Category: Defense
By Nail Em Up on Jul 13, 2011 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Defense, DoD, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Media, Blogs, Pakistan, Pentagon, Southwest Asia, State Department, Taliban, Terrorism | View Comments
Only a year ago, the Obama administration decided to ramp up military support to the Pakistani army as part of an effort to persuade Islamabad to do more to combat militants. The new military aid, which was contingent on Congressional approval, was expected to amount to more than $2 billion over five years and would [...]
By Nail Em Up on May 18, 2011 in 9/11, AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Asia, Defense, DoD, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Islam, Jihadists, Media, Media, Print, Muslim, Pakistan, Pentagon, State Department, Taliban, Terrorism | View Comments
One of the most familiar story lines in the beloved comic strip “Peanuts” involved malicious prankster Lucy holding a football and encouraging poor Charlie Brown to kick it. At the last moment, Lucy would pull the football away. Year after year after year, Lucy played Charlie Brown for a sucker. The football remained unkicked. So [...]
By Nail Em Up on May 2, 2011 in 9/11, AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Commander in Chief, Crime, Current Affairs, Defense, DoD, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Guantanamo, Homeland Security, India, Islam, Jihadists, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Blogs, Media, Print, Muslim, Muslims & Arabs, NATO, National Security, Pakistan, Pentagon, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Southwest Asia, State Department, Terrorism, World News | View Comments
Bin Ladin is dead. Again. In the last ten years he has been reported “killed” at least four times. The only difference this time was that the President of the United States announced the death of the number one terrorist in the world. Above all, this time he was killed not in Tora Bora, not [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 22, 2011 in Arrogance, Commander in Chief, Congress (House & Senate), Constitution, Current Affairs, Defense, Democrats, Elitism, Europe, France, Governance, Messiah, President Barack Obama, Republicans, United Kingdom | View Comments
There have been a few items in the News recently that really do sound like they are straight from The Onion, but are, in fact, true. Chalk it up to the “truth is stranger than fiction” meme. Hopefully, this will provide a bit of a respite from our undeclared war on Libya, which cost us [...]
By Nail Em Up on Dec 28, 2010 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, CIA, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Counterterrorism, Crime, Current Affairs, Defense, DoD, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Jihadists, Media, Print, Media, Radio, Media, Television, NATO, National Defense, National Security, Pakistan, Political Strategy, Southwest Asia, State Department, Taliban, Terrorism | View Comments
The Islamabad station chief of the Central Intelligence Agency hastily departed from Pakistan last week after his cover was blown due to a suspected deliberate leak by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. This act is the latest evidence of the tense relationship between the two spy agencies. It is believed that his cover was blown in retaliation [...]
By Nail Em Up on Apr 7, 2010 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Barack Obama, CIA, Commander in Chief, Current Affairs, Defense, DoD, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Iran, MSNBC, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Print, Media, Television, NATO, NBC/MSNBC, National Security, New York Times, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Southwest Asia, Taliban | View Comments
In almost every briefing pertaining to South Asia, the U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke says that he won’t use the ‘K word,’ by which he means Kashmir. This is sensible of him, knowing that any statement could escalate into an exchange of hot words between India and Pakistan (and India [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 25, 2010 in Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Defense, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, Hoodwinking, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Soldiers/Veterans | View Comments
As we all know, Obama will be making his first SOTU address this week, though thankfully, the time will not conflict with the season premiere of “Lost.” I’m not kidding. That’s for real (and if you want to see a funny video on the whole “Lost” fan thing, click for an Onion video). TheState of [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 21, 2009 in Afghanistan, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Defense, Health Care, Humor, Iraq, President Barack Obama, Satire | View Comments
One major bit of news that went largely unnoticed this weekend was the passage of this rather significant bill,Defense Appropriations Bill Passes Senate 88-10, Clears Way For Health Bill. Yes, this pesky little bill needed to be take care of before the Democrats could begin to ram the Health “Care” bill (and its attendant expenses) [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 2, 2009 in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Campaign promises, Code Pink, Commander in Chief, Current Affairs, Defense, DoD, Flag officers, Foreign Policy, Pakistan, Pentagon, President Barack Obama, Soldiers/Veterans | View Comments
* Bumped up from Tuesday * The contents of which we pretty much already know at this point (thus raising the question why we still have to listen to Obama), a whole bunch of people are protesting the expected surge. One group is Code Pink: Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com Another person who [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 30, 2009 in Asia, Defense, Middle East, Pentagon, Southeast Asia | View Comments
You’ve been reading Pat’s posts and you’ve seen the advertisement for his new Civil War book, along with that great video of his superb testimony on behalf of Valerie Plame Wilson and the egregious conduct of the Bush operatives in exposing her and her undercover work. Here’s a favorite Pat Lang story, told by Washington [...]
By Mel Goodman on Apr 14, 2009 in Defense, John McCain, Middle East, National Defense, Obama Administration, Pentagon, Robert Gates | View Comments
Editor’s Note: Originally published at The Public Record. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has learned very little from the military trials and tribulations of the United States over the past 50 years. During that period, the United States has lost three costly and avoidable wars in Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, and the Middle East. These [...]
By Chicagoan on Nov 16, 2008 in Backtrack Obama, Barack Obama, Chicago, Defense, John McCain | View Comments
Barack Obama has already stated an intention to appoint at least one Republican to his cabinet. Citing Abraham Lincoln as a precedent, Obama will even consider political enemies for powerful positions in his administration. A source in Chicago informed me earlier today that John McCain will be meeting with Obama and his handlers tomorrow in [...]
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