Amen: “Not for nothing do we call this our ‘Greatest Generation.’”

So says Ed Morrissey as he recounts the heroism of the men who landed on the Normandy beaches. He recounts the losses: Sixty-seven years ago, free men of America, Great Britain, Canada, and Poland-in-exile stormed the shores of Normandy into the teeth of Adolf Hitler’s Fortress Europe.  The losses at Omaha Beach especially were astounding; over [...]

If GW had ever allied himself with sworn enemies…

Liberals would have mocked him mercilessly. Via Pajamas Media, the Libyan rebel leader fought against us in Afghanistan.  John Rosenthal writes: Shortly after unrest broke out in eastern Libya in mid-February, reports emerged that an “Islamic Emirate” had been declared in the eastern Libyan town of Darnah and that, furthermore, the alleged head of that [...]

3 am phone calls? He just doesn’t answer the phone [update]

I’m reminded of a tale my grandfather used to tell about Vietnam: He ascribed the biggest reason for the failure of the Tet Offensive was the inability of the Armed Forces to act in specific situations without approval from the Commander-in-Chief, Lyndon Johnson. Why no approval? The time difference. Johnson loved his sleep and refused to be summoned from [...]

“Every time I think Obama can’t shock me anymore, BAM!”

You and me both, Pat. What’s the cause of the latest shock-and-awe from the Obami? What could possibly be that bad?  Jim Hoft writes: We knew Barack Obama was inexperienced. We knew he was weaned on Marxism. We knew he believed in redistribution of wealth… But, we had no idea he was this dangerous. How [...]