Category Archives: militaria

that’ll teach ’em

Brad Edmonds: I Still Owe the Military Nothing Truman bombed Japan because the Japanese demanded as their only condition of surrender that the emperor remain emperor. They continued to demand this after both bombings, so Truman just gave in. The … Continue reading

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protectionism

Rasmusen quotes Steyn: The war on terror is, in one sense, a Saudi civil war that the royal family has successfully exported to the rest of the world. The rest of the world should see that it’s repatriated.

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QotD

Unqualified Offerings have yet another forceful word to say about the conduct of the War of the Year: Here is the thing you must understand about David Brooks and Max Boot and William Kristol and the whole “national greatness” gang. … Continue reading

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vindication of the hawks

Ouch. Paul Krugman writes: It’s all coming true. Before the war, hawks insisted that Iraq was a breeding ground for terrorism. It wasn’t then, but it is now.

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mommie Russia dearest

Maria Farrell relays the story that eight prisoners at Gitmo are begging not to be sent ‘home’ to Russia. History repeats?

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my shining city

Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America’s] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the … Continue reading

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exporting what, again?

Lead Balloon of the week: U-S military tells Iraqis to turn in all guns or face arrest The US military is now telling Iraqis they cannot own or sell guns. Any Iraqi who does faces arrest, according to a new … Continue reading

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