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Showing posts with label War and Peace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War and Peace. Show all posts
Jul 11, 2015

Why stop there?

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Washington says it's time to update the obsolete M4 carbine in its various passé costumes.   RFPs and bids and spec sheets and dream sh...
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Feb 11, 2015

Hey Amigo. Let's see whose gun is loudest.

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De Voto on the Battle of Palo Alto where Taylor's young artillery officers mowed down Mexican  troops by the the score, perhaps unnecess...
Sep 9, 2014

Shades of Checkpoint Charlie

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Flash bang and smoke as Putin shows that wimp Obama that Russian leaders have the bigger bal ls. We are getting used to that kind of neo-t...
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Jun 29, 2014

The New Caliphate

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A tragic thing.  Over all these years of  desert war, none of us has ever thought to remind our American government that spending young bloo...
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Jun 16, 2014

Do I need glasses or is truth really getting even fuzzier?

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Three days ago our Commander-in-Chief stood on the White House lawn and told America : No combat troops to Iraq.  That was pleasant to hea...
Jun 6, 2014

The Longest Wind

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Good Lord. Can it be that long since President Obama first showed his arse to the world in a D-Day speech? He's still fumbling for his...
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Mar 28, 2014

The Corps of REMFs Speaks Out

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Congress is about to give His Ineptness a billion dollars . The president is to forward it to the Ukraine. Where the money goes from there ...
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Sep 6, 2013

Barack Obama: Man of Destiny

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Here's part of his recent oral output in quest of a heroic place in history.* "These kinds of interventions, these kinds of acti...
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One Syrian, One Vote; No Americans Need Apply

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His Ineptness the president demands that your "representatives" vote their "conscience" no matter what you think. (1) ...
Jun 21, 2013

So many revolutions, so few Marines

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We all anxiously await the Obama solution to Brazilian riots.  Our vital national  security interests pivot on free bus rides in Rio and Sao...
Jun 12, 2013

Calling Paul Wolfowitz

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...and all the other neocons to whom God spake about His  Divine Plan for a world  in the image of Peoria, Illinois: Isn't it about ...
May 26, 2013

1,2,3,4 What are we fighitng for?

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A little for Flag and Mom's apple pie, but mostly for the girl back home.   Ask Sgt. York. Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel of ...
Jan 22, 2013

Mali: The next great American adventure

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Reuters drops the big secret this morning. If France wants to send some French  soldiers adventuring in Mali, it calls Uncle Sam. "...
Jan 19, 2013

Milspeak

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We're sending a company of National Guard troops to Afghanistan. A helpful public relations officer told us what they'll be doing t...
Sep 15, 2012

G' morning, fellow anarchists

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With all the world crises going on, a fellow really ought to get busy with a careful analysis. But I don't feel like it. Not even a sh...
Sep 13, 2012

Party time in Dubai

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Our friend Joel has been there, and his recollection of riot day is well worth a read. As are the comments, particularly one by "Buck....

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Well of COURSE I feel like shooting some wogs. And YES, I think the Marines en route to the Shores of Tripoli should be issued live ammo an...
Aug 15, 2012

Win a war, kiss a nurse

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Happy V-J Day. This is one of them as denoted by Japanese time.  Or it is about three weeks from now if  you insist on marking it by the USS...
Apr 15, 2012

Tam strikes again

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Pocketa, Pocketa, Pocketa, Mr. Mitty. It's just you and a couple of girls heroically engaging the 82nd Airborne and at least one MEU, ...
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Feb 15, 2012

Way too Early Squirrley

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Woke up about 3:30. Followed usual pre-dawn routine anyway. Scan the AP and Reuters reports. Pour a cup of coffee.  Plug in teevee just in t...