Why attack Syria?
Is Obama really going to attack Assad’s regime in Syria, or is he just talking? And if he does attack, how far will he go, and what is his ultimate goal? There’s no dearth of speculation on all those questions. … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Military
Another outrage?
Dont’ sit on a hot stove waiting for an investigation into this.
Continue reading →Why were all the warning signs about Nidal Hasan ignored?
This is an outrage. An absolute outrage. Don’t read it if you don’t want to get very, very angry. PC insanity run amok allowed Hasan to commit his crime—which could have been seen coming several miles away on a foggy … Continue reading →
Manning acquitted of most serious charge, convicted of lesser ones
The Bradley Manning verdict just in: A military judge Tuesday acquitted Pfc. Bradley Manning of aiding the enemy ”” the most serious charge the Army intelligence analyst faced for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and diplomatic cables. … Continue reading →
Morsi supporters killed in Egypt: finding the truth-tellers* on that island
Many Morsi supporters have been killed by the military in Egypt—but why, and who attacked first? I don’t profess to have a clue. But when I read this I began to wonder (and by the way, the number dead has … Continue reading →
“We faced the dragon. And we came out of it.”
[BUMPED UP] I saw a moving piece about the 40th reunion of the Vietnam prisoners of war, who were reunited last Thursday at the Nixon Library on the anniversary of their welcome home celebration at the White House. It was … Continue reading →
A song for Memorial Day
I’ve posted this song before, but I think it bears repeating, especially on Memorial Day weekend. It’s Tim McGraw’s extraordinarily moving song “If You’re Reading This:” If you’re readin’ this My momma’s sittin’ there Looks like I only got a … Continue reading →
Fools or knaves, Benghazi special edition
Fools! say White House officials, after being guaranteed anonymity: “We’re portrayed by Republicans as either being lying or idiots,” said one Obama administration official who was part of the Benghazi response. “It’s actually closer to us being idiots.” Egad. Read … Continue reading →
Now it can be told: Obama’s Afghan policy
Vali Nasr has written a book, a portion of which has been excerpted in Foreign Policy. His piece represents another curious effort to discredit Obama from the left, and is far more hard-hitting than Bill Keller’s. Nasr is a Tehran-born … Continue reading →
Panetta: no one to blame for Benghazi
Shocking. But we are not the least bit shocked any more, are we? Maybe ambassadors should start hiring their own security. And speaking of shocking, I have to say that I have retained the capacity to be shocked by this: … Continue reading →
Shorter liberal/left commentary on the Hagel hearings:
…Hagel was abominable, but those Republicans were so darn mean to him. This was the inevitable way they needed to go, right? Hagel turns out to be unprincipled and/or to have dreadful principles, plus no ability to articulate them or … Continue reading →
If Obama nominates Hagel for Defense…
…—and it appears by all accounts that he plans to do so—it will be another example of (as I wrote in a similar context for Obama’s nomination of John Kerry for State) Obama’s “keen sense of humor…for what better way … Continue reading →