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WikiGate: Obama Could Have Helped Our Afghan Friends
On July 30, 2010 at 7:44 am
How did the Obama administration try to prevent WikiLeaks, the now notorious international group of journo-leakers, from releasing online 76,000 classified U.S. docs dealing with the Afghanistan/Pakistan war (thousands more docs are forthcoming)? No joke: Through The New York Times and two foreign publications, the Obama administration simply asked WikiLeaks to withhold info that “could [...]
Tet’s Revenge: A Look at the new Post-Rolling Stone New Journalism Rules
On July 12, 2010 at 12:53 pm
On January 31, 1968, the Communist North Vietnamese launched a desperate final assault on United States-held territories which was referred to as the “Tet Offensive.” It was a disaster for the North Vietnamese, who sustained massive casualties and were repelled almost effortlessly by United States troops, and by any measure, it should have been a [...]
Petraeus assumes command in Afghanistan
On July 6, 2010 at 7:10 am
On the 4th of July, Major General David Petraeus formally assumed the command of NATO forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. He assumed control amid the controversy surrounding General Stanley McCrystal’s comments mocking President Obama and Vice President Biden, who was subsequently sacked. These comments notwithstanding, Obama should have picked General Petraeus from the very beginning to [...]
Thankful on the Fourth
On at 7:04 am
Two hundred and thirty-four years have passed since we won our independence and became the United States of America. Every year, on the fourth of July, we celebrate our nation’s triumph over a formidable force to obtain our own government, our own way of life. We celebrate our freedom.
Yet, it saddens me how some have [...]
McChrystal’s Ouster
On June 29, 2010 at 9:33 am
General Stanley McChrystal served his country for 34 years. He began his military career as a Second Lieutenant in 1976 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and was promoted to 4-Star General in June of 2009 when he took command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
His career was distinguished and decorated, including the [...]
President Obama accepts resignation of General McChrystal
On June 23, 2010 at 3:50 pm
In a White House Garden Press Conference today, President Barack Obama announced he “accepted the resignation” of top Afghanistan Efforts leader General McChrystal. Replacing the General will be General David Petraeus, who has already been charged with handling the day to day aspects of our combat objectives in Iraq.
Recently, McChrystal made headlines when a Rolling [...]
The Good War Counter-Insurgency: Colonize or Go Home
On at 6:05 am
General David Petraeus recently collapsed during Congressional testimony on the Obama administration’s Afghanistan strategy. His dizzy spell could be an omen for Obama. The President and his Progressive allies declared our military efforts in Afghanistan “the Good War.” Laying down this moralistic anti-Bush marker in the first weeks of his administration, Obama called together all [...]
Criticize Obama For The Right Reasons
On June 2, 2010 at 6:37 am
Much has been made of the fact that President Obama did not attend the wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day, instead taking a vacation in Chicago, with some claiming that it was the first time a wartime president had failed to so.
Upon first reflection this seemed like a terrible insult to [...]
Obama Should be Ashamed
On June 1, 2010 at 11:38 am
Since the first day of his presidency it’s already been known that we have a man leading us for four years who plays by his own dictionary. To him reform means taxing and upheaval means takeover. However, over the recent holiday we have seen that not only does he play by his own dictionary but [...]
Will America Feed Afghani Women To Born-Again Taliban in Star & Stripe Clad Suits?
On May 13, 2010 at 7:12 am
A new Foreign Policy Article on the abandonment and subsequent betrayal of Afghani women by the current administration is a read you cannot afford to miss. While the authors briefly attempt to weight the shoulders of General Petraeus with the increasing threat by rehabilitated members of the Taliban being reinstituted into the new American made [...]
Obama’s Nuke Plans Puts America At More Risk
On April 14, 2010 at 8:08 am
Despite his inability to obviously comprehend the reality of it, President Obama, because of his position, is consistently told we are in a time of war. Daily, he receives reports of threats, intelligence, and discoveries made by whatever interrogations we are still allowed to do. Recently, he visited the troops. He also can see, and [...]
Rehabing Our Soldier Dogs
On March 27, 2010 at 8:00 am
Men and women are not the only ones serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, dogs are too. The U.S. uses dogs for multiple missions, but among the most important: to support troops in bomb and insurgent detection.
Just like soldiers, dogs run the risk of injury while at war. Those that survive are sent back for [...]
Taliban to Obama: We Will not Tally your Bananas
On February 3, 2010 at 8:14 amSatire from The Endive…
President Obama’s first attempts at negotiations with the Taliban were less than successful according to the President, who cited a “general lack of clear communication between both parties.”
In his first press conference since returning from his secret meeting with Taliban leadership, President Obama gave details behind the difficult negotiations.
“It was long, and [...]
Incoherent Insurgency
On January 7, 2010 at 9:44 amHaji Hacks US Drones
On December 17, 2009 at 11:59 am
So much for hoping the Iranian insurgents were barbaric homophobes that ate sand. Seems they’re very capable of purchasing $26 software off the internet (red flag one) and hacking The United States’ mass army of unmanned drones (danger danger will robinson! ‘flag’). This news breaks within minutes of the US Gov announcing the intent of [...]
