I should start a chuckle of the week and make this the first one. Snicker. The Jihadis will, well, whatever. Only downside I see is our new Iraq, Afghan and other Muslim allies ain’t going to appreciate it. Storm warning ahead: sales of M-4s to plummet.
Via The Fat Guy.
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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War, Troops
Mr. B.’s big item for his and Mrs. Charm’s secular Christmas celebration was Guitar Hero. When he’s older he may find the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns more enlightening. Fortunately there’ll be more available than the usual anti-American, anti-war movies that Hollyweird churns out:
Video "game makers aren’t afraid to put players in situations where U.S. soldiers are unambiguously the good guys, while the combatants – often Muslims – are the bad guys."
Via Instapundit.
Re our secular Christmas at the rancho: This celebration of parties, presents and poinsettias has more to do with Saturnalia than Christianity. It is far older than the religious version. (Some nineteenth century Protestants found it so unnerving that they took to assuring their fellows that while they did mark the Nativity they did "not worship the tree.")
Christians still confuse the two, some of them whacking the secular version as ungodly. Well, to each his own. Mrs. C. would be lost without her favorite time of the year. And while he long ago graduated from Santa to understanding who the real gift-givers are, Mr. B. likewise would be bereft without packages to unwrap and goodies to consume. Good thing they needn’t be.
Link via Power Line.
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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Library, Mr. Boy, Mrs. Charm, Rancho Roly Poly, Scribbles, The War, Troops
Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq, video games
Caption says the "reporters" are studying the inscriptions on the shovels for the ceremonial dirt-turning for a memorial tree for fallen American troops. You know, while Barry dithers about whether they need reinforcements or not. This is what the legacy media does these days instead of asking hard questions. Bush quietly met with the survivors of the fallen. Barry turns their deaths into a photo op and a tree-planting. Frankly I think he prefers them fallen. The fallen don’t talk back.
Via Mudville Gazette.
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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Obamalot, Obituaries, Scribbles, The War, Troops
Tagged 2009, Barry, Honoring The Fallen, Obama, Obamalot, Oct. 29, White House Photo of The Day
One of these days, I’m going to get through to the link on this Instapundit item:
A GOVERNMENT THAT FEARS ITS PEOPLE: SONIC WEAPONS USED IN IRAQ POSITIONED AT CONGRESSIONAL TOWNHALL MEETINGS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
But, so far, I can’t.
UPDATE: I finally got it to work. Now I’m not so sure I should have linked to it. The headline is correct. But there doesn’t seem to have been any intent to harm.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Iraq, Scribbles
Tagged Instapundit, San Diego County, sonic weapons
Latest news from Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio on First Cav’s LTC Tim Karcher:
"I have no legs, and I accept that. I do not accept that my lack of legs will limit me. The adventure is re-learning, so that I am not limited. Some people talk about how brave or heroic this attitude is, but for me it is simply practical. I refuse to let this keep me from living my life to the fullest, and you would too. It’s not heroic, it’s realistic. I admit, I look forward to moving through this adventure with others who are travelling the same path that I am. Thus far, many have helped me and guided me, and I look forward to inspiring future wounded Soldiers. Leadership doesn’t stop at the hospital door."
Some would. So it’s nice to hear from one whose leadership doesn’t. Good luck, colonel.
Via Op-For.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Iraq, Texana, The War, Troops
Tagged CaringBridge.org, LTC Tim Karcher, Op-For
It’s an old rule. American soliders win a war. American politicians lose it. It’s a wonder anyone serves.
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 Michael Yon’s latest report showing an apparent woman rifleman on a Brit patrol in Afghanistan. I figured it was new. El Coqui, a commenter at Black Five, set me straight. The Brit woman was a Royal MP, along to search women suspects. EC pointed me to the Lioness program. Now we know.
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Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq, The Lioness Program, women in combat
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
