The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Answer: Because I Really Do Not Need A Rocket Suppository

by Smitty Ace asks: “Why Is the Media Covering Up The Kill Team Story?“. It was quite wrong for the media to endanger troops in the W era over Abu Ghraib. If you’ve let your emotional horses out of the barn, and feel that news of what a handful of twistos have done should be […]

Try to Act Surprised

You know how, when somebody gives you a gift and for some reason you already knew what they were going to give you, as a courtesy you make a point of acting surprised anyway? “A sweater! Wow! Aunt Mary, how thoughtful of you!” Byron York just gave you a sweater: Evidence is emerging that United […]

Yemen: This Is Not Good News

Associated Press: Islamic militants seized control of a weapons factory, a strategic mountain and a nearby town in the southern Yemen province of Abyan Sunday, said a witness and security officials, as a political stalemate in the capital causes security to unravel around the country. Of course, if you are concerned by such developments, this […]

Your Bagram Accommodations

by Smitty 5 seconds of video takes half an hour to push to YouTube through YouStraw, but this is what it looks like back in the hooch: More pictures and notes below the fold:

Multilateral Retardation

What slapped me upside the head in Obama’s press conference yesterday was his insistence that an “international consensus” justified the attacks on Libya, and that multilateralism was a “core principle” of his foreign policy. Nothing could be more harmful, more calculated to infringe U.S. sovereignty. This undermines the proper goal of foreign policy, namely the pursuit […]

‘Too Good a Pleasure to Forego’

The quote in the headline is from Professor Glenn Reynolds about the delicious all-you-can-eat schadenfreude smorgasbord served up by liberals since St. Hopey’s War broke out Saturday. Some people seem to have forgotten the absolute viciousness of liberals during the Bush years. Last night, while doing some research, I ran across a Byron York item about Michael […]

The Truly Pathetic Thing Is …

. . . Obama never could have gotten elected without these kooks: Just a bunch of mainstream moderate American swing voters. Meanwhile, Dennis Kucinich says the president has committed an “impeachable offense.” Apparently, Kucinich has discovered that there is this thing called a “Constitution” for which Obama has no respect. It took more than two years for […]

Asking the Right Question

“Why are you apologizing all the time?” Sarah Palin asked her Israeli hosts, inspiring admiration and many further thoughts from Professor William Jacobson.

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