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New NATO tactic: pretend the enemy doesn’t really exist
My post caption is not a joke: According to USA Today, the newest NATO tactic in Afghanistan is, in essence, to pretend there is no enemy: Military commanders in Afghanistan have stopped making...
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Obama’s use of special forces: not just bad strategy, but a terrible way to...
BUDS trainees during Hell Week Special troops are, by definition, small in number. If everyone could do what they do, they would be special. They are made up of men with unusual mental and physical...
View ArticleAn apology to the Afghan president that you’ll enjoy
Stick with this one. You’ll like it — I promise:
View ArticleWanted: Help finding missing brain (either mine or the President’s, I’m not...
Somewhere between yesterday and today, my brain went AWOL. I had a wonderful idea for a short and sweet post yesterday but never got the chance to write it down. Today, I have the chance, but...
View ArticleAfghan troops kill because of Ramazan induced PMS
In the last two weeks, Afghan forces under American mentorship have killed ten NATO troops. Now, you and I might think this is because we are at war with Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, and...
View ArticleDead enemies mean we’re losing; dead Americans mean we’re winning
In war, it’s entirely possible to have battle causalities increase despite the fact that you’re winning. This is because, as with the Surge in Iraq, you are aggressively engaging the enemy. Yes, you...
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It’s not smart for the Army to call its own troops stupid — but nobody seems...
The rule of war used to be that you hated your enemy. That made it easy to fight your enemy. Then, starting with the first Gulf War, the new rule was that you felt sorry for your enemy. By the Iraq...
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Yes, the SEALS’ sacrifice during Operation Red Wings was a waste
Before you start hammering away at me, let me explain what I mean about my claim that the sacrifice the SEALS and their rescuers made during Operation Red Wings was indeed a waste. I am referring, of...
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Friday afternoon round-up and Open Thread
The Taliban has hit Marin County (indirectly). Marin County is headquarters for Roots of Peace, an admirable charity that seeks to advance agricultural development in poverty-stricken areas. It has...
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Book Review — Bing West’s “One Million Steps : A Marine Platoon at War”
A new book went on sale today: Bing West’s One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War. I was fortunate enough to get a review copy and would like to share my impressions with you. West, a Marine...
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Obama administration’s order to ignore Afghan pederasty is a new chapter in...
The news about the Obama administration’s stand-down order to American troops when they are confronted with the Afghanis’ culture of pederasty brought to mind a post I wrote almost exactly five years...
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Found it on Facebook — the “Leftists always get it wrong” edition, part 1
Some of my harder-Left friends on Facebook are going crazy with posters again, so I thought this would be a good time to deconstruct a few of them. Let’s start with this one, which requires its own...
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[VIDEO] Egyptian men once laughed at the idea of hijabs, burqas, & niqabs
Modern Islam uses burqas, niqabs, and hijabs to control women. It wasn’t always this way, as a 1958 speech by Egyptian President Nasser shows. Throughout the Muslim world — and, increasingly,...
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Afghanistan: My take on what’s happening there and at home
The debacle in Afghanistan makes it impossible to ignore Joe’s malevolent incompetence and reveals who’s paying attention — and who’s not. There are no words for what’s happening in Afghanistan. We are...
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The shoe is on the other foot — and we need to kick some butt with it
We need to rub Democrats’ noses in the fact that they are responsible for the horrors in Afghanistan, as well as the decay in the U.S. On January 7, one day after the protest at the Capitol, I got a...
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Afghanistan v. Abortion: What really riles Democrats
Having the Texas abortion issue arise on the heels of the Afghanistan debacle has been illuminating, to say the least. I haven’t written for a while because I find myself with surprisingly little to...
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