Minor Thoughts

Several weeks ago, journalist Michael Yon posted a series of dispatches from Iraq, entitled ”The Ghosts of Anbar”. I recently read through them and was struck by several passages. I’m offering them here as a teaser and as an advertisement for the full series.

Michael uses lots of pictures set the mood throughout the series. His …

So, apparently, the President has been negotiating an arms deal with the Saudi’s. (Last I heard, it still needed Congressional approval.) Unfortunately, the State Department still doesn’t understand the Middle East. Therefore, we’re getting taken for a ride and — assuming the deal is approved — the entire Middle East will think we’re morons of …

The fight in Baqubah continues. Drilling for Justice

American losses include one soldier killed in action, with 21 wounded. One Bradley and one Stryker have been destroyed. The low numbers of friendly casualties have been largely due to the slow, methodical clearing operation where success is not measured against the clock. In meeting after …

On Friday, Fred Thompson reminded us of the importance of engaging the world with our ideas:

It’s equally tragic that the U.S. is in no position to provide the victims of [Hugo Chavez] with the truth. There was a time, though, when Americans were on the front lines of pro-freedom movements all over the …

It seems that our mainstream media is obsessed with mangled bodies, blood, gore, and death. How else do you explain this article from the New York Times? David Carr spends two pages whining about how unfair it is that the Army makes it hard to take photos of wounded and dead American soldiers.

Since …

Welcome to Information Warfare 101. This is a topic that the American public desperately needs to know about. The war in Iraq is not just a war of bullets and bombs. It is a war of ideas and information. Right now, our enemy is better at fighting this war than we are. We must win …