We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:36:21 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Damian, of Babbling Brooks and The Torch, as well as others of my acquaintance, sent me a link to the story in the New York Times about the murder charges brought against an SF Captain and Master Sergeant for an incident in Afghanistan. FORT BRAGG, N.C., Sept. 17 — From his position about 100 yards away, Master Sgt. Troy Anderson had a clear shot at the Afghan man standing outside a residential compound in a village near the Pakistan border last October. When Capt. Dave Staffel, the Special Forces officer in charge, gave the order to shoot, Sergeant Anderson fired... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:18:20 -0600 I put up the link to Chap's stuff on it, and filled in a disclaimer in the middle of the piece. I'm tempted, as I said in the updates, to call the Fallon bit an info op. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64566 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64566 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:06:43 -0600 FWIW, Fallon has supposedly denied it. Link is in the Army times, but Thomas Smith has it up at The Tank. I posted about it today, but you can find it more easily over there without wading through all my garbage. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64561 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64561 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:26:30 -0600 Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be "an a$$-kissing little chicken$hit" That sounds more like the language a civilian imagining a military butt-chewing would come up with. For one thing, while I've heard (and used) "chicken$hit" as an adjective, e.g., "You chicken$hit summon a beach" and "...this chicken$hit outfit..." I've *never* used or heard it used as a noun by anyone, let alone a Star. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64560 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64560 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:16:49 -0600 Yu-ain - Corroborate *this* 8^ ) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64550 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64550 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:43:37 -0600 I wish I had the time to find the link, but I don't. I remember reading a quote from Petreaus about Fallon's remark, which he flatly denied happened and said that they were on good terms. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64546 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64546 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:23:46 -0600 according to Pentagon sources familiar with reports of the meeting Hey, I've never been to Iraq, but I'm familiar with reports of Bush's latest trip there. Can I be a corroborating witness?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64539 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64539 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:47:55 -0600 had more. Consensus is that this is manufactured.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64535 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64535 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:27:25 -0600 today. I'm with you - something about this just smells.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64526 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/a_reflection_on.html#comment-64526 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:14:39 -0600