Of Belmont Club fame, has chosen to reveal his identity.
If you aren’t familiar with Belmont Club, you might consider remedying that. For military and geopolitical analysis of current events, there is none better – it isn’t every day that major media go about quoting anonymous bloggers.
I knew him when he used to post on Free Republic.He was always cordial and replied to emails, and has never shown any ego in our correspondence.He’s one of the few,original stars, of the blogspehere.
It is the canonical assumption of those who set out to conquer the world that all men are not created equal: that there are ubermensch and untermensch, men of divine descent and mongrel races, jihadis and infidels; that somehow these differences in quality will allow the chosen few to dominate the many. Yet in each case these beliefs have proven wrong, whether in the snows of Russia, the waters of Ironbottom Sound, or in the mountains of Afghanistan.
Missing Recon Team 3
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Fighting words from Wretchard: Fighting words from Churchill:
“Arise and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.” –Winston
Churchill “Proclaim Liberty throughout All the land unto All the Inhabitants Thereof. …
What? It’s not Clark Kent?
But all honour to wretchard, he’s a man to admire and emulate. And the Belmont Club is indispensable reading.
As in his analysis of the Phillipine political crisis.
One would think there is a lesson therein for Mr. Martin, et al.
IF they bothered to pay any attention, which I doubt.
The issue concerning the US Navy Seals and the details surrounding the downed helicopter, the other two who died, the one who escaped and the resulting response by US military are revealing in several aspects: These men are tough and dedicated and there is much to admire in the way they fight.
We are going to need more of their kind sooner or later. Many more and probably much sooner than any of us would like.