Author: BooMan

McGeorge Bundy’s Plan for Vietnam

McGeorge Bundy was the National Security Advisor to President Kennedy, and President Johnson until 1966. It was the same position held now by Stephen Hadley and previously by Condoleezza Rice. In February 1965 he laid out a...

Read More

McGovernite Open Thread

Mort Kondracke, on Brit Hume’s little roundtable, just said that John Edwards is aspiring to be the George McGovern of the 2008 campaign. He also said that Edwards was an advocate of ‘bugging out of Iraq’....

Read More

The Wisdom of MLK Jr.

Take a look at the front-page of the New York Times. We are implementing a strategy to embolden a government that is actually part of the problem. Over the past three weeks a third front has opened — against Iran. Saddam...

Read More

Revisiting the First Gulf War

Historical events require time before their real impact can be judged accurately. Throughout the 1920’s the Allied nations thought that World War One, then known as The Great War, had brought victory. Yes, victory had come...

Read More

Bush on 60 Minutes

Scott Pelley interviewed President Bush on 60 Minutes tonight. I watched it. I wish I didn’t. It was a travesty from beginning to end. Pelley did a great job. Bush was pathetic. Here’s the most offensive exchange....

Read More