Sometimes, all words fail except: The Only Easy Day was Yesterday
Yesterday… Yesterday, thirty plus United States military personnel were still alive. Today they are not; Coalition forces suffered the largest loss of life in a single incident since US forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 when a transport helicopter crashed during a raid in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 US and seven Afghan special operations forces. The [...]
Movie – “9th Company” (Russian 2005)
A story about Soviet Army paratroopers in Afghanistan Every so often on Netflix streaming video, I catch a movie I’d never heard of before. Usually Netflix gives you suggestions based on what you’ve seen and rated; some absolutely suck and the comments reflect that, so I go there first and see what others are saying [...]
Saving Women and Preventing Genocide: The Real Reasons We’re in Afghanistan Now
So now the cheerleaders for war would have us believe that they are more concerned for the welfare of Afghan civilians than are those who wish to end the US occupation. First we have White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs sanctimoniously imploring th...
How about hanging Bradley Manning from the same platform as Saddam was?
The Code Pink-os are drooling in their butter again, now asking that Obama pardon the “alleged” WikiLeaks traitor (I don’t just throw that term around loosely) Bradley Manning. Private Bradley Manning, a 22 year old intelligence analyst with the US Army, stands accused of disclosing a classified video of American troops shooting civilians from an [...]
1LT Christopher S. Goeke USA (KIA)
Via West Point.org, I’m told by a friend that 1LT Goeke is the first KIA from the USMA Class of 2008. My friend added; “I hope it won’t be in vain…” Me too, bro… Cullum: 64415 Class: ’08 Cadet Company: B1 Date of Birth: Date of Death: July 13, 2010 - View or Post a Eulogy LT [...]
The War Falls Apart?
Yesterday, we surmise, was one long headache for those in charge of the Afghanistan war on the Western side. Metaphorically, many good officers in the Pentagon and elsewhere stood in the middle of otherwise efficient offices holding their collective he...
Obama v. Obama; General Officer Edition
So Obama sacked Gen. Stanley McChrystal (or as Barry is fond of calling the General; “Stan”) today, pretty much as expected thus showing himself to be a “take charge” kinda guy rather than the dithering indecisive clown some strawman someplace thought him to be originally. What was curious though was his choice of a replacement; [...]
Gen. Stanley McChrystal; placed in a no-win position by his CinC?
Almost seems…intentional Via a series of Tweets by Fox White House correspondent Major Garrett; An article due out at Rolling Stone magazine later this week is previewed by an AP piece at FoxNews.com describing how the embattled General McChrystal receives little to no support from the Administration nor those chosen by the Obama White House [...]
This is who we’re fighting in Afghanistan: Child murderers
Via Jihad Watch.org; Taliban hang 7-year-old boy for “spying” They claimed he was “passing information to foreign soldiers.” “Afghanistan: Taliban ‘hang 7-year-old boy for spying’,” from AdnKronos International, June 9: Lashkargah, 9 June (AKI): Taliban fighters have hanged a seven-year-old boy, claiming he was passing information to foreign soldiers in the volatile southern province of [...]