McKiernan Takes the Fall
But don’t expect any ‘fresh thinking,’ says Jeff Huber
Jeff Huber
Commander Jeff Huber, U.S.
Navy (retired), was a naval flight officer who commanded an aircraft
squadron and was operations officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt,
the carrier that fought the Kosovo War. Jeff earned a master of arts degree in post-modern imperialism at the U.S. Naval War College. His weekly satires on U.S. foreign policy high jinks are archived at
his blog, Pen
and Sword.
Jeff's critically applauded novel Bathtub
Admirals, a
lampoon of America's rise to global dominance, is on sale now.
Jeff lives with dogs in a house by the beach on Chesapeake Bay in Virginia,
and in the summer he has a nice tan.
Anchors A-waste
Either fight pirates at sea or forget about them, says Jeff Huber
Dumb Like a Maliki?
Jeff Huber on the one man who can save Obama
Brave New World Order
Heed Machiavelli and Eisenhower, says Jeff Huber
Scurvy Dogs of War
Jeff Huber asks, What kind of bases do pirates have?
The Fog of Warmongering
Jeff Huber on missing the point of the Surge
Raging Bull Feathers
Jeff Huber on the ever changing story of the Surge
Yes, We Have No Bananastan
Jeff Huber on the social re-engineering of an entire region
The Long-War Generals
"If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying." – Anonymous U.S. military officer As a naval aviator pal of mine once remarked, cadets in our military academies spend the summer before their freshman year learning an arcane honor code and spend the next four years learning how to violate it without getting caught. So is it … Continue reading “The Long-War Generals”
These Secretaries Can’t Even Type
Young Mr. Bush and his handlers managed to squander more than two centuries of American progress. Two interminable armed conflicts and the economic collapse they produced left President Obama with the worst combination of foreign and domestic policy disasters in our country’s history. He faces a conundrum; he needs to take care of the economic … Continue reading “These Secretaries Can’t Even Type”