Category Archives: History
Joe Biden
Didn’t have the guts to go after bin Laden.
But I still think the bin Laden raid was overrated. The administration wanted to pretend (or imagine) that killing bin Laden ended the war, when he was a symptom of the problem, not the cause. My view was validated by the rise of “the JV team,” ISIS.
Nineteen Years
Stephen Kruiser has some reflections on the anniversary, as does Glenn. As Stephen notes, there are now young adults who have very little memory of that day. In some ways, the changes that event wrought in the nation were greater than those from Pearl Harbor (my grandparents were about the same age for that event as I was on 911). Unfortunately, few of them were for the better. Next year, for the twentieth anniversary, I hope that the current crises will be in the rear-view mirror, but I fear that they won’t be, regardless of the outcome of the election.
Diana Rigg
RIP to a childhood crush.
Riots
…are on their way to becoming elections by other means.
This will not end well.
[Update a while later]
Live Not By Lies
Some thoughts from the late Alex Solzhenitzyn that are far too relevant to today’s America.
Losing The Edge
We may not have air superiority in the future.
The Coming Coup
A disturbing post on the Democrats’ plans for the military.
The UN
Yes, it is long past time to defund it.
On Joe Biden
One senses that Kyle Smith is not a fan:
Biden’s voter pitch is this: Ignore a half-century record of dishonesty, incompetence, and wretched judgment and think only this: “Joe’s a nice guy who reaches across the aisle.” It may work, given exogenous circumstances, but then again, as Barack Obama reportedly said in private during this year’s primaries, “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f*** things up.”
It’s long, but RTWT.