President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the International Security and Assistance Force in Afghanistan, he will be replaced by General David Petraeus: President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander and strategist of the Afghan war, following comments by the general [...]
The Body Scanner Scam
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Edward Luttwak, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, has a must read op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal… In short Mr. Luttwak lays way waste to the fallacy of body scanners in airport security screening: All males have a body cavity. Females have two body cavities. In prisons, these body [...]
Napolitano Backtracks; Now Says System Didn’t Work
December 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Security of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is backtracking on remarks she made over the weekend regarding the attempted bombing of Northwest Airline flight 253: Napolitano, appearing Monday on NBC’s “Today Show,” explained comments she made Sunday regarding an incident in which a Nigerian man allegedly ignited an incendiary device aboard a U.S. jetliner on Christmas [...]
Janet Napolitano: “The System Worked”
December 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now: Janet Napolitano is an idiot who is completely unqualified for the position she holds. If anyone doubts the accuracy of that statement, her appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” today should remove any doubt: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that the thwarting of [...]
Christmas Day Terror: Bomb Attempt on U.S.-Bound Flight
December 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From the Wall Street Journal: A passenger on a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight tried Friday to detonate an explosive device strapped to his leg and later told investigators he had affiliations with al Qaeda and was trying to blow up the plane, according to a senior U.S. official. “We believe this was an attempted act [...]
Weekend Briefing – Saturday, October 10, 2009
October 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’m going to be tied up with family all weekend but here’s a collection of must read links: CBO: Budget deficit hit record $1.4T in 2009 – Associated Press Proposals to create jobs add up to second stimulus – Associated Press A Nobel for Obama – New York Sun Barack Obama’s peace prize starts a [...]
Michael Yon: Don’t Kid Yourselves; we’re in Serious Trouble in Afghanistan
October 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Michael Yon has spent more time in Iraq and Afghanistan than any other journalist. His dispatches from the front lines are required reading for anyone who wants to know what’s happening at the pointy end of the war on terror so when he say we’re in serious trouble you should pay attention: The Greatest Afghanistan [...]
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