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Jimmie at Hot Air: Afghani Tomfoolery and GOP State Domination

Jimmie | November 24, 2010 | Comments (1)

Over at Hot Air today, I wrote a couple posts about stories that, to be honest, should have been bigger news but, for whatever reason, just weren’t. First up, the story of how a man pretending to be a high-ranking member of the Taliban managed to fool the Afghan government and a bunch of western [...]

They Sing the Policy Obama, But Not All That Well

Jimmie | December 2, 2009 | Comments (0)

Remember that 18-month deadline the President set for our troops to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan? He seemed pretty definitive about it when he said, “After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home”. And he reinforced that later when he added a specific month. Taken together, these additional American and international troops will allow [...]

If Last Night’s Speech Confused You, Don’t Worry. The President Probably Wasn’t Talking to You.

Jimmie | December 2, 2009 | Comments (1)

Last night, Barack Obama gave the speech he has been dreading since he took the Oath of Office, the one he put off as long as he possibly could. He had to stand in front of his progressive left-wing base and tell them that he was actually going to keep one campaign promise they had probably expected, [...]

Were I a Soldier Right Now, I’d Be A Little Worried

Jimmie | October 4, 2009 | Comments (6)

At least “don’t ask; don’t tell” opponents can take solace that they’re not last on the Presidential priority list. That position is reserved for General Stanley McChrystal. Last weekend, McCrystal informed America that his Commander in Chief, who set him in charge of all the forces in that the President called the “central front” in [...]

I Guess When the President Said “Struggle Against Terrorism”, He Meant “Distraction from Obamacare”?

Jimmie | September 28, 2009 | Comments (3)

Another urgent threat to global security is the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is the central front in our enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism. There, as in the Middle East, we must understand that we cannot deal with our problems in isolation. … Going forward, we must set clear priorities in pursuit [...]

A Shoe is an Emblem but a Murder by an Islamist is an Isolated Event

Jimmie | December 15, 2008 | Comments (0)

The left side of the blogosphere is dancing around this AP article about the Iraqi shoe-throwing journalist and how he is being hailed as a hero and is emblematic of Bush-hatred in the Middle East. Which leads me to a question. When an Islamist kills a few people and screams “Allah Ackbar” when he does [...]

The War on Terror Began Where, Again?

Jimmie | December 1, 2008 | Comments (1)

There was a paragraph in P-E Obama’s remarks today that caught my attention. It shows, in just a couple sentences, that when it comes to foreign policy, he’s pretty darned clueless. As I said throughout the campaign, I will be giving Secretary Gates and our military a new mission as soon as I take office: [...]

Thank You, Mr. President, for Holding Fast to Your Values

Jimmie | November 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

Though I’ve not liked a lot of what President Bush has done, this statement endears me to him greatly. “I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, [...]