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Written by Mitch
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 09:24 |
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After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the US military was faced with a challenge unlike any they’d faced, ever; how to root out and depose a government that was providing a safe haven for the terrorists that had launched the 9/11 attacks? Attacking Afghanistan, the mountanous anarchic home of peoples who’d been warring with each other since the Stone Age, dominated by people who put the “war” in “warlord”, was a formidable challenge. In theory, it was all the more so given that in the previous decade the US military had downsized precipitously; of the eighteen ground combat divisions in service at the end of the Cold War scarcely a decade earlier, we were down to ten on 9/11. |
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Written by Mitch
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Monday, 29 December 2008 14:27 |
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Colonel Joe Repya tells of a message he received from Ali - a former Iraqi Army officer whom Colonel Repya first captured (during Desert Storm in 1991) and then sponsored to come to America as a refugee in the nineties. Ali lives today as part of Dearborn, Michigan’s large Iraqi population. And he’s not happy: |
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Written by Dave Thul
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Monday, 29 December 2008 13:56 |
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The new Army Times poll has confirmed what the Marines in Hawaii already knew-the military is less than certain that President elect Obama will be a good commander in chief.
When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey.
In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform.
Of course, this shouldn't come as a huge surprise since over 70% of the troops planned to vote for McCain.
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Written by Scott Johnson
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Monday, 29 December 2008 09:41 |
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A reader writes from Hawaii regarding President-elect Obama's visit with the Marines: Aloha. I'm an active duty naval officer stationed in Pearl Harbor. I was there for the president-elect's appearance. The crowd was respectful, as you might expect from today's professional Marines. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 29 December 2008 14:13 |
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Written by Kermit
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Saturday, 27 December 2008 16:42 |
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I'm so glad we've got that "peace on Earth, good will toward man" crap out of the way. Now that Christmas is done and Bethlehem is clearing out, the Israeli Defence Forces can smack down the idiot, martyr wannabes in the Gaza.
At least 208 "Palestinians" have gone to meet Allah in the last 24 hours (including the inevitable innocent bystanders), all in retaliation for weeks of rocket attacks by Hamas on Israel. I don't blame the Israelis. If Ontario was launching rockets into Ely, I would demand a strong response.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 27 December 2008 16:45 |
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