Here are two questions that few today can answer, to wit: “During the Vietnam War, what could you buy in a Filipino PX that you couldn’t buy in an American PX?” “Johnnie Walker Black Label and Chivas Regal.” “What else could you buy in a Filipino PX?” “Nothing.” After Lyndon Johnson sent American ground troops…
Tag: pakistan
Max Boot explains it all for you
Unintentionally (I guess) funny piece by Max Boot, published by those cut-ups at the Weekly Standard. Max explains, and I would say that there’s at least a 57% chance that he’s right, that our “alliance” with Pakistan isn’t worth the pain: it would be better to have them outside the tent pissing in than inside…
Over 100 innocent children slaughtered in Pakistan. Is that “iconically heartbreaking” enough for Samantha Power? And, if so, what does she intend to do about it?
Surely there’s a “moderate” rebel group we can send arms to, isn’t there? Perhaps we can declare a “no fly zone” of some sort, which we can use as an excuse for further involvement, the way we did in Libya, which, if we’re really lucky, could lead to some boots on the ground thing. Any…