Stone Wall and Sudley Ford: A photographic tour of Manassas Battlefield National Park
trshmnstr invites us along for a tour
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Category: Foreign Policy
Beyond the Pale
Suthenboy looked, and behold, an ashen fence… You know the rest, right?
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Glibertarians: Circa 1783
Ev’ry Thursday, publish’d in this Gazette, a weekly description of Wenches of the Thicc of whom suff’rd no visible blemish of the Pox upon their fair countenances.
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The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu and the Birth of Neoyokelservatism
“Many there are, I doubt not, who will regard the Eastern girl with horror. I ask their forgiveness in that I regarded her quite differently. No man having seen her could have condemned her unheard. Many, having looked into her lovely eyes, had they found there what I found, must have forgiven her almost any crime.” –Dr. Petrie
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Afghanistan – Growling and Flirting
A short background and observations on the current Afghanistan situation, as it involves Pakistan...
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An Apologia for the Non-Interventionists that Voted Trump
Just Say’n on the good, the bad, and the Trumply.
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Not again… in Kabul. A short impression of recent events.
Not again, please.
Read MoreAn Example of Counter-Counterinsurgency
What the bad guys did was cheap, easy and it worked. Not a repeatable trick, but a good one, nonetheless.
Read MoreA Good Example for Counterinsurgency (or policing)
How some Virginians, Afghans and a Soviet tractor showed me the way. And kept me from blowing a leg off.
Read MoreDo We Owe Anything To The Afghan Dead, Opportunist or Brave?
In 2004-2005 I was part of the long and latest version of the wars in Afghanistan. I was the Civil Affairs Officer for one of the two Task Forces running around Parwan, Kapisa and part of Kabul province. My job – Go make...
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