Military Science, Gangsta Style: Chuck Z gives us the lessons from Liberia . I'm trying not to laugh, Chuck, and it's not working. ...

Old War Dogs: I've had the honor of guest-blogging alongside Bill Faith, at Mudville back when Greyhawk went off to war. Bill's op...

Heh-heh-heh: If IANSA isn't happy, I'm happy . But Rebecca Peters of the London-based International Action Network on Small Arms acc...

BACK TO IRAQ. Soon I will be leaving our fair shores to return to Iraq. Consequently, I will be taking a hiatus from all blogging activity ...

An End To Rest: Our friends at Military.com , who sponsored so much of I MBC, have a great story today. It treats the story of New York Cit...

NORTHCOM Speaks: The Northern Command has said that they were good to go for intercept , but determined there was no need. It's good to...

Just what is going on here? According to Reuters , the AP , CNN and Fox , North Korea actually test fired that ding-dong missle of theirs. ...

Bookies are Cheapskates: Australian bookies are paying $201 on Bush to win the Nobel Prize this year. Given the nature of the Nobel commit...

Roundup: Quite a few excellent posts today. MilBlogs has a good running tally, but here are some I noticed: Cassidy writes about love son...

Sharp Knife: Normally one can count on Noel for a powerful post on Independence Day. I trust he is delayed by some honorable purpose. In a...

Scorpions & Independence Day: I recall that, just prior to the invasion of Afghanistan, there was an interview with a Talib who impresse...

Hedging your bets department: Sentator Joseph Lieberman, (Democrat from Connecticut) has announced that he's going to gather signatures ...

Big problems in that chain of command. The BBC has more on the incident in Mahmoudiya, Iraq in March: A former US soldier has been arrested...

A Kind Word for Kos: Southern Appeal noticed this diary on Daily KOS , a hate-filled diatribe against the South and Southerners. It is not...

Hamdan : The body politic is in an interesting place. The most important distinctions are decided time and again by razor-thin margins, yet...

Birthday Cake: The boy is four years old now. We were moving during his birthday, so the celebration was postponed until tonight. My mothe...

The Move South: I've been quiet for a few days while moving house. A few notes on the experience: 1) I've never driven a truck qui...

Sending a message. If this report is true, Israeli warplanes buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad early Wednesday, m...

Life Changes. The fellows over at Situational Awareness are going through a major change . I wish them good luck in their new endevors, and ...

Outstanding: OOH-Rah -- I tell you what, every now and then that Bush fellow really gets one right . Speaking of getting it right, Michelle...