Be afraid. Be very afraid (from Walter Russell Mead): A group [ISIS] more radical than al-Qaeda, better organized, better financed, commanding the loyalty of thousands of dedicated fanatics including many with Western and even U.S. passports? And this group now … Continue reading →
Edward Klein has written Blood Feud, a book that purports to give the inside info on the Clintons and the Obamas and the fact that there’s no love lost between the two couples. Klein is a curious figure. A former … Continue reading →
One dire prognostication that might come true: The fall of Mosul and the advance of ISIS””the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida offshoot””toward Baghdad last week prompted headlines warning that Islamist militants aim to redraw the map … Continue reading →
The Benghazi terrorism suspect Abu Khattala has been captured in a secret raid and is on his way to the US. So, that’s one terrorist captured, five Taliban kingpins released from Gitmo, and an enormous army of other Islamicist terrorists … Continue reading →
I started this blog right before the 2004 election, and for the first few years a large percentage of my posts were about Iraq. That remained true through all the ups and downs of the surge and the Bush administration. … Continue reading →
Read it, but have a good stiff drink by your side. And lock up all sharp objects. Because if you’re not already profoundly depressed, his essay will depress you. I can’t quarrel with what he writes; it’s what I would … Continue reading →
…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 →
…according to former U.S. Army Sgt. Josh Korder, who served with Berghdahl in Afghanistan. There is really almost no other conclusion one can draw from the facts that are coming out about Bergdahl’s departure from his unit five years ago. … Continue reading →
Neo-neocon, writing on the morning of Monday, May 19, 2014: …[Trey Gowdy’s questions for the press show] how negligent and/or collusive with [the Obama] administration the press has been in covering (or rather, covering up) the Benghazi incident. If it … Continue reading →
This video of Trey Gowdy speaking to the press on Benghazi demonstrates a few things simultaneously. The first is why Gowdy was a very successful prosecutor. The second is that the manner in which the Obama administration has handled the … Continue reading →
We on the right condemned Hillary Clinton back when she issued the outrageous statement “What difference, at this point, does it make?” when being questioned in Congress about Benghazi. But it seemed to me even back then that Hillary had … Continue reading →
…Tommy Vietor was only re-stating the oft-repeated message of the Obama administration about the Benghazi emails. I yield to none in my contempt for Vietor and in my rage that someone so callow and disrespectful was allowed anywhere near the … Continue reading →