Archive for May, 2007
An historical perspective of Iraq
Those who know me know that I’m not the biggest fan of the History Channel’s ancient historical programming (they tend not to let accurate details get in the way of their overall story – although I did think that “Last Stand of the 300” was exceptionally well done).
However, I saw a pretty good special [...]
"Peach Pundit is Georgia’s conservative ESPN"
Creative Loafing, an alternative Atlanta magazine, has a great write-up on the “Five Local Bloggers who Matter.” One of these five bloggers is Erick Erickson, Managing Editor of RedState, and one of those blogs is Peach Pundit, a great, bipartisan site for Georgia politics of which he is the grand poobah (and one for which [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sen. Byrd: "Allowing the public to actually see earmark requests…isn’t a good idea"
“Most open and ethical….” aw, heck; who am I kidding?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Private Robert J. Dixon: Ordinary Soldier, American Hero
During the all-too-brief time that I was fortunate enough to spend embedded with the 1-4 Cavalry in Baghdad, I met a number of truly great men. One of these was Robert Dixon, a 27-year-old Private First Class from Minneapolis with just over twenty months in the army. Private Dixon, like so many of the other [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )"The Inbox of Nardo Pace, the Empire’s Worst Engineer"
If you’re a fan of Star Wars, you don’t want to miss this — it’s absolutely hilarious.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )"The Last Sunrise"
RedState contributor Paul J. Cella has an article at the American Spectator online today, in which he recounts the last moments of the Roman Empire, which succumbed to Mehmet II and his army of Turks five hundred and fifty-four years ago today.
As always, it is a compelling read, and I highly encourage you to click [...]
Iraq: April/May 2007
Photographs
“Not my Time to Go” (Dispatches and Updates)
Robert J. Dixon: Ordinary Soldier, American Hero (American Thinker)
1-4 Cavalry Update (Dispatches and Updates)
Underscoring the Danger: Bidding Farewell to a Man who was There for all the Right Reasons (Dispatches and Updates)
Why They Fight: American Troops Don’t Want to Abandon the Iraqi People (The Weekly Standard online)
Back from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Miracles happen
Update: Just received this quick missive from Michael Yon: “Another day has passed and no shots fired here in Hit, Anbar.”
Short, sweet, and to the point. Nice.
Or, “The US Military is doing amazing work in Anbar Province”
Michael Yon has been documenting the amazing turnaround in Anbar Province (once the “Wild West” of post-Saddam Iraq) [...]
The Lost Heroes of the War on Terror
Despite taking place in an age of seemingly limitless information, the Global War on Terror (GWOT) has spawned a paucity of stories of heroic action and courage under fire. Regardless of whether this has been the result of honest, if unfortunate, oversight or a byproduct of the “if [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Memorial Day required reading
From the Memorial Day header at RedState:
Fred Thompson: Remembering (Paul Harvey Show)
Robert Gates: Defending the Dreams of Others (USNA)
Ralph Kinney Bennett: Go Find a Soldier’s Grave (TCS Daily)
Justin Case: To Fallen Comrades (RedState Recommended Diary)
Blackfive: Thank You From Those Left Behind (Blackfive)
Ericka Andersen: Honoring the Fallen (Human Events)
Michael Yon: A Memorial Day Message [...]
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