Argghhh!

An unusual day - we don't have any Civil War Medals. There are only two Medals awarded for actions that exclusively occured on July 6th. We skip the entire 18th century, and the Medal goes 80 years before being awarded for actions on the 6th of July, in the Solomons Campaign of the Pacific Theater in WWII. *VAN VOORHIS, BRUCE AVERY Rank and organization: Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy. Born: 29 January 1908, Aberdeen, Wash. Appointed from: Nevada. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity...

Yesterday, I stumbled upon the old DDR's Kinderpanzer Programme...

Some good friends of mine went adventuring... ...in Cambodia.

I'm perfectly willing to give the President credit where it's due - and giving the "go" order slots neatly into that. And ensuring, when he took office, that the appropriate people understood that bin Laden was *still* a #1 priority. All good. But to make it out like this wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been in the Oval Office? Please. Remember - this wetwork was the culmination of information obtained... from Gitmo detainees, something that we are to suppose a President...

...from someone who used to work in the field of clandestine operations. Nameless at his request.It is only 0500 on 2 May 2011 and I have already received a number of emails and calls asking me to comment on the operation that resulted in the death of Usama bin Laden (UBL.) While it is early days in the wake of the assault, and I know nothing more about it than we are all seeing on TV, I do know enough about the area and the intelligence/tactical military requirements involved in an attack like this...

..I give you, the Junior Varsity team! Let's hear it for the Scrubs! Sorry, Boss. This rises to the level of "reckless disregard" and "culpable negligence." If you were a CEO, the board would be asking you for recommendations as to your replacement. There's a lot of people who work in and around Washington in State and DoD and the Executive Office of the White House.. To not have a strategy, at this point, simply means you guys are asleep at the switch. Time for a new...

Oh, and thank you, you fricking nimrods , for making sure Morris Dees and the SPLC can continue citing veterans in general as a threat. Meh. Like most of the militia groups I had contact with (not many, to be sure, and never from a "I wanna join" perspective) there's a huge element of Keystone Kops to this band of hosers. Only these twits took it to the next level - Keystone Kriminals. Doesn't make them less dangerous on an individual level, but they're certainly not an existential...