Obama-McChrystal-Petraeus Reactions

June 23, 2010 By

On NPR this afternoon, I heard a report that some military folk on the ground at Kandahar believed McChrystal would get off with a tongue-lashing for the Rolling Stone piece, particularly since it was his underlings who made the most controversial comments. I tend to think more along the lines of Victor Davis Hanson: I [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Barack Obama, Obama Good?, Obama White House, Oil Spill, US Military, War, What it good for?

Year of the Priest: Military

March 20, 2010 By

Excerpts from a great photo essay on military chaplains, coming to us via the Crescat, who loves to celebrate the manly priests: Catholic military chaplain Cpt. Carl Subler on March 5 at a small U.S. combat outpost in Sha-Wali-Kot in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan ( See the whole inspiring thing here All found via [...]

Filed Under: Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Crisis & Opportunity, Crucible of Faith, Culture of Life/Death, Eucharist, Faith, US Military, War on Terror, War, What it good for?, Year of the Priest

Abortion, War and Taxes – UPDATED

January 11, 2010 By

The formerly very liberal and very pro-choice Bookworm is thinking long and hard about abortion arguments in the 21st Century: I dreamed last night about the first ultrasound I had when I was pregnant with my daughter. I was sixteen weeks pregnant, and had been throwing up non-stop for 15 1/2 of those sixteen weeks. [...]

Filed Under: "Remaking" Ourselves, 'Remaking' America, Culture of Life/Death, War on Terror, War, What it good for?

Random Must-Reads

January 7, 2010 By

Collected in my tab-bar since I started feeling cruddy – might as well share with you all the things I have either read or “been meaning to get to reading…” All submitted mostly without comment, because I’m still not 100%. “We are at war…”: The president went on to say that while America will strengthen [...]

Filed Under: 9/10 Mindset, Alternative Media, Barack Obama, Bush Good, Crooks and Liars, Culture of Life/Death, Culture of Treason?, Dumb Democrat moves, Economic woe, Hitchens, Obama White House, Serving up hot links, The Perpetual Adolescents, TV/Pop Culture/Music, US Military, War by Litigation, War on Terror, War, What it good for?

The No Jihadi Litigator's War

January 5, 2010 By

Yesterday, Ed Morrissey looked at this piece by Peter Beinart: Peter Beinart makes an interesting, if somewhat contradictory, argument at the Daily Beast regarding Dick Cheney’s argument that the Obama administration doesn’t really think it’s fighting a war against terrorists. On one hand, Beinart argues that the Obama administration successfully rebuked Cheney through its reference [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Nanny Statism, Obama Bad?, Obama White House, Quoting the News, Send in the clowns, The Fourth Estate, War by Litigation, War on Terror, War, What it good for?

Terrorist not Talking; Obama Cruises Yemen – UPDATED

December 30, 2009 By

Noted at The Corner: To see the danger we face because of Obama’s return to a law-enforcement approach to terrorist interrogation, read today’s front-page story in the Washington Post. At the very end of the article, the Post notes: Abdulmutallab remains in a Detroit area prison and, after initial debriefings by the FBI, has restricted [...]

Filed Under: 9/10 Mindset, 9/11 trials, Barack Obama, Crisis & Opportunity, Culture of Treason?, Dumb Democrat moves, Obama White House, Socialism doesn't work, The 9/11 Commission, The Perpetual Adolescents, War on Terror, War, What it good for?

Tactical Surrender Afghanistan? NO!

November 23, 2009 By

:::POST UPDATE, 11/24/09::: Steve Schippert posts that the US Embassy in Kabul denies this story. Like Steve, I’ll take them at their word. We’ll see soon enough. -admin:::END UPDATE::: I am not sure what to make of this, but my first gut-instinct is, “oh, please, don’t appease.” Steve Schippert over at Threats Watch keeps an [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, 9/10 Mindset, Obama Bad?, Send in the clowns, US Military, War on Terror, War, What it good for?