Monthly Archives: February 2010

Iran is defiant

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Pat Lang

 "President Obama accused Iran yesterday of trying to build a bomb after Tehran’s nuclear scientists began enriching uranium closer to weapons grade in defiance of the United Nations. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that its inspectors had been called … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran | 23 Comments

Haiti’s “National Dignity” is killing Haitian children

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Pat Lang

 "Dr. Lee Sanders, an American pediatrician at the airport field hospital, took the point a step further. “For these kids the kidnapping case isn’t just a distraction,” he said, as he changed a dressing on a girl’s infected leg. “It … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | 28 Comments

Taliban Intransigence

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Pat Lang

"The Taliban have said they will not enter into any "deal" with the Afghan government or the West to bring peace to Afghanistan, and their fighters will continue to die to achieve a victory they say is around the corner."  … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan | 12 Comments

Two Sunday Interviews

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Pat Lang

 I saw John Brennan on MTP today.  I misjudged the man.  There is nothing trivial about him.  He is too solemn for his own good, but, that is a minor failing.  The intensity and obvious hostility towards many members of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | 46 Comments

Release the missionary fools, or else!

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Pat Lang

 The Haitian government, the US Government and the world "sappocracy" is indulging itself in fostering the fantasy of Haitian national sovereignty and dignity at the expense of the idiot Baptist missionaries from the mountain states.  Do people really think that these do-gooder fools were engaged in kidnapping children to"traffick" them? … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | 32 Comments

What is this?

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Pat Lang

 "The 600 delegates at the National Tea Party Convention feel taxed to death, ignored by their elected representatives and the media, and appalled at the federal government's spending — and there are millions of Americans just like them. Their anger … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 51 Comments

Disciplinary Measures in Afghanistan

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Pat Lang

 Last year I wrote a couple of posts concerning the disastrous engagements that had occurred in Nuristan at Wanat and a few other places.  The picture above is the Special Forces camp at Plei Djereng on the border with Laos. … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, The Military Art | 13 Comments

The Captive Missionaries

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Pat Lang

 Let no good deed go unpunished?  Or is it just another example of American arrogance?  pl http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703357104575045794048725562.html

Posted in Current Affairs | 29 Comments

IO Fratricide and Reaction to Terrorism

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Pat Lang

Adam L. Silverman PhD[1][1] Now that the actual account of what Federal investigators are learning from Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab has come out it makes sense to step back a little bit and take a good hard look at how America’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 27 Comments

“Don’t Forget Iraq” Kissinger

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Pat Lang

 "Before the war, the equilibrium between Iraq and Iran was a principal geopolitical reality within the region. At that time, the government in Baghdad was a Sunni-run dictatorship. The Shiite-dominated, partly democratic structure that has emerged from the war has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 14 Comments