Entries from Searchlight Crusade tagged with 'war'

Russia's Assault Upon Georgia, and the Implications

Rock. Earth. Gravity. Russian convoy heads into Georgia, violating truce A Russian military convoy thrust deep into Georgia on Wednesday and Georgian officials said Russian troops bombed and looted the crossroads city of Gori, violating a freshly brokered truce...

Conquest May Be Bad, But It Is The Natural Way of Things

Here's an article that got me thinking Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient Thracian chariot These were the same Thracians spoken of in all those Greek and Roman records and mythical stories. Thracians appear in Classical literature starting with The Illiad. What...

Links and Minifeatures 02 24 Saturday

How stupid are the Democrats? Dems Move to Limit Bush's War Authority Key lawmakers, backed by party leaders, are drafting legislation that would effectively revoke the broad authority granted to the president in the days Saddam Hussein was in power,...

Links and Minifeatures 02 12 Monday

New addition to the blogroll: The Victory Caucus Whether or not the average citizen realizes it, we are in a fight for the life of our civilization, and there is no acceptable substitute for Victory. Their first substantive post is...

Links and Minifeatures 01 28 Sunday

Another story of one determined person making a real difference. Flat tire? Looks like a job for Nigeria's 'Lady Mechanics' ********** The Republicans could do worse: Hunter Touts Experience, Conservatism in Bid for Presidency He's local to me, and...

Upon the Prisoners at Guantanamo

Politburo Diktat had a post a few days ago on Habeas Corpus Blogging. It was submitted for RINO Sightings, so I read it again. The comments are also worthwhile. Most folks seem to be unaware of the history and purpose...

9/11: Five Years On

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I got a call from my wife that there were reports a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I turned the TV on immediately, and I'm not certain to this day whether...

Iran Openly Defiant About Nuclear Enrichment

Iran leader vows never to give up nuclear program, accuses West of misrepresenting activities They've been enriching now for how long? How long did it take the US to enrich the atomic bomb in the first place? China and...

Iran Plays the Fabius Card, Again or Still

Iran Ready for "serious" talks. It took them three months to say that? After three years of what the appeasement artists solemnly declared were serious talks? At least there is one rational voice on the issue: At U.N. headquarters in...

My Thoughts on The Situation in Israel and Lebanon and Gaza (July 30th)

First, a warning. There is some foul language below. I found myself unable to discover or remember less colorful words that conveyed adequately the information that needed to be conveyed. Next, a sampling of some of the most current news...

Israeli Response Disproportionate? Absolutely Not!

neo-neocon deconstructs and deflates the idea of a "proportional response". The idea of a modern civilization takes a lot to maintain. It has an amazing capacity not only for repair, but also for self-replication, that would have been unthinkable sixty...

My Thoughts on Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran

On the Israel-Gaza-Lebanon front, Hisbollah is owned, lock stock and barrel, by Iran. Hamas gets a lot of funding from the crazy mullahs. If anybody thinks this entire episode of kidnapping Israelis is a coincidence instead of intended to...

Failures of Imagination?

I recently discovered the film Secondhand Lions. Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, and Haley Joel Osmont. Beautiful tightly plotted movie, highly recommended, and if it hadn't been up against Return Of The King it might have won Best Picture. Robert Duvall...

Links and Minifeatures 05 09 Tuesday

Carnival of Liberty ********** Holy Rabid Moonbats Batman! Ten Leftist Conspiracy Theories I'm perfectly willing to entertain evidence in support of any of them. Given the realities of the situation, however, I'd more likely bet the ranch the other way...

The Perfect War

Dr. Sanity has a wonderful article about the demand for an antiseptically perfect war, with no collateral damage, no casualties (certainly no bystanders), and everything wrapped up in a nice little package before the attention span of the american public,...

Links and Minifeatures 04 15 Saturday (Abolish Witholding!)

Carnival of The Clueless ********** Michael Yon has gone to Afghanistan. This article covers background and arrival. ********** Wizbang has an article entitled "Mayday for America" about the proposed one day strike against the american economy by illegal immigrants. He...

The Perceived Will to Fight

Dean's World has a great article about the Ignored Iron Triangle of Power. The money quote: To sum all this up by a political equation: Power = capabilities X interest X will If any of the elements on the...

Critics and the War on Terror

Argghhh! has a wonderful article, including a link to a power point presentation, that indicates the military "gets it" as to what it will require to win the war on terror. Pay particular attention to slide 15. It indicates who...

The Politics of National Defense

Dean's World has a nice piece on the Elephants' political playbook that includes the line "The Democratic Leadership Council argues that President George W. Bush made it clear in his State of the Union address last night that the Republican...

Is the United States Worth Defending?

The question of where anyone's priorities are begs the question of "Where do your loyalties lie?" I am loyal first to the long term good of humanity. I want as many people as possible to live the best lives possible....