Category Archives: General

The war on Islamic fascism is an interconnected, global affair, like everything else these days. The war in Afghanistan is being waged by Al Qaeda and the Taliban from their secure strongholds in Pakistan. Afghanistan cannot be separated from Pakistan. … Continue reading →

We are the victims of identity theft. Someone got ahold of the card number and other info from my bank debit card and charged $3,000 worth of stuff yesterday before I canceled the card. I caught it right away. I … Continue reading →

Let me get this straight. The U.S. Senate has a Constitutional duty to confirm the new commander of the new strategy in Iraq. The Armed Services Committee has unanimously, 25-0, endorsed the nomination of General Petraeus. Everybody loves General Petraeus. … Continue reading →

Just went to see the ironically titled The Good Shepherd, De Niro’s movie about the CIA. I was looking forward to a realistic account of the CIA’s founding and early history, but this is definitely not it. What a disappointment. … Continue reading →

We went to see Mel Gibson’s new movie the other day. It was violent, but no more violent than some others. It was actually a pretty conventional run through the jungle kind of movie. It could have been set in … Continue reading →

My previous blog post was a defense of what has been accomplished in Iraq, and it is possible to poke holes in my assumptions and conclusions. It is difficult to view the war in Iraq as an unbridled success, but … Continue reading →

The war in Iraq has been continually evolving. It has not been one mission, but rather a series of missions. Mission 1: Overthrowing Saddam Hussein and the Baathist gangsters. This mission has been accomplished. Mission 2: Creating a constitution and … Continue reading →

The chattering class, across the political spectrum, is now talk, talk, talking about the mess that George W. Bush and the neoconservatives have gotten us into in Iraq, and what do we do about it now. The adults, led by … Continue reading →

American casualties in Iraq are now 2,863, approximately the death toll resulting from drunk driving in the U.S. in a 20 day period. If the result of the Baker Commission voodoo and the Democratically controlled Congress lead to a “phased … Continue reading →

I may be whistling in the dark, but it looks to me like this election has moved both parties to the right, except for the war. On all the other issues, immigration, affirmative action, gay marriage, gun control, government spending, … Continue reading →