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Mexican guns

Posted on April 6, 2009 | Comments Off on Mexican guns

Instapundit clings somewhat precariously to the military weapons wielded by the Mexican drug cartels to try to show that not all their guns come from the U.S. Fox News, to which he links, has apparently taken his side of the argument.Their concern, of course, is new gun sale restrictions here at home.

The San Antonio Express-News, while conceding that the military stuff probably didn’t come from our side of the border, nevertheless makes a convincing case that most of the non-military stuff that has been traced did–much of it from Texas retailers. Michael Yon has uncharacteristly attracted more than a few irritated commenters for wading into the argument. I’m glad he did, though. I know more now about it now than I did before. On the other hand, as Instapundit notes, some of the guns probably have come from Mexican army deserters.

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Why we kill Taliban

Posted on April 5, 2009 | Comments Off on Why we kill Taliban

A harsh, depressing video via Michael Yon. Until you remember all the comrades of these scum we’re eradicating. Someday we’ll get them, too.

UPDATE: Or not. A new pro-Jihad magazine in North Carolina, of all places, has to make you wonder.

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Rearranging the rocks in Afghanistan

Posted on March 4, 2009 | Comments Off on Rearranging the rocks in Afghanistan

Douchebag Murtha, the jarhead without honor, wants a beaucoup troop surge in A-stan. Shoot, we might as well move the Pentagon there, for all the good it would do. Like Michael Yon says: Iraq is only a few decades behind the West, but Afghanistan is on another planet. Barry and the Democrat’s quagmire, coming up.

UPDATE: Oh, yes, this will work, I’m sure. Much like inviting the North to help stabilize South Vietnam.

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Muslims for America

Posted on March 3, 2009 | Comments Off on Muslims for America

An interesting site worth a visit. A reminder that not even Muslims are a monolithic group, despite the stereotype. Still, it’s worth keeping in mind that the threat is real. And the war ain’t over–not by a long chalk.

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Afghanistan: the real quagmire

Posted on February 13, 2009 | Comments Off on Afghanistan: the real quagmire

Given Barry’s many policy flipflops since his election, and his Code Pink, etc. base of support, it’s not hard to imagine him finding a rhetorical way out of Afghanistan–especially now that the campaign there is becoming harder than ever to win. For one thing, freelance correspondent Michael Yon says the administration’s proposed thirty thousand new troops won’t be nearly enough.

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Iraq campaign over?

Posted on July 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Iraq campaign over?

What, before Baby Barry could make his first trip there in more than two years? Before the Dems could cut and run? Independent correspondent Michael Yon says so. His colleague Michael Totten says it is all but over, and that we won. But this is the Middle East, not middle Europe. So minor violence could still occur, maybe even something spectacular. But basically, they insist, it’s all over, and we and the Iraqi people won it. Yay!

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE:  Even StrategyPage agrees the campaign is basically over. Now, they say, let the corruption begin. But I agree with Instapundit, I can live with that.

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Yon and West: reporting on Iraq

Posted on June 1, 2008 | Comments Off on Yon and West: reporting on Iraq

Michael Yon’s book "Moment of Truth in Iraq" is being praised unstintingly. I liked it. Yon stepped into a gap in coverage and filled it. He shows, quite well, why, as he puts it, Iraqi boys want to grow up to be American soldiers and marines. But he also shows that we have always had too little "paint to cover this barn," and the proposed troop drawdowns are unconscionable when our warriors are still in contact in Mosul and elsewhere.

But Yon’s rather thin book (triple-spaced to make it seem longer) can’t touch Bing West’s "No True Glory," which I am finishing, about the 2004 fights for Fallujah. It’s not only twice as long as Yon’s, but reflects more work. It does tackle less ground but has many more named sources and quotes and is, altogether the better book. West even quotes some marines who are now in legal trouble for things they did in 2004. But I’ll go on contributing my few dollars to Yon’s efforts. He’s got the tougher and, possibly, more important job: bringing the news from the front lines that the MSM rarely touches.

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