Category Archives: obama
Anwar Al-Alwaki remains in stable condition
The deliberate targeting of an American citizen for military action is, to my knowledge, unprecedented. The President, in the course of authorizing direct action against specified members of Al Qaeda, included Al-Alwaki as a valid target. And just today, we … Continue reading
Uniformly Stupid? Part 2
See Part 1 here. I’m on the road, so I’ll be doing some “best of” posts. Right now, this is the most searched for post. While most people in the Army spend just about all their time in a working … Continue reading
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Set up for failure?
Via NepLex, the Washington Post has an editorial that says that Obama’s minimal addition of troops to the surge in Afghanistan may not have been so much a strategy of minimalism, but a check-the-box exercise intended to generate an excuse … Continue reading
About damn time…
Via CDR Salamander comes word that the DoD has forwarded a recommendation to the White House for an award of the Medal of Honor. For the first time since the Vietnam war, the recommendation is not posthumous.* From the Washington … Continue reading
**Facepalm**
The President has released his new Nuclear Posture Review. Every time I think I’ve seen the most amateur and naive possible misstep by this administration, they pull something new to astonish me. For several decades it has been the US … Continue reading
Thoughts on Afghanistan
One of the things that makes me a lousy blogger is that I don’t like to post my thoughts immediately on issues of the day. I didn’t post my opinions within 5 minutes of the President’s address last night because … Continue reading
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So, the US isn’t a Christian nation, huh?
We’ve got a special guest post by our friend Rosetta, at The Hostages. And for all you with a contrary opinion, he’s actively looking for trolls there… I heard something yesterday that made the hair I don’t have on the … Continue reading
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