A song for Memorial Day
From the incomparable Mark Knopfler:
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Leftist influence in the military
We started hearing reports during the Obama years of a switchover in terms of ideology in the military. Here’s an article about it (written some years later, but I recall hearing about it at the time, too): …[T]he Army that … Continue reading →
What could possibly go wrong with the appointment of General Honoré to oversee a supposedly objective review of the Capitol riot?
No problem with this; no problem at all: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to be trying to rig an “independent security review” of the January 6th Capitol riots by appointing an extreme left-wing partisan to lead the investigation, and Republicans … Continue reading →
10,000 National Guard troops
Here’s a report that, in advance of January 6, Trump suggested the deployment of 10,000 National Guard troops: Former President Donald Trump offered to deploy “as many as 10,000 National Guard troops,” ahead of Jan. 6 to support law enforcement, … Continue reading →
The military purge
Actually, the political purge of the military isn’t just beginning. Under Obama, there was a sea-change that involved the top brass, from what we might call “old school” to “new school.” There also was a general movement in the military … Continue reading →
The MSM: playing the “confirmation via gossip” game
Is there anyone out there whose vote has been changed by the current MSM attack on Trump? You know, the one that quotes four anonymous sourcing as saying that Trump called American war dead “losers” and “suckers”? I believe that … Continue reading →
More clouds on Iran’s horizon?
Iran’s not been having a great week. This could end up being a big deal, re the Iranian Deal: Germany, France and the United Kingdom have launched a formal dispute mechanism against Iran which could end up putting international sanctions … Continue reading →
Protecting the military on their own bases
One of the most perplexing, frustrating, and anger-provoking policies of recent years is the apparent disarming of the military while on base and going about their business. With the rise in attacks from terrorists, it makes our military personnel into … Continue reading →
The dog…
…has now returned to the line of duty: President Donald Trump lauded the canine at Sunday’s press conference in which he offered vivid details of how the elite U.S. Army special operators took down one of the world’s most wanted … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick on Trump and the Kurds
It’s complicated, and to even begin to understand it you have to go back in time. But most of us here probably remember this: In 2014 Obama was negotiating his nuclear deal with Iran… Given its goal of embracing Iran, … Continue reading →
Federal court rules that the men-only draft registration is unconstitutional
This was a nearly-inevitable and certainly predictable result of the gender equality trend: A federal judge has ruled that a men-only draft is unconstitutional, but he stopped short of ordering the Selective Service System to register women for military service. … Continue reading →
Nathan Phillips’ Vietnam service: in his own words
I had originally thought Nathan Phillips had been cagey enough to merely use phrases that gave the impression he was a Vietnam vet who actually, you know, went to Vietnam. In other words, phrases such as “Vietnam times vet.” But … Continue reading →