THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

Our troops should come home now from Afghanistan rather than continue risking their lives for a doofus president who’d rather criticise Republicans and the rare unfriendly news outfit and play golf than send them reinforcements. Or, in fact, make any decision at all about their fate. What a bum. (President Pantywaist, as the Brit’s Daily [...]

Freelance war correspondent Michael Yon reports on this interesting visual effect.

Freelance war correspondent Michael Yon reports on this interesting visual effect.

Given the alleged insubordination of their commander over long-delayed reinforcements, it’s not surprising to hear that the troops doubt the value of the dangers they face in Afghanistan. Especially while the Mae West president dithers over whether they need to be augmented or brought home. Via Hot Air.

In the end, Barry’s "wonderful" Copenhagen trip was just another taxpayer boondoggle. UPDATE: Turns out McChrystal met with the president in Copenhagen. So the trip wasn’t entirely wasted.

In the end, Barry’s "wonderful" Copenhagen trip was just another taxpayer boondoggle. UPDATE: Turns out McChrystal met with the president in Copenhagen. So the trip wasn’t entirely wasted.

A favorite photo by freelance Afghanistan correspondent Michael Yon: PJs on a casualty run. I’ve been helping support him with a little here and there for several years. You should, too. You know?

I can understand why the father of a dead Marine would beg the AP not to use a photo showing his son, Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, 21, of New Portland, Maine, wounded and dying in Afghanistan. The father is a retired Marine first sergeant. Many military families do not trust Big Media and, I [...]

Time for Barry to cut-and-run from Afghanistan? It certainly would fit the rest of his dictator-loving foreign policy. Leaking the latest unhappy command report to the Guardian, of all media, isn’t grounds for confidence. Meanwhile, Michael Yon says there’s already a crippling shortage of helicopters to ferry American troops around the mountains. Accidental? Or the [...]

I’m a little late to the program here, this program anyhow. But it’s worth noting, and, as we see above it’s not just a Marines deal, but an Army one as well. I knew we had women fighter and gunship pilots, and women medics and armed women at security checkpoints. But I was floored by [...]