Not the end of conflict, certainly not the end of fighting . . . but it
is worth considering that as we blindly multiply our efforts toward a
supremacy-gap between ourselves and the rest of the world in military
hardware, the enemy is dissolving before our eyes. What can we possibly
be thinking? More to the point, what can the rest of the world possibly think we are thinking?
Continue reading "The End of War" »
Just when you think every possible outrage has been committed in the
name of George Bush's policy of pre-emptive war, something more comes
from the blind-side to knock the wind from an already winded American
experience.
Continue reading "HAMAS AND THE TALIBAN--WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS ON A BUDGET, WHILE WE PISS AWAY BILLIONS" »
All the hand-wringing (a good bit of it by me) over lost freedoms, Big
Brother and this administration’s Homeland Insecurity pale by
comparison to bad judgment and malfeasance. Jeffersonian democracy may
be against the ropes in the 10th round, but it has a far better chance
of being saved by the bill than the bell.
Continue reading "Not Saved by the Bell, but Saved by the Bill at the FBI" »
Local Iraqi interpreters working with either the State Department,
Military or private organizations in Iraq have a limited shelf-life.
Their ‘use before’ date has never been very long because they have to live among the ordinary population, while keeping their jobs hidden.
Continue reading "Thanks and Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You" »
Setting aside and ignoring the blather of Bill O’Reilly and Rush
Limbaugh, we are becoming a sadomasochistic nation when it comes to our
foreign affairs. There is no other explanation. Who but a sadist would
lead the likes of Pervez Musharraf down the garden path of armaments
and praise, to so suddenly get moralistic and yank out the rug we stood him on?
Continue reading "Dressing Up Space Defense in Dominatrix Clothing" »
The opener is pretty much all you need to know in trading off the ‘fair
and balanced’ position of this article co-authored by Israelist Louis Rene Beres and his warmongering buddy, Major General Paul (surgical and fast) Vallely, U.S. Army (retarded).
Continue reading "MAD or NUTS Take Your Pick, It Might be IRRITATE" »
If you thought, as I did, that some pretty scary legislation was created in the past seven years of this administration, you might want to pay attention.
Continue reading "Put On the Cuffs, I’m Guilty as Charged" »
I wrote in 2002 (War With Iraq is Not the Problem)
that the difficulties apparent in attacking Saddam Hussein had little
to do with overcoming Iraq militarily and everything to do with
aftermath. Essentially, we had for so long thirsted for the taste of
rabbit that we hadn't bothered looking up any tasty recipes.
Continue reading "Unprepared in Iran, the Follow-Up to Unprepared in Iraq" »
The Pentagon, no doubt while Robert Gates was busy elsewhere, trying
along with Condi Rice to rekindle a sense of bi-partisan goals between
Russia and the United States, was up to mischief in Iraq. Serious
stuff--the kind of decision-making that characterized the early
blunders by L. Paul Bremer, for which we are still paying a huge price.
Continue reading "Kicking the Last Leg Out From Under the Iraqi Chair" »