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06.22.10

It's another severe embarrassment for the Obama administration, as the general the President hand-picked to run the war in Afghanistan gave remarkable access to a reporter from Rolling Stone (!) who recorded any number of ill-considered comments General McChrystal's aides made about members of the administration, including Joe Biden ("Bite me!"), General Jim Jones, and Obama himself.

06.21.10

A reckless, graceless exit

Over the weekend, I read that the Senate Armed Services Committee decided to cut $1 billion from the aid the Obama administration requested for Iraq during that country's period of transition to a new government. The cuts extend to funding for security forces. They seem absurd under the present circumstances. With the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to be halved this summer, just as Iraq is trying to form a government, how does it make sense to cut funding for Iraqi troops who are trying to fill the gap left by American units?

03.06.10

Another Politically Correct War Strategy

U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal has ordered U.S. troops to limit night operations and raids in Afghanistan. According to a report, the Pentagon is worried about rising civilian deaths in its assaults within the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah. McChrystal issued the classified directive — which isn’t very classified – to garner the support of the Afghan people. Night raids of Afghan homes has created [...]

03.05.10

Death By Teabag?

I have a confession to make. When the whole "Tea Party" thing first started, i was tremendously excited. I thought it was all about me. And while I richly deserve such accolades, it was a bit surprising.

I was quite disappointed when I discovered that it wasn't all about me. But lately, I've been a bit relieved. After all, those "teabaggers" are scary dangerous.

First up, there's that guy who attacked the Pentagon yesterday. He's got "Tea Party" written all over him. A Bush-hating 9/11 truther and pothead who...

Actually, that sounds like Michael Moore.

04.01.09

Rise of the machines.(WAR)(Brief article)

Reality took another step toward science fiction last month with reports that the Pentagon has established a $4 billion project to build ethically attuned robot-roops. The idea is to program automated war systems that will comply with the Geneva Conventions. Killing machines with a conscience? Publication: The American Conservative

03.20.09

Military Lasers Hit Battlefield Strength

Who's up for a terrorist barbecue?

From Wired.

Huge news for real-life ray guns: Electric lasers have hit battlefield strength for the first time -- paving the way for energy weapons to go to war.

In recent test-blasts, Pentagon-researchers at Northrop Grumman managed to get its 105 kilowatts of power out of their laser -- past the "100kW threshold [that] has been viewed traditionally as a proof of principle for 'weapons grade' power levels for high-energy lasers," Northrop's vice pr