John Batiste– liar, Bush ‘hater,’ or both: My name is John Batiste. I left the military on principle on November 1, 2005, after more than 31 years of service. I walked away from promotion and a promising future serving our country. I hung up my uniform because I came to the gut-wrenching realization that I …
Archives for September 2006
Final Flight
If you have the time, check out this Navy Times bit on the last flight of the F-14 Tomcat. I am not the least bit embarassed to admit that this made me tear up. I know it will make no sense to people who have never been in the military, but it is really hard …
So Now I Am A Liar…
Dean Esmay bloviating in his comments section: A) The administration and military establishment do not “routinely lie,” and B) Apparently, actual lies and agitprop by terrorist organizations are not worthy of anywhere near as much skepticism in John’s world as the “lies” of an administration he simply disagrees with sometimes. Whatever. Whatever, indeed. We won’t …
Respectering
That was quick.
Look Out, Batman – It’s A Trap!
Don’t get me wrong, I still believe that the April NIE regarding Iraq and terrorism should be declassified sooner rather than later, even taking into account that Porter Goss and John Negroponte have no doubt done everything within their power to keep the text as Republican-friendly as possible. Expect plenty of tomfoolery for the right …
Talabani’s Proposal
Miclael Stickings’s Joe Gandelman’s coblogger Michael Van der Gallen points to comments by Iraqi president Jalal Talabani supporting a prolonged US presence in Iraq. “I think we will be in need of American forces for a long time — even two military bases to prevent foreign interference,” Talabani told The Washington Post. “I don’t ask …
Unspectering?
Head over to ObWings and do what Katherine says. I don’t know whether Specter is trying to weasel out of his shiny new verb but regardless this seems like a positive development. Back when the awful Specter bill first came out I called his office in Pittsburgh and asked him to stop being such a …