Friday, 30 March 2007
Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.30
Contributed by Bill Faith

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Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:

  • March 30, 2003 
    "Critter" Crittenden: Capt. Wolford devoted his briefing around midday to blunt tactical advice, to make sure the company approached this situation with the correct degree of aggressiveness. “Once the fighting starts, if there are people in the streets, in civilian or military clothing, they are the enemy and they will die,” Wolford said.
  • Moreuil Wood
    (Just read it. Atten-hut! No-o-o-rth face! Ha-a-a-nd salute!)
  • A Bad Time To Pick A Fight
    Ed Morrissey: Let's see. The US is in the middle of a fight to secure Iraq, drive the Taliban out of Afghanistan, and end Islamist terrorism. Iran won't stop developing nuclear weapons, Syria assists them in funding and supplying Hezbollah, and Lebanon can't keep control over the sub-Litani region to keep Iranian proxies from antagonizing Israel. We have few allies in the region that supplies most of the world's industrial energy. Under those circumstances, one would presume that the US would choose its fights carefully with those nations inclined to support us, and only risk their ire for the most pressing of national interests. One would presume that, but one would not have considered the foolishness of Democratic foreign policy: ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 30, 2007 at 12:03 AM | Permalink

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