Perfunction has the story with awesome video of the successful, yet "unproven" missile defense test.
Which inspired me to make this video:
I can imagine how this might relieve you, given that you live so close to Pearl, and all - and considering that you live on a piece of real estate that's within range of a North Korean missile.
Moe Lane
PS: What was the other thing? Oh, right...
First, they pretty much say you can't trust NRA members.
Now, it's the troops. There's good ways to boost morale, there's even bad ways to boost morale, and then there's the Secret Service way.
Via Uncle.
A 140 year-old cannonball exploded, killing a Civil War collector.
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[J]ournalists have been smearing the military for 60-plus years, but the overwhelming majority of them support the troops. Or so I'm told.Via Instapundit
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I have a few regular AF readers. Not anymore:
The Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read, cutting off access to just about any independent site with the word "blog" in its web address. It's the latest move in a larger struggle within the military over the value -- and hazards -- of the sites. At least one senior Air Force official calls the squeeze so "utterly stupid, it makes me want to scream."I've been thinking about starting a new blog, and should that happen, it will be something quite different, and it won't have 'blog' in the name. It's still just a rough idea, so don't expect any changes here for about another year.
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How about some good news for a change:
Mr. Wadi arrived in the United States in September with a special immigrant visa for Iraqi and Afghan interpreters. But with his savings nearly depleted and unable to land a decent job, Wadi enlisted in the Army. He begins training in South Carolina Monday.
Wadi isn't worried about returning to Iraq, where many of his countrymen considered him a traitor because he worked with American forces. His allegiance is now to the United States, he says.
"I want to serve this country because this country returned to me my life," Wadi says. "If I had stayed in Iraq, I'd be dead now."
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What could possibly go wrong?
Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militaries from either nation to send troops across each other's borders during an emergency, but some are questioning why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal.Sure, if we were in Britain's or France's position circa 1942, I'd have no problem. But we have no need for such a pact, nor should we for the foreseeable future. Why fix what ain't broke?
Neither the Canadian government nor the Canadian Forces announced the new agreement, which was signed Feb. 14 in Texas.
The U.S. military's Northern Command, however, publicized the agreement with a statement outlining how its top officer, Gen. Gene Renuart, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, head of Canada Command, signed the plan, which allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation in a civil emergency.
The new agreement has been greeted with suspicion by the left wing in Canada and the right wing in the U.S.
The left-leaning Council of Canadians, which is campaigning against what it calls the increasing integration of the U.S. and Canadian militaries, is raising concerns about the deal.
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"The Berkeley City Council insulted our troops and offended people across the country. If the U.S. Marines are not good enough for Berkeley, neither are taxpayer dollars Congress would have sent there this year."Starve 'em, and starve 'em good.
The good news about this: reduced threat of nuclear ICBMs from rogue states. Ironically, the bad news: traditional warfare now officially obsolete.
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Depends on how you look at it. Victory, retreat, or whatever you want to call it, the Brits are leaving Iraq. I pray it proves to be victory.
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Via Instapundit, a report comparing number of deaths during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to a time of relative peace:
The Congressional Research Service, which compiled war casualty statistics from the Revolutionary War to present day conflicts, reported that 4,699 members of the U.S. military died in 1981 and '82 — a period when the U.S. had only limited troop deployments to conflicts in the Mideast. That number of deaths is nearly 900 more than the 3,800 deaths during 2005 and '06, when the U.S. was fully committed to large-scale military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The CRS, which is the public policy research arm of Congress, issued its findings in the June report "American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics."
FOXNews.com, in re-examining the findings, found that — surprising as it may be — there were more active duty deaths in some years of peacetime than there were in some years of wartime.
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Rush's letter brings in over $2mil for the Marine corps-law enforcement charity. That'll be over $4 million for the charity since Rush promised to match it.
And Harry Reid eats crow.
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"You don't have money to fund the war on children. But you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if he can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President's amusement."How very professional of you Congressman Fortney “Pete” Stark. I have some words for you, but I don't have the protection of the Speech or Debate Clause, nor do I have the ability to compartmentalize my civility when it's convenient, so lucky you.
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I agree with the bill and think it's a step forward for American foreign policy in general. I think Turkey is wrong for whining about it and more wrong for not owning up for it's role in Armenian genocide. But I do question the timing, and underlying motivation:
The resolution has strained U.S. relations with Turkey and drawn criticism from the Bush administration.I don't know what could be more damning of a politician's patriotism, to alienate key allies, seriously risk the lives and goal of our troops, our interests abroad, and national security for political reasons. I just have trouble believing Nancy Pelosi, and a number of Democrats and Republicans are guilty of such treason.
"This resolution is one that is consistent with what our government has always said about ... what happened at that time," Pelosi said on ABC's "This Week."
When asked about criticism that it could harm relations with Turkey -- a key ally in the war in Iraq and a fellow member of NATO -- Pelosi said, "There's never been a good time," adding that it is important to pass the resolution now "because many of the survivors are very old."
Counting the low numbers of deaths in Iraq, coupled with this report, I think we may be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, that is of course if Turkey plays nice:
There is widespread agreement that AQI has suffered major blows over the past three months. Among the indicators cited is a sharp drop in suicide bombings, the group's signature attack, from more than 60 in January to around 30 a month since July. Captures and interrogations of AQI leaders over the summer had what a senior military intelligence official called a "cascade effect," leading to other killings and captures.Nevertheless, we should pull out now. You know, because it was an unjust war, because the Iraqis can adapt and take better care of the situation the moment we leave, because Iraq has nothing to do with our security, let alone our allies', and because we owe them nothing.
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The letter signed by 41 Democratic Senators condemning Rush Limbaugh's statements which spurred the "Phony Soldiers" controversy, sent to the CEO of Clear Channel Communications, is now up for bid on E-Bay. The money will go to a Marines charity.
Via HotAir.
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