And then the riots were in China: This shouldn’t be surprising. It just is.
Archive for the ‘War on Terror’ Category
Silk Road
Posted in Africa, China, Foreigners, Germany, Middle East, Military, North Korea, Russia, South Asia, War on Terror on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Depart, I Say
Posted in George W. Bush, Middle East, Military, Obama, War on Terror on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In my sluggish attempt to read all of the Pulitzer Prize winners for General Nonfiction (damn you, Douglas Blackmon), I came across this from Norman Mailer’s The Armies of the Night. When reading it, consider that it was written in 1968, and at that point more than half the names on Maya Lin’s wall were [...]
Jane, You Ignorant Slut
Posted in Middle East, Military, War on Terror on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jane Harman (D-CA), the minority leader of the House Intelligence Committee before the 2006 midterm elections, should have a special appreciation for the NSA’s signals intelligence ability. After all, she was one of the folks who approved the government’s warrantless wiretap program. War on Terror and all. Well, the good folks in Fort Meade have [...]
Unconditional Support
Posted in Military, South Asia, War on Terror, Weapons of Mass Destruction on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seems Pakistan wants money, well, just because: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari told two top U.S. envoys that his country needs “unconditional support” in a range of areas to defeat the al-Qaida and Taliban fighters threatening its survival. The sentiments reflect Pakistani dissatisfaction with American pledges to tack conditions onto billions in expected aid funds [...]
You Dick
Posted in Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Movies, War on Terror on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Attacks since 9/11″? Did you guys get sworn into office on September 11? Why does the clock start then? Did Emperor Hirohito claim to be undefeated in battle after 1945? Since Cheney does not explode with shame at the thought of criticizing someone else’s handling of national security, I can only imagine he has managed [...]
Return of the ‘RA
Posted in Foreigners, Military, War on Terror on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After ten years in suspended animation, it seems the dead-enders of Irish republicanism are determined to make a comeback: Saturday two soldiers were killed accepting a pizza delivery in their barracks; Monday one police officer of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (the former RUC) was killed; Today forces are searching for an Omagh-sized bomb [...]
Stopped Clock Still Right Twice a Day
Posted in George W. Bush, Obama, War on Terror on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The John Yoo memos are being released, and not surprisingly there outrage on the left at the expansive view of Presidential power. Wrong place to look. George Bush often proclaimed his pride in being a wartime leader, and in this role he was, well, not good. On his watch, we lost three thousand people, acres [...]
Finally
Posted in Foreigners, War on Terror on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere along the way it seemed it would never end: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7756068.stm And, in some sense, it might not have – there were nine attacks, but not enough militants seem to have been killed. My guess is there is a reasonable chance some of them melted back into the Bombay chaos. I am not sure whether [...]
About Time
Posted in Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Military, War on Terror on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Glad to see the right-wing media finally catch up, ever so slowly, to what has been obvious throughout the Afghan Adventure: our military has done a terrible job. And the incompetence begins with the commander in chief. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/10/inside-the-ring-83281533/ How does someone become a pundit without (a) having accomplished anything; or (b) being a broadcaster? Following [...]
Iron Man
Posted in Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Middle East, Military, War on Terror on January 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At some point it should cease to amaze, but it never really does…I just cannot fully comprehend how our government is just insisting on making the same mistake over and over with no recognition of the costs of error, on the vague assumption that defeat involves the consent of the defeated and therefore can be [...]
