I went to bed last night feeling very agitated and having my own small version of Vietnam PTSD. I can only imagine what it’s like for so many of those who served there, or in Afghanistan, or in Iraq, or … Continue reading →
Apparently Joe Biden will be emerging from his hiding place to address the nation at 3:45 Eastern Time. I predict that his message will be some combination of “it’s not that bad” and “Bush and Trump made me do it.” … Continue reading →
What a difference 5 weeks [see NOTE below] makes: Secy of State Blinken responds to this clip: pic.twitter.com/6OMCg2k0lq — Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) August 15, 2021 Notice that, among other things, he did not answer the question. The question wasn’t, “How … Continue reading →
Sunday is usually my day off, but there’s so much Afghanistan news I thought I’d do a very short post on the subject. I expect to have more to say later, and at any rate the fog of war is … Continue reading →
Afghanistan has long been a terrible place to go to war, as Kipling knew: When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle and blow out … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once again … Continue reading →
Rumsfeld died on June 29 at the age of 88. It seems like a long time ago that he was a mover and shaker on the world stage. A portrait of Rumsfeld by someone who knew him well: That’s the … Continue reading →
Biden loves to threaten people and then to brag about threatening people. For example, the tale of Corn Pop: Biden has publicly repeated several stories of him rebuking racial division and has relayed one specific incident detailed in his autobiography … Continue reading →
From the incomparable Mark Knopfler:
Continue reading →…to his real bosses, the Palestinians: The head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza apologized on Tuesday for comments he made to Israeli TV in which he said that IDF strikes on the Strip appeared to be … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I noticed this word appearing again lately, so I think it’s time to repost this. I originally wrote it in December of 2015.] I’ve noticed the word “kapo” cropping up now and then in the comments section of this … Continue reading →
One of the many transparently stupid aspects of the Russiagate narrative was that it persisted in the face of clear evidence that Trump’s behavior as president was not pro-Russia. In fact, au contraire, as Victor Davis Hanson points out here … Continue reading →