Last Post For Tonight -- 2005 Ford Mustang Commercial

Afghanistan War News Updates -- June 30, 2008

Afghanistan War Relic From Yahoo News: KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq f...

Iraq War News Updates -- June 30, 2008

From The Long War Journal: Iraqi Security Forces Five Year Plan: An updated projection n August 2007, the Projected Iraqi Security Forces Fi...

Pakistan -- War News Updates For June 30, 2008

Pakistani paramilitary forces enter the rebel stronghold of Bara in the Khyber region near Peshawar. Authorities said mopping-up operations ...

New Fight For Congo's Riches

From The Khaleej Times: It is one of the world's most resource-rich countries, with huge deposits of diamonds, gold and copper. For a de...

Iran's Nuclear Program -- Where Is Everyone Going Now

The several hundred thousand strong revolutionary guards units - "Pasdaran". A lot of them being very experienced war veterans fro...

Analysis And News Updates On North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions

From Business Week: U.S.-North Korea Nuclear Deal: Who Wins? When President George W. Bush announced on June 26 that he was removing North K...

Tamil Tigers 'Defeated' Says Sri Lankan Army Chief

File photo shows Sri Lankan troops on patrol near the the highly venerated Roman Catholic church of Madhu. At least 41 Tamil Tiger rebels an...

War And Terror With Philip Bobbitt: Chapter 1 of 5

From Uncommon Knowledge With Peter Robinson : Professor Philip Bobbitt describes the “wars of the 21st Century” as wars against terror — aga...

Life Imitates Art

NBC Universal has settled a $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed a televised sex sting by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Pred...

The Wicked Official: A Fable

The following is a work of fiction involving fictional characters. Any similarities with real persons, living or dead, and actual events is ...

I've Been Meaning to Bring this Up...

...and keep getting derailed by projects and this thing called life... I just want to remind everyone that if you're looking for a summa...

Global Nuclear Stockpiles 'Must Be Reduced To Prevent Terrorist Attacks'

From The Telegraph: Nuclear stockpiles around the world must be reduced to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, a coal...

Bob Barr Poster Contest: It's On

[Poster design by ryanmguard ] We talked about this here . Since that time, there has been no response from either the Bob Barr campaign or...

Some Gun Rules We Can All Agree On

Excuse me... I don't agree. If I don't obey, are you going to kill me? [Via Michael G ]

Mercenaries

For Erik Prince and Niccolo Machiavelli have very different ideas on the subject of mercenaries. Not that Erik Prince would even embrace t...

The Secret American Army In Iraq

From Strategy Page: The United States now has thousands of spies inside Iraq. This didn't happen overnight. For the last five years, the...

We're the Only Ones Managing Emergencies Enough

A FEMA inspector, angered at a pedestrian who got in his way, allegedly took out a golf club, chased the pedestrian down and bashed him acro...

Hamas Emboldened By Israel-Hezbollah Swap

A video grab from footage from the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation showing what the station claimed was an image of captured Israeli air f...

The Heller Misdirection

Like the inhabitants of other formerly free societies, Americans are content to define "freedom" in terms of those liberties we ar...

Heller High Water

My best friend is a Public Defender in Phoenix. Hard-corps Jew, entire family wiped out in the Holocaust except his dad (who was 17 at the t...

This Is Why Osama Bin Laden Is Still Free

Osama Bin Laden From The International Herald Tribune: WASHINGTON: Late last year, top Bush administration officials decided to take a step ...

We're the Only Ones Carrying Out the Intent of the Framers Enough

Undercover police officers who arrested four men on drug charges are under investigation after surveillance video proved the men they arrest...

So Take a Tip from a Mayor Who Does...

Prosecutors are investigating whether Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon received thousands of dollars in gifts - including fur coats - from a pr...

We're the Only Ones Crowd-Dispersing Enough

French officials were probing Monday an incident that left 17 people injured, including a child in critical condition, when soldiers used li...

War News, Blogs, Opinions, And Wire Service Roundup -- June 30, 2008

US Army Rangers WAR/TERRORISM NEWS SUMMARIES AROUND THE WORLD United States Central Command Global Security Briefs -- In Homeland Security ...

This Day in History: June 30

Journals of the Continental Congress Articles of War, June 30, 1775

Final Post For Tonight -- Budweiser Tribute To Soldiers

I have always liked this commercial. It is a shame that more were not made .... an even greater shame that none are being made now.

Trying The 9/11 Suspects -- A U.S. Supreme Court Mess

Guantánamo Bay Courtroom From U.S. News And World Report: The charges filed last week against six men at the Guantánamo Bay detention center...

Ethiopians Braced For New Famine

From The Telegraph: Last year, the rains were good. Teagistu Gansamo filled the fertile earth of her half-acre plot with maize and bean seed...

Hugo Chavez Faces Political Crisis As Allies Desert Him

Hugo Chavez Of Venezuela From The Telegraph: President Hugo Chavez, the "socialist revolutionary" leading a global campaign agains...

Iran Ready To Strike At Israel’s Nuclear Heart

From The Times Online: Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant among the possible target...

Report: U.S. Escalating Covert Operations Against Iran

From The New Yorker: Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations agains...

PETA Will Choose Our Menus for Us

" Jessica Simpson might have a right to wear what she wants, but she doesn't have a right to eat what she wants." Oh, really?...

Some Help Here...?

A person very close to me has a soon-to-be 11-year-old son he wants to get shooting instruction for. He would prefer it be a dispassionate a...

Two from Orlando

WarOnGuns Correspondent Phillip C . just sent me two links: After 217 years, Supreme Court affirms the right to bear arms You're right,...

UK Crime Isn't the Only Thing Going Unreported

A study has claimed that much of the gun crime on Britain's streets goes unreported. So when they tell us how much more tranquil the UK ...

Mixed Messages

After Heller, The Gun Lobby’s “Slippery Slope” Is Gone; Reasonable Regulations Ahead Uhh... Paul ...? I think somebody forgot to give the pl...

Help Yourself!

General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon said Friday that crime in Chattanooga "has become so rampant that it is no longer possible for t...

Give Them What They Want

That's what we're supposed to do, right?

"It Could Set Precedent"

44-year old Andre Moore is being held at the 18th Police District by the very officers he apparently wanted to kill. At least that's th...

We're the Only Ones WWE Smackdown Enough

Despite the nature of Marquez's injuries, which included a broken jaw and bruises over her entire face, law enforcement authorities ini...

If You Won't Let Us Kill You, Will You at Least Commit Suicide?

In other words, rather than telling gun makers what to do, performance-based regulation would tell them what outcome they must achieve: Redu...

This Day in History: June 29

Resolved, that thirteen thousand coats be provided as soon as may be, and one thereof given to each non-commissioned officer and soldier in ...

War News, Blogs, Opinions, And Wire Service Roundup -- June 29, 2008

WAR/TERRORISM NEWS SUMMARIES AROUND THE WORLD United States Central Command Global Security Briefs -- In Homeland Security Complete Roundup...

Final Post For Tonight -- My Soldier Tribute to Tim McGraw's "If You're Reading This"

Another Failure Of British Law Enforcement, And Why Law Enforcement Alone Cannot Contain This Threat

From The Daily Mail: American counter-terrorism chiefs are demanding a full explanation from Britain of how radical cleric Abu Hamza was abl...

The Causes Of Africa's Food Riots

West African Rice Farmer From The Washington Times: Food prices have skyrocketed internationally. In my own Nigeria, rice has epitomized the...