I already have extremely high regard for the Marines and special forces. But if this report is true, my regard for them goes up a slight notch, if such a thing be possible: Their mission: Find a way to get … Continue reading →
Read this, and think of ISIS: THE SECOND COMING (W.B Yeats) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed … Continue reading →
Quite some time ago I came to the point of having difficulty reading Obama’s speeches and interviews in full. I don’t mean cognitive difficulty; I understand them well enough. I mean a weariness at the overwhelming combination of factual errors, … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I originally put this post up a little while ago as an update to the post right below it. But just in case many of you fail to notice it, I thought I’d put it up here as a … Continue reading →
[See updates at end of post] Shortly after 9/11 I discovered blogs, and I remember reading a quip that caught my eye. I don’t remember who wrote it, but it went something like this: “I just realized what the problem … Continue reading →
…you end up being cruel to the kind. Richard Fernandez knows this: The world has been a ruthless place for a long time. The politically correct narrative is for the benefit of the Leftist rubes ”” strictly from hunger. The … Continue reading →
The most high-ranking US military officer killed so far in Afghanistan has been murdered in a so-called insider attack by an Afghan soldier. He was not the only one who was injured in the attack, either: Gen. Mohammmad Zahir Azimi, … Continue reading →
On Saturday I linked to a post by Richard Fernandez describing how ISIS is threatening the dams of Iraq. Sure enough, right on schedule, we learn that the Mosul Dam has been captured by the terrorist group. Ace writes: However, … Continue reading →
News is fast-breaking and fast-changing in Gaza. This link purports to give live updates, and one that caught my eye was this: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked and profoundly disappointed” by Hamas’ violation of the humanitarian … Continue reading →
I was going to write a post on John Kerry’s outrageous conduct in the negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire, but Bookworm has already written much of it for me, comparing Kerry’s current appeasement of Hamas with his long-ago attempts at … Continue reading →
…it’s even worse than you might think: Using further eyewitness reports, the article describes how Hamas has integrated the tunnel network into the civilian infrastructure of Gaza, constructing entrances in homes and even mosques. “I have not entered one civilian … Continue reading →
How do you fight a group that is perfectly willing—nay, eager—to try to get you to kill its children even if you don’t want to? That’s the situation Israel faces in Hamas. It’s the situation we face against Islamist terrorists, … Continue reading →