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Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from left, LCpl. Brian Challans, of Shakopee, Minnesota, LCpl Alexander Harris, of Wichita, Kansas, Swanson and Cpl. David Roby, of London, Ohio, dance with actress Kristy Swanson atop an MRAP during a USO concert featuring Gary Sinese and The Lt. Dan [...]
Christopher Hitchens: Multicultural MasochismThe “war on terrorism” didn’t cause the Fort Hood shootings.
For a start, did Hasan or Muhammad ever say what “killing” of which “Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan” they had in mind? There isn’t a day goes by without the brutal slaughter of Muslims in both [...]
After all, it's a human right:
In Afghanistan, a drive to lure Taliban with jobs, security...
LEAVE THE TALIBAN ALONE!
THEY'RE HUMAN!!!
' [...]And the hits just keep on comin':
In Tokyo, the new center-left government even pulled out of its participation in a mission which saw the Japanese navy refueling US warships in the Indian Ocean as part of the Afghanistan campaign. In Beijing, Obama failed to achieve any important concessions whatsoever.' [...]
Along Afghanistans porous border with Pakistan, the U.S. Army is focused on reaching out to Afghan villagers and building local institutions. Immense Mountains and abject poverty stand out as obstacles to success, but it is the human terrain that presents the greatest challenge.
In this mini-documentary, Lt. Jake Kerr Combat [...]
Liz Cheney on "This Week" saying that the lack of a decision on Afghanistan is "completely inexcusable."
Army unit to return to region of deadly battle
VICENZA, Italy
The 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment is heading back to the same region where it took part in the Army’s deadliest battle in Afghanistan.
While the rest of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is heading [...]
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I bought a couple boxes of the hand warmers that the troops in Afghanistan seem to really appreciate and that we’re going to buy a bunch of then and send them to Chris Rudzinski’s unit for [...]
I bought a couple boxes of the hand warmers that the troops in Afghanistan seem to really appreciate and that we’re going to buy a bunch of then and send them to Chris Rudzinski’s unit for Christmas…
*exhale*
The guy at the post office was very helpful [...]
Obama Tells Troops: “You Guys Make a Pretty Good Photo-Opâ€
Such tact, such wit.
And if you’re in Afghanistan, hold tight for your turn,
White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving (h/t Dymphna); however, the WaPo managed to save the soundbite, so to speak,
Obama arrived on the base [...]
Yes, that's what the commander-in-chief said to his troops today in South Korea.
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No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving
SEOUL
Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said Thursday.
The news came as the [...]
Jane Fonda: Obama Funder Jodie Evans Met With Taliban; Code Pink Gives Terrorists Direct Line to Obama
Top Obama donor and fundraiser Jodie Evans met with the Taliban in Afghanistan on a recent trip there, according to a report by Jane Fonda of a discussion she [...]
Just a head’s up as I hammer out the details…
I’m working on putting together our Christmas troop support endeavor.... it involves SSG Chris Rudzinki’s squad over in Afghanistan and I have been told they really appreciate those hand warmers in the plastic packages. Costco has boxes of 40 for @ [...]
German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, wearing body armour, disembarks from a plane on arrival in Kabul November 12, 2009, as he makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet with military commanders and to inspect German Army, Bundeswehr, troops stationed there. Reuters
NO OBAMA VISIT to the [...]
This is very close to the model needed for Yemen. Sec State Clinton called for a major crimes tribunal in Afghanistan, and an official described Afghanistan as a “criminal mafia state”™. They should take a closer look at Yemen! Its the same paradigm.
The problem with this concept, [...]
AH-64 Gunship Takes Out IED Emplacement Team With A Hellfire Missile In Iraq.
Checking in with our troops and various images from AFGHANISTAN
Staff Sgt. Steven Dubois of Remus, MI and the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry loads a rifle magazine with ammunition at firebase Restrepo. Dubois'' [...]
Army Paratrooper Benjamin Sherman died in Afghanistan attempting to save another Soldier. At a memorial service for Sherman on Veterans Day, his mother, Denise Sherman pleas with Obama to make an Afghanistan decision. Sherman is just one fallen Soldier of the many who have died while Obama delays any decision [...]
Barack Obama has demanded the inclusion of an exit plan in the new US strategy for Afghanistan.
White House officials said that in a meeting with Pentagon chiefs Mr Obama had made clear he wants his decision on troop reinforcements to offer a strong suggestion [...]
President Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
That [...]
The Fox NFL Sunday team exits a Charleston Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
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The friendly crowd was fired up today as the FOX Sports NFL crew broadcast their Sunday show in Afghanistan.
This was great.
The crew decided to air their show [...]
Foxnews: "I wanna bring you a bit of Breaking News courtesy of Major Garrett, he is now reporting in terms of a decision on whether to deploy more troops to Afghanistan...Major has said that the White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has said this morning that the President" [...]
Well now. That's the first believable statement I've heard from this administration in months.
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A police officer who intervened to stop a shooting spree at America’s biggest military base was hailed today a heroine as she received treatment for the wounds received in a shoot-out with the gunman.
Major Nidal Hasan, an army psychiatrist due to be posted to Afghanistan, shot dead [...]
From The Washington Times
Special forces for special Afghan rescues
Dangerous missions to save severely wounded
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | A cool wind rushed through the open back doors of the Black Hawk, rattling the ventilators, IV tubes and defibrillators as the rescue helicopter banked sharply and rose [...]
Let's hear it for the all those great troop greeters in Maine!!!
I owe a special debt today to the Freeport Flag Ladies. They greeted my son's company as they were making their way to Afghanistan. It took me three runs through the over 10 pages of pictures but I [...]
You go to war with the allies you have, not the allies you wish you had:
With the White House’s reluctant embrace on Sunday of Hamid Karzai as the winner of Afghanistan’s suddenly moot presidential runoff, President Obama now faces a new complication: enabling a badly tarnished partner [...]
