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 →
[NOTE: This topic has been discussed recently in a comment thread, but I assume most people didn’t see it and so I’m highlighting the issue by giving it its own post. Also, that’s not a typo in the title. I … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a somewhat-edited version of a previous post.] Today is the seventy-ninth anniversary of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. The generation that reacted to it by mobilizing and fighting World War II is on its last … Continue reading →
Today we have news that would be enormous and that the great majority of Americans would celebrate, if it wasn’t occurring as a result of initiatives Trump put forth: Cementing a regional geopolitical shift few would have thought possible little … Continue reading →
…in normalizing relations with Israel. Trump added: You’ll be hearing other countries coming in over a relatively short period of time. And you could have peace in the Middle East. I think that last sentence is hyperbole, but it’s a … Continue reading →