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Category Archives: Military
Reconciliation: Part II
Via Gawker. In this second part let me run through a few posts that have stuck with me over the last month, starting with one I alluded to in the beginning of the first part: Caveat Emptor …And this is how Obama has learned to … Read More →
The Memory Remains
I heard the first bit of sense out of Andy Rooney last night that I've heard from him in some time. Simply put he said the remembering does nothing for the people who are gone. Remember those who are right here, right now.
The Shame
"Obama was too polite, and too wise, to say what he could have said: that McCain, the son and grandson of Admirals and the husband of a multi-millionaire beer baron's daughter, never had to rely on the GI Bill for an education or the VA hospital system for his health care, and that McCain's opposition to the Webb bill reflected his constitutional incapacity for empathy with anyone less fortunate than he is."
Just a minute.
As much as I relish pointing out when rightwing bloggers slip their moorings when it comes to things military, I can’t ignore it when the leftwing does the same
I see the light.
It's about time somebody saw reason. With people like Bob 'Confederate Wankee' Owens releasing photos of the effects of EFP's (explosively formed penetrators) on our troops vehicles (in an attempt to, what, help insurgents plan better next time?), how much worse could the blogging of a soldier who's life is on the line everyday be? Who would understand better?
March on.
Since the war in Iraq began five years ago, the Second Brigade at Fort Drum has put in four tours.
For the past week, opponents of the war have taken several routes through the conservative and largely rural reaches of upstate New York - small communities that have sent many of their young men and women into the military right after high school and have paid a disproportionate price.
On Saturday, which is Armed Forces Day, protesters ranging from peace activists to Iraq Veterans Against the War will hold a daylong rally outside Fort Drum. What they lack in numbers - there were only about 40 on the road on Wednesday - they have made up for in passion, having walked about 80 miles so far.
Are you ready?
“I’ve never seen a man so broken up and ripped apart…” Pakistan soldiers ‘confront US’ Pakistani troops have fired shots into the air to stop US troops crossing into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, local officials say. Reports say nine US helicopters landed on … Read More →