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There is a name for officers who do crap like this.

2Hotel9 — 2008-05-13T10:15:00-08:00

CAA has a write up on this ,"Letter-writer is willing to battle for his combat patch”, over at his blog.

This NCO is correct, and from both articles I have read about this travesty he has followed CoC and is fully in the right on this issue.

And yes. I meant little “o” officer. And the correct nomenclature for such is “Chickensh%t”.

SSG Minor? If you find yourself here take heart, troop! If they want to Article 15 you on this make them. Push it to Div HQ level, embarrass the hell out of this officer. Privately, publicly, and professionally.

And the question remains.

2Hotel9 — 2008-04-29T10:55:00-08:00

"Officials: 31 of 53 Teen Girls Taken From Polygamist Sect Have Been Pregnant”

If this is true, why were the men who impregnated this girls not arrested? Why were all these children arrested and thrown into the Texas Juvenile Detention system?

Here is the article. Notice that not once does it mention the arrest of those responsible. Why is that?

Who didn’t see this train wreck coming?

2Hotel9 — 2008-04-25T11:05:00-08:00

Virtual fence a virtual failure. As regulars hear well remember, I said this would happen. “The government will replace its highly touted “virtual fence” on the Arizona-Mexico border with new towers, radars, cameras and computer software, scrapping the brand-new $20 million system because it doesn’t work sufficiently, officials said.”

Not only $20 mil pissed away, the cost of replacing it,"DHS will put in about 17 new towers, some holding just communications gear, others featuring new cameras or new radars, at an undetermined cost.”, but redoing the entire mess and an “undetermined cost” to boot.

That $20 mil could have built one hell of a lot of fence, not to mention the massive amount of money that will now be pissed away “fixing” this complete failure.

So, gang, question of the day. Why are tax payers having to pay to straighten this boondoggle out? We didn’t screw it up. And yet we are paying for it. Twice. Hell, most likely 3,4, even 10 times over. Because they are still wasting money on building more “virtual fences”, on top of reworking this current failure.

Here is a hint, Uncle Sugar, to stop illegal immigration you have to have a REAL fence, with guards carrying REAL weapons. Not sitting at computer consoles, playing the DHS equivalent of pong and asteroids.

Wow, I thought Iraq had been lost to the terrorists!

2Hotel9 — 2008-04-23T11:48:00-08:00

That is the drumbeat from Democrats and media. And yet, from the BBC,this short article.

“Iraq army ‘in control’ of Basra”

“The Iraqi Army commander in Basra says his forces are in “almost complete control” of the city.

The commander, General Mohan al Freiji, denied reports that he had given the leaders of Shia militias in the city 24 hours to give themselves up.”

The above will be ignored in the American press. This,"The US has sent 1,000 combat troops to Basra to help the Iraqi army and UK and US special forces are launching raids to detain key figures in the militias.” will be all they focus on.

Well, lets us smack it down now. Is the Iraqi military and police capable of running Spec Ops at this point in time? No. Is it unreasonable that American and British Spec Op forces are hoeing that row? No. It is, in fact, what Democrats have listed as a primary mission for Coalition Forces in the GWoT.

And this,"There are signs of the militias’ hold on the city weakening, says our correspondent.

There are reports of women dressing less conservatively, couples walking arm-in-arm and live music being played at weddings - all things that would have been impossible a few weeks ago, adds our correspondent.”, will also be ignored. As soon as Mookie and his criminals start retaliating against the citizens of Iraq, then the Democrats and media will crow about failure again.

Count on it.

UPDATE; from Xinhua.
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Damn! A twofer day.

2Hotel9 — 2008-04-20T23:30:00-08:00

Ran across this, earlier. A good one for the “bitter, clingy, religious gunnut crowd”! So, which do you like?

I was disappointed to hear of the decision to switch to 25mm on the XM29. The change is simply not needed. The 20mm round had been quite successful, in programed VT mode and direct impact. The change threw the whole system out of kilter. And as some here know, I’m a .30 man. 7.62 NATO or WARSAW. Like to reach out and touch things. What can I say.

And no. I never been a fan of the M16. Just too delicate and finicky.

Talk about failure!

2Hotel9 — 2008-04-20T20:02:00-08:00

Read this through twice. Only thing I can say is, if this was a covert DoD op to influence news reporting it failed. Miserably.

I watch very little broadcast or cable news, and from what I have seen, and has been frequently commented upon, the officers doing the analysis are of the “war on terror is lost”, “its just a law enforcement problem” variety. The Colon Powell school of thought. Perhaps I am mistaken! It is possible that there has been this drum beat of possitivity and optimism in the MSM. Been wrong before.

Rape of Nanjing

2Hotel9 — 2008-02-15T11:49:01-08:00

Over the years I have read the accounts given by survivors of this event, it has long been a subject I wanted to find the answer to. Or to, at least, get a handle on.

I first heard about it as a child of 11, sitting in a room, keeping company with a dying old man. He told me of his years in The Orient, Macao, Shanghai, Saigon and Rangoon, prospecting along the coasts of Borneo and New Guinea, sitting in the Colonial Magistrates Cantonment in Hong Kong after a drunken brawl with a group of Diggers.

In his final days he grew frantic to recount the events of August to February, evacuation from Shanghai, the streams of refugees, the train packed to overflowing, the dead lying along the tracks and roads, killed by Japanese strafing, exhaustion, starvation.

Of helping people to the river landings outside of Nanjing to move west, away from the Japs and deeper into China. It was several years later that I understood that the friend Jack he spoke of was Jack Belden, and my respect and reverence for Gen Joe Stilwell began in that dark room during July and August 1973.

People have forgotten, or simply never knew. Stephen Hunter has an excellent review of this film, and if it is still at any theater near you be sure to see it. And think of all the atrocities people are ignoring today.

Russia delivers fuel rods?

2Hotel9 — 2007-12-17T13:44:00-08:00

"Russia ships nuclear fuel to Iran”

This headline leaped right out at me this morning, immediately raising a slew of questions. If Russia is supplying fuel for Iran’s peaceful nuclear reactor/electric generation program, for what reason is Iran enriching uranium? That was the first. And exactly where has Iran obtained the uranium it is currently, feverishly working to enrich? That was #2.

Then this passage,"The latest report on Iran from the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), concluded that Tehran was being more open about some aspects of its programme, but there remained unanswered questions and uranium enrichment had not been halted despite the UN’s demands.” brought to mind another. Did not a group of people tell the world that Iran had suspended this activity?

Exactly why, in reality, are the Mullahs of Iran pushing so hard to enrich uranium when all the fuel needed for their “peaceful” nuclear program is included in the package with the reactors and electric generation systems being built for them by Atomstroiexport? Does this not put the lie to their claims that their centrifuge complex is merely needed to produce fuel for reactors?

It would certainly appear so. Read the whole article , and ponder the implications therein.

h/t BBCNews.

Mea Culpa.

2Hotel9 — 2007-12-04T16:35:00-08:00

A public apology is in order. I have, on quite a few occasions of late, been offensively profane. No excuse. Having anger problems does not excuse anything, just means I got to control my foul mouth, as puzz has so aptly pointed out in the past. Rob, my apologies to you, and to all the regulars. Also to the readers who do not comment. My language has been improper and offensive and entirely uncalled for.

Humilis Apology!

Why the silence?

2Hotel9 — 2007-11-24T13:43:01-08:00

How many staunch supporters of the right of all peoples to freedom of speech/expression of a political nature know the name Abdel Karim Suleiman? Perhaps they know him as Karim Amer? Hard to say, since there is an effective silence over this individual’s case, and his treatment since being imprisoned in Burj al-Arab prison in Egypt.

Many of the members at MidEast Youth are involved in efforts to bring the world’s attention to this young man’s plight. They are not being assisted by the global media community. A group who should be at the forefront of this.

There is an organized effort online, in America, Europe and the Mideast, to get this issue brought to the fore. Such sites as this one, and Mideast Youth are spreading the word. Others, such as Committee to Protect Journalists ,Zimbio,Freedom for Egypt,andthe Sandmonkey are also working to bring the light of day to this.

So, why are CNN,FOX(a complete blank),Al Jazeera,AsiaTimes,MSNBC, et al, so bereft of even a reference to this?

Why the ringing silence from our political chattering class, on all sides, concerning the continued suppression of people’s right to speak their minds?

And this is not the only case. The self-proclaimed Defenders of All are stridently clamoring about America’s military and intel agencies interrogating and imprisoning terrorists, treating us all to a continual wailing&gnashing of teeth in defense of known murderers. And yet not a word, not one, about the violent suppression by our enemies AND allies of the voices calling for freedom to live their own lives.

Why the silence? Indeed.