Got back from Israel-late but none the worse for wear. The storms in Europe delayed departures out of Istanbul, but luckily enough for me, I did not get strip searched going through Israeli security. They actually do things differently than our TSA brethern-and while you go through a lot of
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Finally, its over.
The last forces are leaving Iraq. about 9 years too late-but they are leaving, thanks be to God. Now if you peruse my archives, you will find that I have not been a fan of the adventure since day 1. And now-I still believe, that for whatever tactical successes we
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Is worth what you pay for it.I had the unique experience a while back, of being asked for advice about life in command. That caused me to do a lot of thinking-both for good and for bad. So here for your information and comment are the comments I sent back:
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How I spent my Saturday: Prowling the Holy City of Yerushalim! The Wailing Wall: And of course we spent a fair amount of time in the church of the Holy Sepuchre:
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Was on one side of the Atlantic in Washington DC. Now I am about as far away from there as you can get. Flight over here was pretty OK-save for the fact that the services on the airline sucked. Fortunately the flight was only about half full-so I had room
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For not posting more recently. Between moving into our house, and departing on a business trip-its been busy since last Wednesday. This trip has me covering both sides of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. This morning I woke up in sight of the Capitol of the US-tomorrow, I will be
Continue readingThe company you keep……
So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it. ~Harold Acton. Back in August of last year-I reminded Phib and others what a real douchebag Andrew Breitbart is and was. His “Big” blogs are nothing
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The ex-Russian carrier Varyag is all spiffed up , with no place to go. I find the tow line attached to the stern particularly interesting. And as the article points out she is making very little wake. When she can actually get underway and cross the 12 mile limit, then
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It would seem the Leute have gesphrochen: The people of Baden-Württemberg have spoken: In a referendum on Sunday voters backed state funding for the controversial €4.5-billion Stuttgart 21 rail project. 58% of voters voted in favor of the project-ensuring it would go forward. The opponents wasted no time updating their
Continue readingThe party of Nein.
The S.O. and I went into Stuttgart tonight to visit the Weinachts Markt. It had only opened on the 23rd-so every thing was new and fresh-and with it being a Saturday night, it was more than a little crowded. It was made even more so because of the fact that
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