Category Archives: The War

Close the borders

Posted on June 1, 2007 | Comments Off on Close the borders

Now Peggy Noonan is saying it–or maybe said it before but I missed it–in criticizing President Bush for ad hominem attacks against party detractors of his immigration bill. Maybe Fred’ll close them. I haven’t been a Republican voter long enough to know whether it’s true that when you lose Noonan, you’ve lost the GOP. Mysticchords’ John Salmon thinks she’s a poor analyst, but Instapundit started saying last fall she was leaving Bush behind and taking the conservatives with her.

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Go Fred

Posted on May 30, 2007 | Comments Off on Go Fred

"Politician-turned-actor Fred Thompson plans an unconventional campaign for president using blogs, video posts and other Internet innovations to reach voters repelled by politics-as-usual in both parties, he told USA Today."

Via Instapundit. The Fred-a-Rama!

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Memorial

Posted on May 30, 2007 | Comments Off on Memorial

Poignant slide show memorial to US Marine CPL Jason Dunham, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in Iraq. More on him here.

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Benediction

Posted on May 28, 2007 | Comments Off on Benediction

Soldier, rest, thy warfare o’er, 
Dream of fighting fields no more.
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,   
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.

Sir Walter Scott

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“If ye break faith with us who die…”

Posted on May 27, 2007 | Comments Off on “If ye break faith with us who die…”

Memorial Day is supposed to be about honoring the war dead, and passing the torch. It’s not supposed to be just another chance to whack Bush over Iraq, while leaving Afghanistan unmentioned because you can’t use that favored MSM phrase "…this unpopular war" with Afghanistan. The Memorial Day observance, which began in and after the American Civil War, is supposed to about the war dead, not the living combatants nor veterans. And not breaking faith is, today, an often forgotten part of it.

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Dialogue

Posted on May 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Dialogue

Omar at Iraq the Model will keep an eye on Iraqi news media tomorrow when US and Iranian ambassadors are scheduled to meet for a chat:

"I can’t see the slightest hint to concessions from either side so I strongly think that tomorrow’s meeting will be only about America and Iran telling each other what they want. The face to face part is the only difference."

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Excalibur

Posted on May 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Excalibur

The US Army’s XM982 Excalibur precision-guided, extended-range 155mm artillery shell, demonstrated in this part-video, part-animation movie. It was recently used in combat for the first time, in Baghdad, by the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division. Surprise death from above.

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