5:46 pm Michael Fell

The 2012 State of the Union address has come and gone with little change in the White House’s view of the world. This is unfortunate. America needs viable solutions, not more wishful thinking.
Most disturbing is the continued, steadfast insistence that doubling America’s corporate tax rate will somehow create middle class jobs. After repeated failures by the current Administration to productively invest taxpayer’s money in green energy companies like Solyndra, what track record exists to support the assumption that government can invest the people’s money more wisely than those who earned …

Obama Weekly Address: Honor Returning Troops By Paving Roads, Painting Bridges, And Building Turtle Tunnels
17 Dec 2011 9:01 am William Teach

The man is utterly shameless. He has actually used his weekly radio address to combine sort of honoring those military members returning from Iraq and his push for more “infrastructure” spending. This is the same guy who used to intentionally avoid wearing a flag pin, started his national exposure by giving an anti-Iraq speech, and railed against the war for years. This is the guy whose Senate majority leader said “Iraq was lost.” This is the guy whose political party used a the war as a political punching bag. Who …

Decade Of War
7 Sep 2011 10:31 am Courtney Messerschmidt

The last ten years has seen a semi unbound Great Satan – using her fire power, brain power, will power and staying power all across the globe in war.
Wars occur at unpredictable times, take unpredictable courses and have unexpected consequences.

Some wars are carefully planned, but even those wars rarely take place as expected. Think of the Germans in World War I, having planned the invasion of France for decades and with meticulous care. Nothing went as planned for either side, and the war did not take a course …

“Killing To Control”
6 Jul 2011 11:04 am Courtney Messerschmidt

Bloody L!
Congrats to W. F. Owen – long time British Army Theorist, Little Satan fan and GsGf’s asymmetrical warfare counselor – scored a significant coup with publication in the latest issue of British Army Review (PDF available here and at Small Wars Journal) with the delightfully crunk deadly ditty:

“Killing Your Way To Control”

Hotter than a firecracker – WilF – as he’s affectionately known in the ancient arcane Dark Arts of Counter Insurgency community – takes on and out sev holy cows of ‘Surgin’

“Effective counterinsurgency provides human security to the …

Memorial Day 2011: THIS Is What American Troops Are Made Of…
30 May 2011 9:15 am Warner Todd Huston

For Memorial Day, I don’t usually post much, preferring to dedicate the day to memorializing our troops. To do that this year, I am going to share this story about the mettle of our troops. What follows are excerpts from remarks by Marine Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis on November 13, 2010. Kelly’s son, Marine 1st Lt. Robert Michael Kelly, 29, had been killed in action four days earlier in Sangin, in southern Afghanistan, while leading his platoon on a combat patrol:
Giving …

Nany, Nany Noo Noo: Peggy Noonan Jumps the Shark Over Donald Rumsfeld Memoir
14 Mar 2011 5:57 pm Warner Todd Huston

In her March 11 column, Peggy Noonan (a former special assistant to Ronald Reagan) savaged Donald Rumsfeld as “The Defense Secretary Who Let Bin Laden Get Away .” Noonan also ripped his new book, “Known and Unknown,” as a tome whose “stupid little spine” she wanted to break in anger. I’d like to suggest that while she was “flinging” books, she did so while jumping the shark.*
Noonan (did you know she once worked for Ronald Reagan?) simply hated Rummy’s book. In fact, it seems that she was particularly incensed that …

Amazing: NPRs Out Of Context Use of Renew America Quote

30 Jan 2011

5:17 pm

Warner Todd Huston

Russ J. Alan is a writer whose work often appears on the website RenewAmerica.com, a news/opinion site started several years ago by Alan Keyes. Alan’s latest column is about the mess that is Social Security and a quote from his piece was posted on National Public Radio’s website under the rubric of quotes on Iraq. But NPR takes the quote so badly out of context that one would think that Alan was saying just the opposite of what he actually said.
Remember our tax money goes for this NPR “service” …

Video: What The Heck Happened to the Anti-War Movement?
21 Jan 2011 3:42 pm Warner Todd Huston

Remember those hoary days of raucous protest when anti-war protesters sent thousands of people into the streets sometimes with only a days notice? Now consider this: have you seen any of these giant protests since 2008 presidential election?
Yeah, no one else has, either. Do you wonder why that is? Well, it’s because the anti-war movement was nothing else but a hypocritical proxy issue used solely to get rid of President Bush and the Republicans. It was never about war at all. At this point this is an indisputable fact.
These …

Obama Says U.S. Can ‘Absorb Terror Attacks’
22 Sep 2010 10:00 am Warner Todd Huston

Eh, don’t worry, America. If there is another 9/11-like terror attack, The One says that we can “absorb it” and just become “stronger” because of it. It’s as if he wants it to happen, or something!
In his latest book, Bob Woodward encountered a President Obama that seemed to casually blow off worry of another terror attack. The Washington Post gave us a sneak preview of Woodward’s newest tome where Obama acted so flippantly toward another 9/11. (my bold)

Woodward’s book portrays Obama and the White House as barraged by warnings about …

Meanwhile, Back At The Newly Redesigned Oval Office, President Obama Acts Churlish
1 Sep 2010 1:14 am Melissa Clouthier

Bleh. Andrew Malcolm has the text of the speech along with some interestingly placed photos–I do believe he’s learned picture placement art from Drudge.
My thoughts on the speech? Petty, small, graceless, and ultimately irrelevant. The American people know what’s up in Iraq. This speech wasn’t for them. It was for the Democrat base that needed to hear the words “a promise kept”. The speech was a bone to the lapdogs.
The American people also know that troops will never leave Iraq–just as they’re still in Korea, Japan, Germany and elsewhere. American …

New Silicon Graffiti Video: The Quotable Harry Reid
22 Aug 2010 4:00 am Ed Driscoll

Over the past two centuries, the Democratic Party has had many powerful orators. Needless to say, Harry Reid, the Democrats’ Senate Majority Leader since November of 2006, has failed to live up to this proud heritage on a titanic scale. Which is why, from The Home Office in Carson City, Nevada, we’re proud to present, The Top Ten Harry Reid gaffes!

Obama Takes Credit For Bush’s Iraq Withdrawal Timeline
3 Aug 2010 8:23 am William Teach

The one time Obama should be referencing George Bush, and, nary a mention
President Barack Obama told disabled veterans in Atlanta on Monday that he was fulfilling a campaign promise by ending U.S. combat operations in Iraq “on schedule,” by Aug. 31.
But the timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops in Iraq was decided during the Bush administration with the signing of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by U.S. and Iraq officials on Nov. 16, 2008. The Iraqi parliament signed SOFA on Nov. 27, 2008.
The agreement, which had been …

Cindy Sheehan’s Trial For Protesting Obama’s Iraq Policies To Start Today
12 Jul 2010 7:51 am William Teach

You remember Cindy Sheenhan, right? Her 15 minutes of Bush deranged fame is over, but, she still has a wee bit of credit left over
The trial for activist Cindy Sheehan over her arrest earlier this year is scheduled to begin in D.C. Superior Court.
Sheehan was among eight anti-war protesters arrested March 20 after laying coffins at a White House fence. She was charged with crossing a police line.
Imagine the uproar from the Left had she been arrested and put on trial while Bush was president, especially for …

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