The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

‘Green on Blue’: Two U.S. Special Forces Troops Killed in Afghanistan Attack

NBC News reports from Kabul: Two U.S. service members were killed and at least eight others were injured Monday in a possible insider attack at a special forces site in Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan officials said. The shooting occurred at a U.S. special operations outpost in Wardak province in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. The […]

Army Update: Good News, Bad News

Today, I received a letter from Recruit McCain, who reports that he tied for first in his platoon in marksmanship scores and, in a surprise phone call, he also reported that he got to throw a live hand grenade in training today. His physical fitness score is now 250, with 300 being perfect. Recruit McCain further […]

Tehran Supports Chuck Hagel, and Nobody Really Seems to Care

This ought to be shocking:  Hooshang Amirahmadi, who led Rutgers’ Center for Middle Eastern Studies when Hagel came to campus, is the founder and president of the American-Iranian Council. He arranged for Hagel’s speech on March 2, 2007, the faculty source told The Daily Caller. The connection between Obama’s choice for Secretary of Defense and […]

Ron Paul Supporters Slam Rand After Republicans Block Hagel Nomination

Allahpundit points out that Chuck Hagel was one vote away from passing a cloture vote to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense: But wait — what about Rand Paul? If ever there was a SecDef nominee whom the Ron Paul paleocon fan base could sort of dig, it’s a guy known for lamenting the “Israel […]

HOOAH! Army Training Update

At 1440 hours today, telephonic communication was received from Recruit McCain at the military installion where he is being trained as a fearless warrior to destroy America’s enemies. HOOAH! Concern for operational security forbids disclosure of the training location, although (a) any Army veteran could figure it out, (b) historians would be aware that the site is named for a military figure known as […]

Chuck Hagel’s Very Bad Day

Hagel delivers shaky performance — The Hill Hagel Pleads Ignorance: “I have a hard enough time understanding American politics, I certainly don’t understand Iranian politics.” — Ace of Spades HQ Chuck Hagel’s Ill-Received Performance Puts Confirmation In Flux — BuzzFeed Is Chuck Hagel Failing? — National Journal Wow, he stunk it up in that confirmation […]

Complete Decadence

“You can kill half of your young men and repopulate your country in relatively short order. . . . But when you kill your young women . . . your country has no future.” — Roxeanne de Luca, “Really, Leon Panetta? You want Sandra Fluke in combat?” Have Americans become so decadent that they have […]

‘Arab Spring’ Update: Hostages Killed in Algeria; French Fight Islamists in Mali

“The International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs had entrusted him with the making of a report, for its future guidance. And he had written it, too. I’ve seen it. I’ve read it. It was eloquent, vibrating with eloquence, but too high-strung, I think. Seventeen pages of close writing he had found time for! […]

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