War on Terror
Well isn’t that what always happens? Tension. Ease. Tension. Ease. And always Iran moves a little closer to nuclear capability. With consequences such as this looming over the country’s head, I’m sure Iran understands how serious the United States is: Tehran “must grant unfettered access” to international inspectors within two weeks, he said, warning that…
By coincidence, each of the past two days brought a question from somebody about my political beginnings. The answer to the when is 9/11. Practical philosophy had always been appealing to me, but it had previously followed a literary and cultural context, rather than a political one. That changed on a September morning. It wouldn’t…
With H/T to Instapundit, never forgetting means never forgetting about the true significance of 9/11. Jennifer Rubin has more on the growing and deliberate amnesia. We are at war and Obama is in denial. More here, here, and here, too. In addition, Obama’s parallel tendency to undermine our historical allies is driving changed behaviors by…
I’ve been meaning to note Clifford May’s brief history of the end of the war in Iraq: The news is not that American combat troops withdrew from Iraqi cities. The news is that American combat troops withdrew from Iraqi cities in victory – rather than in defeat. Two years ago at this time, few in…
“Girls With Guns Get It” (H/T): In both Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army and Marines found it useful to send a female soldier along on raids, as it was less disruptive to have a woman search the female civilians. There was no shortage of volunteers for this duty. The marines, as is their custom,…
As Ralph Peters writes, “Our effort in Iraq passed a major milestone today: Our troops are leaving the cities.” For whatever reason (um, dare I say victory?), interest in Iraq has waned since it collapsed as a viable anti-you-know-who talking point. But progress has been made and now we can safely return Iraq’s cities to…