Congratulations: It will not be thought unfit, I think, to celebrate even as we mourn: that is the lot of men in times of war. Congratulati...

Hail the Heroes: What Richard Blaine said cynically, I say with conviction: Today they are the honored dead .

From the NY Post: A critique of Donald Rumsfeld . The complaint seems to focus on two central points, which are supported by evidence. His...

Keeping Syria Out: We've had statements from Colin Powell, Tony Blair, and many others denying that we are planning invasions of Syria o...

The War-Ride: I wrote on the medieval quality of this modern war, with its apparent notions of chivalry and the sanctuary of holy places. T...

CIA Agents Dead: This report is from UPI . It says that three CIA assets--that is, a foreign national recruited to provide intelligence--wh...

Col. North: Jed Babbin at NRO carries a report from embedded journalist, Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North (Ret.). It looks like the Marines ar...

DPRK: The DPRK says that making missiles is their fundamental right .

Military maxim: Here is a story on the nuclear-proof bunker Hussein had constructed in Baghdad. It reminds me of one of several maxims I w...

Mourning on the Front Lines: There has been a great deal of mourning from the media, but one rarely hears our soldiers say anything sad. I ...

Not a Conspiracy Theory: About those Russian military advisors to Iraq : I have a question. Since 9/11, we've seen an increasing amoun...

Keeping Syria out of it: Special Forces have destroyed a major oil pipeline between Iraq and Syria. They also cut the railroad line. That...

Basra: The British have invested Basra "on three sides" according to news reports. Against the complaints that such an almost-si...

Medieval Warfare & Iraq: US forces fighting outside the gold-domed Shrine of Ali have not responded to attacks from within the shrine, ...

On J. M. Marshall: Twice now in recent days I've had J. M. Marshall called to my attention. His latest piece in the Financial Times ta...

Calling Down the Thunder: Marines have entered an Iraqi town in order to recover the body of one of their fellows, rumored to have been han...

Alas: Tragedy at a US checkpoint. Alas for the 3rd Infantry, who did all they could, under circumstances heightened by the suicide bombing...

Can this be true?, II: Kim Jong Il has been throwing all triplets born in Korea into state-run orphanages, apparently based on a superstiti...

Poker and War: Why I have always loved poker .

Can this be true? From the New York Times : The Army's Third Infantry Division has a team of lawyers along to advise on whether targets ...