“I don’t understand the concept of incentives and disincentives.” Seriously, the notion that any of these soldiers is going to say ANYTHING, one way or another, after watching Beauchamp get busted down to PV1, have his privileges revoked, and generally having the brass up his ass with a flashlight and a baseball bat, is absurd. …
Report? What Report?
In case you wanted to fact check Petraeus’s report to Bush, compare it to his testimony before Congress, or do a comparison between what Petraeus tells Bush and what the White House writes, forget about it: A senior military officer said there will be no written presentation to the president on security and stability in …
Hardball Again
Crazy-ass Melanie Morgan from Move America Forward is on Hardball again, and she is as nutty as some of you said she was. I am not sure how these knuckleheads flew under my radar for so long, but I need to keep an eye on them and will. Also, Naomi Wolf is on, and my …
Terminal Stupidity
Via Andrew Sullivan, this piece highlighting the fact that the prominent writers in “right blogosphere” are dumb as a sack of hammers. Special Bonus: It is written in the TNR, AMERICA-HATING BEAUCHAMP PROMOTERS. Special Bonus #2: It starts with the following sentence: ‘A few days ago, a bunch of conservative bloggers had themselves a little …
Military Justice?
This makes no sense: A general at Camp Pendleton has cut short the sentences of two Marines imprisoned in the Hamdaniya murder case and might do the same for two others. Pvts. Tyler Jackson and Jerry Shumate Jr. were released Monday by order of Lt. Gen. James Mattis, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. …
What Is Going On With This Story?
Has anyone followed this story closely: When 24-year-old Ahmed Mohamed and 21-year-old Yousef Megahed appeared in court, there was no question in the prosecutor’s mind what this was all about. She says Mohamed was in possession of pipe bombs and materials that could have been made to make more bombs. Sherri Jackson who was Megahed’s …
I Know When I Am Beat
I was going to write a snide and condescending post (why stop now?) about the continuing absurd reactions to the latest Beauchamp revelations, but then I read this at the NRO: At this point, if TNR’s defenders engage this story at all — and providing they don’t simply accuse military investigators of coercing Beauchamp into …