June 2010 - Argghhh!

Yesterday, I posted a little update in the Korean War post.Update: In other news, Cartman Jong Il says Korean War was all our fault and presents a bill for $65... trillion. Today I thought I would elaborate on that meme. That dark hole in the middle of this array of nighttime lights in Asia is North Korea. Note the arc of lights to the east of that hole. That is Japan. We nuked them after bombing their tissue-paper cities with firebombs. Note the huge cluster of lights below the hole. That is South...

Those of us of a certain age, remember CPL Klinger and his T.V. antics. He claimed not to be a homosexual, just a crack pot pining for a Section 8 Discharge...

This is just an ugly day in American military history, isn't it? Ugly day in French military history too, what with it being the day Hitler toured Paris. Along with the USS Cole and the Marine Barracks Bombing, today is the anniversary of another battle in the war Iran has declared on us, even though we officially refuse to acknowledge that it's a war.Captain Christopher J. AdamsCaptain Leland T. HaunMSgt Michael G. HeiserMSgt Kendall K. Kitson, Jr. SSgt Kevin J. JohnsonSSgt Ronald L. KingSgt...

The Greasy Grass.Little Big Horn, Montana, 25 June, 1876. There are 18 Medals of Honor awarded for that fight. That represents more the need of the nation and the Army to have some heroes out of that massacre which shocked us to our collective core, than it does for truly outstanding bravery. It's not unusual in circumstances like this - though today most of these medals would be Bronze Stars with V or perhaps Silver Stars - but the Medal of Honor was the only pawn in play at that time. Lest...

I'll give you two more pictures - this time with the patented Inner Guard Hair of Authenticity! These should help confirm or deny some of your guesses thus far....

In the comments on the Last Man Standing post, Argent observes"And as Barb hints, this McChrystal/Petraeus leadership change is the wrong leadership change required to win this war.Obama is not at all comitted; no "resolve" as their punching bag used to say. Which allies and Afghanistanis can trust that the US has the committment to win? What progress have we seen, especially in the media? What is Obama enacting and saying that helps reach these difficult goals? Maybe at the end of...