The Other McCain

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

Kedging

by Smitty Kedging in the Golden Era. The Manual of Seamanship for Boys and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1904 (a recent fathers day gift) defines kedging as follows: “Laying the kedge anchor out in a boat and warping ahead to it”. In more practical English it meant that sailing ships in the days before […]

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Reveals U.S. Navy’s Secret Weapon in War Against Taliban

Yes, we’re talking about our hero, Admiral Smitty, who returned yesterday from Afghanistan and shared the stirring tale of his conquest of the Taliban Navy. You may be saying to yourself, “Wait a minute — the Taliban don’t have a navy!” Not any more, they don’t, because FOBbit Smitty and his top-secret Navy task force […]

Varying Alinsky: Sexualize Everything
UPDATED: Response To Daily Pundit

by Smitty Alinsky decreed: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. This is being carried out against our military. In a rare moment of disagreement, I think Daily Pundit may have become confused: There is no ban on heterosexual sex in the military, and never has been. I just want to kill […]

That Puts Stacy And Me At +7, Right?

by Smitty Volokh reproduces a study in institutions and public confidence by the AP-National Constitution Center poll, showing that the extreme/no-confidence value for blogs is –39, but the military is +46. I guess we just sum those figures for this blog, since I’m in the military and Stacy’s the marquee blogger. Yeah, new math: yeah.

Who Should Be Embarrassed, Mr. Yoo?

by Smitty John Yoo at the National Review: Obama did the right thing to order U.S. forces in [to Libya], but it was done reluctantly, with the administration claiming it was not really at “war,” limiting the U.S. and its allies to enforcing a no-fly zone only, and then trying to reduce our participation in […]

T-Paw and ‘Robust Internationalism’

What to make of this article by Jamie M. Fly in Foreign Policy? The departure of Gov. Tim Pawlenty from the race for the Republican nomination for president deprives national security conservatives of one of the field’s leading champions of a robust internationalism. Despite the ludicrous rants of Rep. Ron Paul and efforts by some Tea […]

Libyan Regime Collapses; Rebels Enter Tripoli; Qaddafi Sons Reported Captured

Looks like Moammar Qaddafi’s dictatorship has finally been vanquished: TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s grip on power dissolved with astonishing speed on Monday as rebels marched into the capital and arrested two of his sons, while residents raucously celebrated the prospective end of his four-decade-old rule. . . . The rebel leadership announced that […]

Qaddafi Cornered as Rebels Attack Tripoli

More than five months after the launch of Operation Odyssey Dawn — which was supposed to have toppled Moammar Qaddafi’s regime in a matter of days — Libyan rebels say they’re finally on the verge of victory: Euphoric Libyan rebels have pushed to the western outskirts of Tripoli without meeting any resistance after they overran […]

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