Setting the record straight

Instapundit points to a Max Boot column reviewing films from Afghanistan and Iraq which makes the following observation: Ultimately, Osama’s masquerade unravels, and she faces a gruesome punishment from an Islamic court. The ending, which I won’t give away, is enough to make anyone shudder ? and give thanks that U.S. troops have toppled the … Continue reading “Setting the record straight”

Maoist International Movement movie reviews

This review of Startrek Resurrection is priceless: But MIM rejects the universal moralizing of Insurrection. Forced relocations can be to the benefit of the people being moved, as when Stalin internally deported Jews in the Soviet Union to move them away from the advancing German troops. MIM would rather see Jews moved to undesirable locations … Continue reading “Maoist International Movement movie reviews”

VDH on Ronald Reagan

Victor Davis Hanson remembers Reagan: He hastened the fall of the Soviet Union. We could not have been able to have fought Gulf War I without his prior commitment to reconstituting our forces; he established the principle we would support democracy and be active in its promotion, whether in undermining leftist thugs like the Ortegas … Continue reading “VDH on Ronald Reagan”

Osama boxed in?

The UK Sunday Express reported yesterday that coalition forces have got Osama and his bestest buddies boxed in on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border, and his capture is nigh. Pakistan offers the kind of denials that go along with an ongoing military or police operation that’s close to completion: When asked if 8,000 para-military troops were being … Continue reading “Osama boxed in?”