Randall C. Archibold via The New York Times: President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and increase spending on law enforcement, yielding to demands from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers there that border security be tightened, administration officials said. I don’t want to argue that we don’t need […]
Comments Off on Police State, Here We Come » Read the rest
For a president who is supposedly anti-war, it seems funny that he would authorize preparations for a war that doesn’t even exist. Mark Mazzetti via The New York Times: The secret directive, signed in September by Gen. David H. Petraeus, authorizes the sending of American Special Operations troops to both friendly and hostile nations in […]
Comments Off on I Love the Smell of War in the Morning » Read the rest
About. Fucking. Time. Ed O’Keefe via The Washington Post: White House officials, Democratic congressional leaders and gay rights groups met on Monday to discuss a possible repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Such a reversal would take effect after the Pentagon completes a study on how to integrate openly gay service members, […]
Comments Off on Three Words: » Read the rest
Carlotta Gall via The New York Times: Farmers from the district of Marja, which since February has been the focus of the largest American-led military operation in Afghanistan, are fleeing the area, saying that the Taliban are terrorizing the population and that American troops cannot protect the civilians.The departure of the farmers is one of […]
Comments Off on Taliban Still Hold Sway » Read the rest
When Afghan terrorists get more consideration than American civilians, it’s pretty evident we have a problem.
Comments Off on Pot Smokers Apparently More Dangerous Than the Taliban » Read the rest
It’s nice to see all that Hope and Change Obama campaigned on is working out for us. When it comes to the legal framework for confronting terrorism, President Obama is acting in no meaningful sense any differently than President Bush . . . More important, President Obama has embraced and at times defended the same […]
Comments Off on The Reality of Hope and Change » Read the rest
I used to think that the political right saw the military as a quasi-religious institution which can do no wrong, until today when I realized that the military actually is a full blown religious institution. I was at my son’s Parents Day Out program end of the year lunch when I heard this oh-so-adorable little […]