Nov 4 2009

Life Goes On

We’ve been focused on this year’s elections for the last couple of days, but the rest of the world hasn’t stood still. So we should take note of stories like this one:

Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon’s Hezbollah [...]

Oct 1 2009

Withdrawing from Afghanistan, Plus Future Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Pinch Me, I’m Dreaming

I just heard Bill Kristol on the Hugh Hewitt show dropping a couple of political bombshells:

First, Kristol now believes for the first time that President Barack H. Obama is paving the groundwork for rejecting Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recommendation of a COIN strategy for Afghanistan, including increasing troop levels.

Note that it was the Obamacle Himself who [...]

Aug 6 2009

Pentagon studying use of social networking sites to help shape new policies

The burning question in the hallways of the Pentagon: Will Adm. Michael G. Mullen have to take down his Facebook page? The Pentagon has launched a study of the use of social networking Web sites designed to help craft new policies on how the military should use services such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook , [...]