Obama Was Right on Bergdahl
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 5th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Obama Was Right on Bergdahl
David Brooks, New York Times
Soldiers don’t risk their lives only for those Americans who deserve it; they do it for the nation as a whole.
The Left’s View of the Military: Suck It Up & Salute
James Taranto, WSJ
“If I’ve lost Neuman, I’ve lost Middle America.” That’s how we imagine President Obama reacting to being scathed by MAD magazine. The Usual Gang of Idiots tweeted a parody poster yesterday for “Barack Obama’s Unfortunate New Movie,” titled “Trading Private Bergdahl.” The tag line: “They got five Taliban leaders. We got one deserting weasel. The mission is a disaster.” Obama is depicted as the lead actor, with the Taliban quintet in supporting roles. The picture is rated “NC” for “No Congressional Approval.”
The Operational Miracle That Was D-Day
Victor Davis Hanson, IBD
Seventy years ago this June 6, the Americans, British and Canadians stormed the beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious invasion of Europe since the Persian king Xerxes invaded Greece in 480 B.C.About 160,000 troops landed on five Normandy beaches and linked up with airborne troops in a masterful display of planning and courage. Within a month almost a million Allied troops had landed in France and were heading eastward toward the German border. Within 11 months the war with Germany was over.The western front required the diversion of hundreds of thousands of German troops. It weakened…
The Mississippi Paradox
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
JACKSON, Miss. — Can you hate the federal government but love the money it spends on you?The electoral earthquake that was Mississippi’s Republican Senate primary has pushed this question to the forefront of American politics.In conventional terms, the success of state Sen. Chris McDaniel in outpolling Thad Cochran, a 34-year Senate veteran, on Tuesday and forcing him into a runoff was a triumph for the tea party movement. Outside conservative groups such as Freedom Works and the Club for Growth spent millions trying to oust a gracious and civil incumbent they saw as far too cozy with…
