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  • If We're Losing in Iran, I'd Love to See Winning

    03/26/2026 4:20:13 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 36 replies
    Town Hall ^ | 25 Mar 2026 | Tom Knighton
    War is never something the United States should engage in without very good cause. Too many of our past wars might have involved some bit of national interest, but they weren't really necessary. Kicking the crap out of Afghanistan following the Taliban's refusal to hand over Osama bin Laden? I got that completely. I was less thrilled with us going into Iraq. My take has always been that we should be slow to anger, but when we hit that point, we should descend upon our enemies like the fiery hand of God. It's what we did in the Gulf War,...
  • Forbes: Gun Owners Find It Hard To Be Reasonable

    07/31/2018 12:09:12 PM PDT · by rktman · 64 replies
    bearingarms.com ^ | 7/31/2018 | Tom Knighton
    I don’t expect much fair treatment from the media. As a gun owner and writer, I look at my colleagues in the mainstream media not so much as colleagues, but as the opposition. Typically, they’ll paint someone like me as anything but a decent human being, so it’s understandable why. However, Forbes recently did a story about how difficult it is for reasonable gun owners to deal with what they see as unreasonable anti-gunners. It’s a fairly balanced piece and doesn’t paint gun owners in too negative a light. It does mention some of our more extreme folks, which we...