Crappy Holidays

| November 26, 2003

Oh, look. The junior Senator from New York is going on a little trip. The troops will, of course, obey their orders and attend events as directed, smiles dutifully plastered on their faces. The last time our soldiers had a Thanksgiving this bad was 1950, when about a zillion frosty and irritable Chinese communist soldiers […]

My kind of Army

| November 22, 2003

In this morning’s episode of “Combat!“, a private makes a rather boneheaded mistake, something he knew in advance he shouldn’t have done, and as a result another private is wounded in a skirmish with the Germans. Afterwards, the private apologizes: Littlejohn: “I’m sorry, Sarge.” Sgt. Saunders: “Shut up.” No “Army of One” touchy-feely silliness there. […]