Far East Cynic

Waving the bloody shirt.

On Twitter a couple of days ago, a brilliant guy named David Neiwert published a long Twitter thread on the tactic that conservatives and their deranged followers have used to discredit valid criticism of the atrocities they turn a blind eye to. The tactic is known as “waving the bloody

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20 years.

Over the past 10 years, I have increasingly come to dread the arrival of September 11th. It is the day the United States will remember a terrible criminal act in its history. 2977 people died that day from a brazen terror attack pulled off by 19 terrorists, mostly of Saudi

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Will the Navy learn the lessons it needs to?

Despite all the blowback from folks in certain circles and the continued whining of the surgeaholics, I remain firm in my conviction that getting the hell out of Afghanistan was the right thing to do. Most of the objections to the policy decision have no factual basis anyways – and

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The overall strategic situation has not changed. And tactical setbacks should not change the overall long-term aim.

The amount of intellectual dishonesty by suregeaholics and others is disturbing, to say the least. And the tragic events that occurred on Thursday morning are sad and will be so for a long time. However, probably the most frustrating thing of the last couple of days is to see how

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The grieving process is continuing….and the only proper response to our Red Hat wearing citizens.

It has been well over 7 weeks since I have had the will to put my hand to keyboard and write anything of significance. Sure, I’ve been attacking the usual idiots on Twitter and also been observing the closet fascists from my alma mater trying to wreak their havoc, but

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Cry, the beloved country.

Among the many things I have come to despise our tea swilling, Galtian, Trump-humping, overlords for, is how they have ruined any celebration of national pride. Turning the American flag into a conservative litmus test of sorts makes it almost impossible to look at the symbol with a combination of

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Your mileage may vary…….

Today is June 23, the 42nd anniversary of the day I made the biggest mistake of my life, getting married only 6 weeks out of college. The intervening years have amplified how big a mistake that was and how much better it would have been if I had spent my

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The captives will forge their own chains

This is a warning. If there is one thing that can be learned from Senator Joe Manchin’s cowardly failure this week, there are too many Americans who have no understanding of this country at all. But, unfortunately, all of Joe Manchin’s talk about the need for a bipartisan bill for

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The call of the roll. Final Memorial Day Post

Since this is Memorial Day, it is appropriate that I recognize those folks who had to pay the price of aviation’s hazards. Listed below is a summary of all fatal E-2 and C-2 mishaps from the records of the Hawkeye and Greyhound community that I could find as well as

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Another Memorial Day post

It is Memorial Day weekend. That means we all need to pause to consider all of those who died in the service of the United States. In a moment we will do exactly that for the folks who gave their all in both the E-2 and C-2 communities from which

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