Category: War On Terror

A long time ago, I was in a training class when the instructor brought up oxymorons. He tossed out the standard examples -- jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, military intelligence, …

Recently, I had reason to revisit a certain resolution passed by Congress -- the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998. This was passed by a vote of 360-38 in the …

From Fox News: An apparent car bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital Monday, killing at least five and injuring dozens more, authorities and witnesses said. The …

In P. J. O'Rourke's classic treatise on the American government, "Parliament Of Whores," he briefly considers abolishing the State Department, but relents -- he says, as I recall (my …

I have seen the future, and it is green. A particularly bloody shade of green. In Lebanon, a terrorist organization has formed a state within a state. It has …

(Alternate Title: If The Foo Shits...) There's an old Bill Cosby bit that deals with shop class. One of the kids thought it would be funny to put a …

It seems whenever I bring up the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah, and their increasing political power in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon respectively, I am reminded that both …

The New York Times had an interesting piece the other day. Edward Luttwak, writing in their op-ed section, brought up something that had only been brushed upon before: is …

The Boston Globe, that never-ending font of journalistic excellence (remember, they're owned by the New York Times), today offers us an object lesson in New Journalism 101: How To …

Well, in Lebanon it looks like the terrorist Hezbollah is about to either overthrow the Lebanese government, or make them utterly impotent in challenging Hezbollah's plans to attack and, …