September 2010 - Argghhh!

The sky is a curious color. Whether to the north, above, or the east...

It wasn't awful, but it was weak tea, and disingenuous - as all speeches like this tend to be. "But this milestone should serve as a reminder to all Americans that the future is ours to shape if we move forward with confidence and commitment. It should also serve as a message to the world that the United States of America intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in this young century."Heh. If I'm going to hear this from a Democrat sitting in the Oval Office, I much prefer...

Not from the GWOT - a Vietnam War catch-up. The White House Office of the Press Secretary September 3, 2010 President Obama to Award Medal of Honor On September 21, President Barack Obama will award Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Chief Etchberger will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in combat on March 11, 1968 in the country of Laos. He displayed immeasurable courage and uncommon valor - deliberately...

Dr. Sean Maloney, who hangs about here when he's not busy writing books about Canadians Militant around the world and through time, is back from his most recent sojourn in Afghanistan with the warriors of the Great White North. Here is his report. Would that it could be a bit more cheery... but flinching from the hard truth is just a way to surrender. I took the liberty of emphasizing what I think is "the money graf."It’s great to be able to pass on what’s going on in Kandahar...

Normally, I don't get too hot and bothered about war reportage...

I wonder what the kid is saying: High Rez: HERE Boq

So, based on an intramural squabble on Facebook (and some of my own email) have the milblogs jumped the shark and lost focus - getting too anti-Obama, and losing the thread of telling the stories not told?

I know for some of you kiddies the Soviet Union is a semi-mythical beast from a distant past. Others of us mis-spent our youth doing things like grabbing the nukes, tossing them into the trucks and heading out to Tactical Assembly Areas in the woods of then-West Germany while Ronnie and Leonid sent "messages" to each other. So pictures like this, of Ukrainians, armed with AKs, jumping out of Chinooks, in Poland, cause old filters to flicker in consternation.Of course, this *is* pretty much...