Shuffling the Deck Chairs, Yet Again

By: Victoria Coates (Diary)  |  April 27th at 02:35 PM  | 

In the most recent Obama administration shake up, Bob Gates will be leaving the Department of Defense, Leon Pannetta will move from the CIA to DoD, General David Petraeus will move from Afghanistan to the CIA and Ryan Crocker will move from Texas A&M (from whence came Bob Gates) to Afghanistan. As in the previous major changes in the White House staff and the economic | Read More »

The Latest Escapade of Hastings the General Slayer

By: Victoria Coates (Diary)  |  March 16th at 12:30 PM  | 

With thanks to Cousin Aaron, I bring you the news that Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, the professional military gadfly and all-around speaker of truth to power, hit a new low yesterday.  At a Congressional Progressive Caucus Peace and Security Task Force briefing, Hastings lit into General David Petraeus, accusing him of employing the “Charlie Sheen strategy:” General Petraeus is giving us the Charlie Sheen counter-insurgency strategy, | Read More »