Time traveling war criminal

I am not sure which I find more disturbing - the lack of knowledge of Naval Aviation and the A-4 in particular - or the general sloppy lameness of the attack. How about both?

"McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn't know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues."

Now, go get him a good military historian to brief him up.

For Enquiring Minds that want to know

Bill Roggio has Gen Patraeus's and Ambassador Crockers written testimony here

Why do you want to ask?

Harry Needs the publicity. In a recent poll only 24% of Americans knew who he was.

Why Do You Want to Know?

My granny used to tell me that when someone asked you a question and you knew the answer was going to be used against you no matter what ("When did you stop kicking your dog?"), it was perfectly acceptable to answer a question with a question: "Why do you want to know?"

"There are a number of questions that they must be asked by members of the Senate," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, speaking on the Senate floor. "First one: 'Will our troops come home soon?' Or 'When will our troops come home?' And I think they should be asked, 'Has Iraq made America safer?'"

I can assure you right up front that they may be asking all those questions, but they have no interest in the answers. I remember that the General was asked that last question in the last marathon Inquisition and I believe he (rightfully) said that wasn't for him to say... he could only relate FACTS having to do with military operations in IRAQ. It's pitiable (and despicable) that Harry Reid doesn't know who does what in the American government and the person who could actually answer those questions for him,

Without giving any hints of what Bush will do with regard to troop levels,

The administration reportedly wants to hold troop levels at just below 140,000...

nor does he understand the role of the military, nor know the difference between FACTS and OPINIONS. I know we're all interested in hearing the answers to those questions, but some of us know that the General does not make those decisions or pronouncements. (OK, maybe Reid understands all those things, but those don't play well in the media, i.e., won't generate screaming "General doesn't know when troops will come home!" headlines.)

And know that whatever answers the General gives to those loaded questions will be spun into more dirt devils than Texas sees in a summer. It will only be more infuriating to have to listen to all the posturing and pontificating that will proceed the "questions" (if any) and to hear all the (mostly) insincere "with all do respect General" or "thank you for your many years of service to our country..." before the tirades begin.

I'm taking guesses on how long into the hearings before Medea and the circus show up...

Good luck, General. And THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY (sincerely).

Wounded Iraq Vet Olympics-bound

ESPN/(AP)

MINNEAPOLIS -- As a young gymnast, Melissa Stockwell always dreamed of going to the Olympics.

She never knew that one day she would wind up as a member of Team USA, or that it would be as a trailblazing one-legged swimmer in the Paralympic Games.

"I was very competitive and really into it," Stockwell said of her days as a gymnast at Eden Prairie High School in suburban Minneapolis. "I remember going out to the Olympic Training Center and hoping to one day be here. Now I have a second chance."

Stockwell, who lost her left leg to a roadside bomb in Baghdad, was one of 18 women named to the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team on Sunday, becoming the first Iraq war veteran to be selected for the Paralympics.