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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Aerial Interdiction

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The volcano that is erupting in Iceland is having a fascinating effect : The cloud of ash from the eruption has hit air travel all over no...

Unless This is the Jane Fonda Class of LPD ...

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The Navy plans to name an amphibious warfare ship after John Murtha? Is the Navy kidding? The late Rep. John Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat...

Like I Said

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The US Naval Institute has a couple articles on issues I've flogged lately. One, carriers are not invulnerable . I addressed that here...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Information Operations

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Our enemies in Afghanistan deliberately kill civilians either directly or by fighting and using them as human shields. We are very careful...

Well, Moscow Likes My Idea

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I proposed modularized auxiliary cruisers about three years ago (more fully fleshed out here ) using shipping containers as the basis for we...

The Gomer Pyle Effect

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So we reach out to Syria with an open hand, and the Syrians screw us : Syria has transferred long-range Scud missiles to the Lebanese Shii...

The Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact?

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So much for collective defense in NATO, at least as far as the old Europeans think of the new Europeans. Does nobody see the problem of th...

Blue on Blue

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Actually, it wasn't that tough to predict that the Global Left would mock President Obama for his quick visit to Afghanistan . So here...

The Shoe is the Sign!

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Oh what the heck. We already make allowances for beheadings and car bombings in order to be culturally sensitive, why not shoe throwing, t...

Ecologically Blonde

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The religion of peace insists that  blasphemers must be killed . One question, though. Is it "ecocide" if I just don't giv...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Sanity Breaks Out

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The idiots who have portrayed a good strike in Iraq as a war crime haven't stopped our brass from supporting the troops involved : A v...

We'll Be Back

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America's economic power is the bedrock of our military power. I've long written that critics too easily write us off as beginning a...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

You Can, In Fact, Fight City Hall

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Terrorism gets results, apparently, even over here . So we'll get more of it.

How Shall it Be Written?

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In Thailand, "red shirt" protesters who are mostly from the countryside are clashing with security forces in the capital city . Th...

Decapitated

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This is horrible : Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday wh...
Friday, April 09, 2010

Return of Forces to Georgia

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After coming to an agreement with Abkhazia on a Russian base there, Moscow has concluded an agreement for a base in South Ossetia : Durin...

Carrot and--Well, Just the Carrot

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So our president basically tells the Iranians and North Koreans that we won't use nuclear weapons in response to a non-nuclear state...

Yes, And Flowers, Too

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Seven years ago, we liberated Baghdad. And yes,  our troops were greeted with flowers . We did a good thing. I'm proud of our troops...

Say What?

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Notwithstanding President Bush's mantra-like recitation that Islam is a religion of peace, the Obama administration is determined to era...

Place Your Bets

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The Russians say the new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia links our missile defenses (and thus limits them) to offensive limits: R...