This is kind of interesting: The Pentagon has recommended that the White House consider awarding the Medal of Honor to a living soldier for the first time since the Vietnam War, according to U.S. officials. The soldier, whose nomination must be reviewed by the White House, ran through a wall of enemy fire in Afghanistan’s …
Foreign Affairs
Early Morning Open Thread: Spy vs. Spy
I am such an unpatriotic American, when I first heard about the Illegals Eleven arrests, I’ll admit I was dubious of the timing. In our Total Information Awareness Era, nothing says “Eff you, Obama, and your Russkie-hugging DFH ways” like scheduling the disclosure of a ten-year multi-agency survelliance operation to coincide with a media-friendly state …
Kyrgyzstan
Does anyone know what is going on in Kyrgyzstan? I simply haven’t been following it at all, but I see references in the foreign press more frequently, so I’m assuming things are heating up. It is a region I know simply nothing about. Any background or anyone with knowledge care to discuss?
I hope this is true…
Laura Rozen–one of the decent reporters working at the dubious Politico–reports on the latest complaints concerning Barack Obama and how he approaches Israel and Middle East policy (emphasis added): Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren is reported to have told Israeli diplomats that the U.S. and Israel are experiencing a “tectonic rift,” not …
Under the volcano
Icelandic politics is interesting these days: Iceland’s Best Party, founded in December by a comedian, Jon Gnarr, to satirize his country’s political system, ran a campaign that was one big joke. Or was it? Last month, in the depressed aftermath of the country’s financial collapse, the Best Party emerged as the biggest winner in Reykjavik’s …
Build That Wall
The yellow line on this picture is a “3m-high (10ft), 3.5km (2.2-mile) concrete and metal fence” in downtown Toronto. The walled-off area includes Union Station, the main commuter rail hub for downtown, as well as the CN tower. A number of shops have been boarded up for a security effort that’s going to cost $1.1 …
Did They Say Why, Willard, Why They Want to Terminate My Command?
Enough is enough: Beginning in the early afternoon, a cadre of military and civilian soldiers loyal to Gen. Stanley McChrystal began to spread rumors throughout the capital city: that ground commanders in Afghanistan were threatening to resign … that the CIA’s chief of station in Kabul had stepped down … that the commander of the …
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