Pvt William A. Long, USA: RIP (age 24)

Private William A. Long, United States Army, of Conway, Arkansas has died iu line of duty, Associated Press:

Police Chief Stuart Thomas identified the victim who died as 24-year-old William Long of Conway. He and the second soldier, both

From the Palm Treo:

I’m sitting in the back yard, watching over some steaks and a little corn on the cob.

I have a question that I dare say will make some of you rather uncomfortable.

To set this up,

Have you ever been to Arlington ?

It’s a place like very few others on the planet.  It’s true enough; the world would be a better place if  places such as Arlington weren’t required to be a part of it,

With no due respect, Mr. President,  Associated Press:

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama saluted veterans and urged his countrymen to do the same this Memorial Day weekend, saying the nation has not always paid them proper respect.

In his

I am not sure anybody can be this dumb, but Barack Obama has proven that he is no ordinary fool.   American Thinker, among others, is suggesting the the Moron-in-Chief, is planning on apologizing to Germany for liberating Europe:

The

This is rich.    Colin Powell endorses a democrat, Barack Obama, for president and upset because he had been shown the, or told where, the door is, David Beard, Boston:

“Rush Limbaugh says, ‘Get out of the Republican Party.’ Dick

You probably didn’t know this, because it is so seldom on calendars anymore, and the mainstream media reluctantly if ever makes reference to it.

That’s particularly interesting, given the politics of the man who established the day.  Its Armed Forces

According to a story posted yesterday at the Denver Post, the Democrats are in trouble on yet another front;

WASHINGTON —Denver Post- Rick Strandlof, executive director of the Colorado Veterans Alliance and the man most colleagues knew as Rick

Michael Yon on the canning of Lieutenant General David D. McKiernan:

However, General McKiernan did make some statements about additional troops to Afghanistan, and when he made those statements I remember thinking, “He’s going to get fired.” And so those

The Obama adminisation has its collettive head stuck up in Obamaland.   So what Obamaland data, video:

September Tenth of course. Call New York’s senior senator, annd demand that Schumer get an apology from BO.

More:  Allah Pundit, Hot Air

Dave Schuler at OTB:

Germany is concerned about the Taliban fighters nearing Pakistan’s Islamabad capital:

BERLIN, April 24 (Reuters) – Germany expressed concern on Friday at the advance of Taliban fighters towards Pakistan’s capital and urged the government in Islamabad

Thomas Ricks believes that we should shutter West Point and the other service academies because they’re expensive and, as far as he can tell, they produce no better officers than ROTC.  Plus, their instructors don’t have PhDs, making them essentially

In a firefight, superior firepower prevails, C.J. Chivers, New York Times;

An American platoon surprised an armed Taliban column on a forested ridgeline at night, and killed at least 13 insurgents, and perhaps many more, with rifles, machine guns,

So, how much credit does Barrack Obama deserve for the rescue of Captain Phillips? The efforts of Obama and his supporters to claim Obama was the reason behind this rescue, are nothing short of frantic. But… Black Five says… Not

Navy SEALs 4 – Somali pirates 0;  Fox News:

American sea Captain Richard Phillips was safely rescued Sunday from four Somali pirates, who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a U.S.