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Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Life of Wendy

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Who knew that when President Obama said "you didn't built that," he was talking to Wendy Davis? About her career? And about ...

Build More Ford Class Carriers

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The immense cost of our Ford class carriers will raise the question of affording these behemoths. We'll need a real carrier debate. Cou...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Marching Orders

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Like I said, the Russians are not amused by unrest in the Ukraine. Russia has issued instructions : Russia's Foreign Minister Serge...

Double Secret Probation

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Well, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) probation isn't secret. But if the Navy wants to double their numbers allowed, the class will have ...

It Was Never Easy for Wendy

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Wendy Davis touted her brave life struggle of adversity, which we now know consisted of letting her second husband pay for her law school ed...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

In Case Skiing and Bomb Vests is an Olympics Event

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Just in case terrorism hits the Sochi olympics in Russia, we're going to put a couple warships in the Black Sea. This doesn't say ...

Now They're Just Rubbing Our Nose in It

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Assad's people add insult to injury over playing President Obama for a fool in the chemical weapons deal. That's an interesting wo...

Second Time as Farce

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Can China command their economy to grow? I've long held that China's massive economic growth isn't all that miraculous given t...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Yes, We Fight Evil

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My contempt for our anti-military left did not recede today. We fight jihadi enemies of such cartoon-level of basic evil that Hollywood woul...

The Terminology Will Be Tough

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The Russians are back in Ukraine, it seems. What do you call it when a leadership agrees to foreign control and the people reject that statu...

The Japanese Were Supposed to Be Thrilled About Caroline

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Ambassador Kennedy disapproves of Japanese hunting and eating dolphins (tip to Instapundit). She says it is inhumane. The Japanese prot...

Mass Produce Ship System Modules

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If we build modular ships in two sizes, for a high-low mix of capabilities to get the numbers we need in the fleet, let's build the miss...

Speaking of Hillary (!)

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Reset! In a jaw-dropping revelation on NBC’s Meet the Press, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) has stated th...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

When Everyone Wants to Lead from Behind

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Britain, and to a lesser extent France, used to be the nations of Europe that could carry out an independent--if smaller--military expeditio...

The Army We Will Have

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The Army could shrink to 32 brigades under an active force end strength of 420,000 troops. Is this possible? Can we sustain the brigade co...

Kill as Many as Possible, Guys

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Iraqi special forces and local Sunni Arab militias are beginning a counter-attack at Ramadi, backed by air power. Al Qaeda gunmen holding ...

The Lion of Myanmar

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Do read Jonah Goldberg's G-file turned into a column today. Normally you have to get this stuff by his email. For the web they scrubb...

Recon?

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A man crawling into a water treatment plant via a pipe gets stuck. Officials are puzzled. Might I suggest this was a recon mission gone awry...

Only Obama Can Go to Iran?

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Our delusions about relations with Iran are not restricted to the nuclear issue. Some think so highly of our diplomatic abilities that they ...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Kerry Reports for Russian Duty

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I mentioned that it was sheer idiocy for Kerry to be proposing a ceasefire in Syria. Syria wants a ceasefire, of course. I noted that it w...