Kriplekistan

While the topic of this blog "SpecOps" is a shortened version of "Special Operations," it is pronounced by most people in the miltary business as "Speck Ops," due to the notion these actions are hard to track and target. Earlier last week the Israeli action on Syria typified that idea completely. During the first week of September (dates are hard to pinpoint due to the nature of this situation), Israeli warplanes (around 5 or 6 American made f-16s and f-15s) flew across not only the Syrian border but more or less the entire country in a daring assault on what had been described as "Syrian weapons caches" near the Turkish/Syrian border. While brazen, this action did not illicit much response by the media or by Israel's usually hostile neighbors. As time went on, the reason for this eerie silence became more evident. By early September, reports had surfaced that a North Korean vessel had docked in the Syrian port of Tartus to deliver a highl...

Pictures are worth a thousand words, even mine. Here are the slides General Petraeus' used in his report to Congress. Gotta love Power Point.

When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross -Upton Sinclair Like many other socialists, both past and present, it turns out Upton was wrong. Earlier this week, the already far left organization MoveOn.org took a sharp turn towards the brink of insanity when it published a full page ad in the New York Times labeling General Petraeus "General Betray Us" before he gave testimony to Congress that his strategy in Iraq is working. The group and its many followers atest that because the General will testify in said fashion, he is a traitor because they do not agree with this assessment. If someone disagrees with you-then they are a betrayer-the hallmark of any totalitarian political movement. It goes without saying that this description of a proven and honorable American military commander leading men in the field is despicable, grotesque, foul, and any other adjective one might imagine. What is truly disturbing is not that a group of peopl...

A few of my memories from 9/11/2001 British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed horror and sent condolences to U.S. President George W. Bush. "There have been the most terrible, shocking events taking place in the United States of America within the last couple of hours," Blair says. "We can only imagine the terror and carnage there and the many, many innocent people who have lost their lives." This was "perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the sanctity of human life, and we, the democracies of this world, are going to have to come together to fight it and eradicate this evil completely from our world." Queen Elizabeth II said she was watching developments in "growing disbelief and total shock." Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Americans "Our hearts are with you and we are ready to provide any assistance at any time." Israel declared Wednesday a day of mourning and set up a blood bank for the injured. "T...

Osama Bin Laden recently released a tape for all Americans to see. Here it is.

For all of you out there who watched the Republican Presidential debate last night on Fox, you saw a pretty good show. John McCain did a better job than usual, Mike Huckabee is giving a commendable effort, Rudy Giuliani did fairly well, although he focused on his record as the mayor of New York too often for my taste, and Fred Thompson made it official, although he wasn't actually at the debate. But out of the few irrelevant candidates who continue to linger, Ron Paul is actually making a difference. That last sentence may seem a bit paradoxical, so let me explain. Ron has no chance of winning. He just isn't going to. But that doesn't mean he isn't making a tremendous impact on the debate taking place towards the nomination. Between the other 7 candidates, there hasn't been a whole lot of difference. All support the surge in Iraq, and indeed the war itself. All support tax cuts, and to be honest, what Republican doesn't? By playing the wild card in the...

I love saying the word "wow." Simple, effective, straight to the point, it conveys shock on a variety of levels. Here are the past week's reasons to "wow." Appalachian State: WOW! Mississippi has a 30% obesity rate among adults. Ugh...wow. College Football in general: Wow! French President Sarkozy saying that bombing Iran is a real option: Very Wow. Larry Craig: Wow dude.....haha wow. Reps. Ellen Tauscher and James Moran, Democrats from California and Washington respectively. Both members of Congress returned to the U.S. after visiting Iraq, claiming to the Washington Post that they were "slimed" on their visit. As both reps were touring various places in Iraq, they were under constant guard by U.S. troops to ensure their safety. Well, one informed sergeant passed out fliers, or "thumbcards" as they were called, too all the troops in which they could read how the aforementioned representatives voted on Iraq, as well as comments the...