Has Drew Barrymore heard about this? It might diminish her enthusiasm.
Let the cracking of wise in the comments section commence.
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Tainted Victory?
Over at Winds of Change, Robin Burk and Marc “Armed Liberal” Danziger have an interesting discussion of the morality of our victory in Europe sixty years ago.
New Sheriff In Town
That’s the title of my piece over at TechCentralStation today on big changes at NASA per its new administrator.
An “Insurgency” By Any Other Name
If this story, and this one are accurate, it would seem to me that Iraq is in a state of war with Syria (and probably other nations, such as Saudi Arabia, as well). After all, they seem to be sending in people to murder Iraqis and attack its government. I’m not sure at this point exactly what they can do about it, but I would think that at the least it would be useful to state the reality, to call them on it. Perhaps in a year or two, after being given sufficient training, the Iraqis themselves will institute a regime change in Damascus. Which raises the interesting issue of whether or not Syria has any of Saddam’s WMD…
[Update at 5 PM EDT]
Along those lines, this looks like good news, if accurate:
American troops backed by helicopters and war planes launched a major offensive against followers of Iraq’s most wanted insurgent, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in a desert area near the Syrian border, and as many as 100 militants were killed, U.S. officials said Monday.
An “Insurgency” By Any Other Name
If this story, and this one are accurate, it would seem to me that Iraq is in a state of war with Syria (and probably other nations, such as Saudi Arabia, as well). After all, they seem to be sending in people to murder Iraqis and attack its government. I’m not sure at this point exactly what they can do about it, but I would think that at the least it would be useful to state the reality, to call them on it. Perhaps in a year or two, after being given sufficient training, the Iraqis themselves will institute a regime change in Damascus. Which raises the interesting issue of whether or not Syria has any of Saddam’s WMD…
[Update at 5 PM EDT]
Along those lines, this looks like good news, if accurate:
American troops backed by helicopters and war planes launched a major offensive against followers of Iraq’s most wanted insurgent, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in a desert area near the Syrian border, and as many as 100 militants were killed, U.S. officials said Monday.
An “Insurgency” By Any Other Name
If this story, and this one are accurate, it would seem to me that Iraq is in a state of war with Syria (and probably other nations, such as Saudi Arabia, as well). After all, they seem to be sending in people to murder Iraqis and attack its government. I’m not sure at this point exactly what they can do about it, but I would think that at the least it would be useful to state the reality, to call them on it. Perhaps in a year or two, after being given sufficient training, the Iraqis themselves will institute a regime change in Damascus. Which raises the interesting issue of whether or not Syria has any of Saddam’s WMD…
[Update at 5 PM EDT]
Along those lines, this looks like good news, if accurate:
American troops backed by helicopters and war planes launched a major offensive against followers of Iraq’s most wanted insurgent, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in a desert area near the Syrian border, and as many as 100 militants were killed, U.S. officials said Monday.
Brought Down By Arrogance
Darth Groznii says that the Order of the Jedi deserved to be destroyed. It seems like a sound analysis to me.
Too Timid
Taylor Dinerman says that the administration has to start getting serious about space weapons. I agree.
[Update late afternoon]
There are several good critiques of the piece in comments, that I don’t necessarily disagree with. My only point was that I agree with his bottom line.
Conference Wrapup
Lots of good stuff over at Clark Lindsey’s site yesterday, including a tribute to the failed space entrepreneurs of the past that laid so much of the groundwork for today’s burgeoning industry. He also has some parting thoughts on last weekend’s Space Access Conference, with a link-rich summary of many of the talks.
Over at The Space Review, Jeff Foust takes my “hangover” metaphor and runs with it in describing the state of the industry as represented by the conference (first of two parts–presumably the second will be next Monday).
The New Brownshirts
On the sixtieth anniversary of the formal end of fascism in Europe, Andrew Sullivan has a very disturbing email from the Netherlands.