“Afghan Rules Need Changes”

By: Caleb Howe (Diary)  |  June 30th at 10:00 AM  | 

Rowan Scarborough has the top story today at Human Events: Before Gen. Stanley McChrystal made the fatal mistake of venting to Rolling Stone magazine, warriors in Afghanistan say he was guilty of an even a bigger blunder. The four-star general put in place a series of restrictions on troops in the form of new rules of engagement (ROE). War fighters complain the rules have prevented | Read More »

A Podcast Darkly

By: Caleb Howe (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 09:30 PM  | 

Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to The Needle. This is a new weekly podcast featuring RedState’s own Lori Ziganto, and her loosely affiliated sidekick, me. Every Wednesday, we’ll be having inappropriate audio relationships with our listeners on topics ranging from politics to even more politics, and a side order of please make it stop. I don’t want to brag, but I’m totally | Read More »

Breaking: McChrystal Out, Petraeus IN

By: Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 01:39 PM  | 

Breitbart reports that Petraeus will replace McChrystal. While the narrative might veer toward suggesting this is MacArthur-esque, the MacArthur here (the pompous, overconfident, know-it-all that won’t listen to his closest advisors) is Commander-In-Chief Barack “I have no clue what I’m doing but I’ll be damned if I’ll allow myself to be criticized by underlings” Obama: A source tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama | Read More »