Don’t overdo the running
Apparently, a little running goes a long way. I don’t like to run, anyway. I like to walk fast.
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The Obama administration…
…pisses on Democrats in Congress and tells them it’s raining: But the administration had a way to go to placate Democrats, some of whom said senators were not soothed on Tuesday by an appearance by Dennis McDonough, the White House … Continue reading →
I was wondering…
…whether anyone who served with Bergdahl in Afghanistan is defending him. The answer appears to be “no”: To date, not a single member of Bergdahl’s platoon has come forward to say that he was a loyal solider who was captured … Continue reading →
The Bergdahl exchange defense emerges
The best defense is a good offense, and after a couple of days of initial scrambling the administration and its defenders have fastened on their approach to defending Obama on Bergdahl. It consists of the following: (1) Trying various lies … Continue reading →
D-day: 70 years
[NOTE: The following is a repeat of a previous post from the 65th anniversary of D-day. I have added some new commentary in brackets to update.] Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII. Here’s a … Continue reading →
And the hits keep coming
There are so many revelations coming so fast in the Bergdahl story that I can’t keep up with them and still manage to do a few other things, such as visit with people and have dinner. So I’m putting up … Continue reading →
From Harry Reid
I knew about it before I didn’t know about it before I knew about it before I…oh, what difference does it make?
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…that Obama passed on the idea of a rescue operation for Bergdahl because he wanted to free the Taliban Five and close Guantanamo. A rescue would have made that a lot more difficult. It seemed pretty clear from the start … Continue reading →
Not your father’s marijuana, revisited
In mid-April I wrote a post entitled “Not your father’s marijuana” about the problems involved in underestimating the strength of legal marijuana edibles. I guess Maureen Dowd doesn’t read neo-neocon, because she ran into that exact difficulty in Colorado when … Continue reading →
The sophomoric administration
Bizarre Marie Harf, State Department spokesperson, tackles the Bergdahl prisoner swap and its aftermath: Some people commenting on the video at YouTube say the clip looks like a Saturday Night Live skit. But that doesn’t quite capture it for me. … Continue reading →
How shocking is the Bergdahl prisoner swap?
Nothing about the Bergdahl/Taliban affair should have surprised me—or, for that matter, you. Nothing. Not Obama’s audacity, nor his disregard of prior bipartisan warnings in Congress or from the intelligence community, nor his aides’ attempts to discredit those from Bergdahl’s … Continue reading →
Not Obama’s PR guy
A Taliban commander who has been in touch with Time magazine for years and according to them “has consistently supplied reliable information about Bergdahl’s captivity” has told them that there’s more to come: It’s better to kidnap one person like … Continue reading →