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9. The final comment I will say is this. No matter what we at Ranger School say the non-believers will still be non-believers. We could have invited each of you to guest walk the entire course, and you would still not believe, we could have video recorded every patrol and you would still say that we “gave” it away. Nothing we say will change your opinion. I and the rest of our cadre are proud of the conduct of our soldiers, NCOs and officers, they took the mission assigned and performed to the Ranger Standard. Rangers Lead the Way!!!!!

via Ranger School officer combats rumors about how women passed in pointed Facebook post – The Washington Post.

The U.S. knows the Saudi government has employed cluster bombs in its ongoing war against Shiite Muslim rebels in neighboring Yemen, but has done little if anything to stop the use of the indiscriminate and deadly weapons during what has become a human rights catastrophe in one of the Arab world’s poorest countries.

With watchdog groups warning of war crimes and attacks striking civilians in Yemen, the Pentagon declined to comment publicly on whether it has discussed cluster bombs with Saudi Arabia or encouraged its military to cease using them, deferring all such questions to the State Department. But a Pentagon official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, tells U.S. News “the U.S. is aware that Saudi Arabia has used cluster munitions in Yemen.”

via U.S. Official: Saudis Have Used Cluster Bombs in Yemen – US News.

US News and World Report is trying very hard to give you the impression that use of cluster munitions is somehow illegal or immoral.

It’s not. Many nations have signed a ban on their use, but neither Saudi Arabia nor the US are parties to that treaty.

The high dud rate of some, especially older, munitions is a real problem. But there are ways to mitigate that issue, and further, the basic moral imperative of winning a war calls for using the most effective weapon in order to win as quickly as possible.

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – Four Navy men are in big trouble, after police caught them jumping off the Coronado Bridge. They almost got away with a dangerous stunt by parachuting down more than 250 feet into the bay.

Police talked to the men at the Glorietta Bay Boat Ramp at Coronado Island. They had just parachuted more than 250 feet off the middle of the Coronado Bridge.

Officers say the stunt started when they launched themselves out of a pickup truck at the top of the bridge shortly before 11:00 Wednesday night.

via Four active-duty sailors jump off Coronado Bridge – CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8.

Heh. Someone watched Navy SEALS one time too many.

It’s just about impossible to show just how incredibly, strategically bad the Obama deal with Iran is.  The true scope of the disaster will be a blinding flash of the obvious nuclear warhead over Israel.  In the interim, we can take a look at some of the short term effects.

The deal will release about $150 billion dollars to the Iranians. It would also lift existing sanctions that make it harder for other countries to do business with Iran.  Not surprisingly, countries are eager to get around that.

China and Iran are mulling a $1 billion deal that would see China trade 24 Chengdu J-10 fourth-generation fighter jets in exchange for control of Iran’s biggest oil field for two decades, a report in the Taiwanese newspaper Want Daily said Thursday. The oil field in question is the 350 square-mile Azadegan field, which produces around 40,000 barrels of light and heavy crude per day. It’s currently operated by the National Iranian Oil Company and is thought to be the largest oil discovery in the country in 30 years.

Spill speculates that the current Iranian fleet of MiG-29s would be the first to be retired. And my speculation is, based on the numbers

No, not the tasty Mexican beer.