Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Apr 26 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Military, foreign policy, torture memos
For those who were worried that Obama would not know how to fight, if necessary, and would always cry craven, you can set those doubts aside. It turns out that Obama not only knows how to fight, he knows how to fight dirty. This can be useful — UNLESS YOUR PRESIDENT DECIDES THAT THE ENEMY [...]
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Jun 30 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Military
Retired General Wesley Clark, a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party and in particular Barack Obama, has questioned John McCain’s military credentials. Clark stated that McCain has not held a position with executive responsibility and stated that John McCain never led troops into combat. John McCain has stated that he led the largest fighter squadron in [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jun 03 2008 | Filed under: Heroes, Military
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Shakespeare, “Henry V” (5.3.44-51)
I thought of a [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on May 19 2008 | Filed under: Military, View from the Left
In honor of Tom Harkin’s most recent attack on American troops, John Hawkins, at Right Wing News, has assembled a fine collection of quotations from the Statists, in which they express their deep, abiding feelings for those Americans who put their lives on the line daily to protect us. Some examples:
“Through every Abu aib [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Mar 28 2008 | Filed under: Heroes, Heroes of the Past, Military
I loved this short, but true, story:
A teenager learned it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, no matter how old he is.
Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve Bair said an 84-year-old man was walking on Fourth Street with a grocery bag in each arm when the boy [...]
Terry Trippany on Mar 08 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Iraq, Media Watch, Middle East, Military
Update: The astute readers at NewsBusters want to know how a 39 year old veteran managed to serve in the military under President Reagan. Good question.
Final Update: Another reader noted:
People, I don’t want to nit pick but the article is NOT saying he served under Reagan, every Pres “SINCE” Reagan, meaning not including, meaning all [...]
Jodi at Webloggin on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Heroes, Military
“Hey, you sank my battleship!” Okay, it wasn’t a battleship, it was a dead satellite that was going to fall to earth carrying frozen toxic fuel called hydrazine gas.
What is amazing about this is that the satellite was traveling at a speed of 17,000 miles per hour with a 1,000 pounds of hydrazine [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jan 31 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Military
First, the NY Times announced that American troops were crazed killers. Next, it announced that they were crazed homeless people. The latest salvo the media has launched at the troops to counteract the Surge’s success is that they’re so crazy they are killing themselves in droves:
As many as 121 Army soldiers committed suicide in 2007, [...]
MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Jan 07 2008 | Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Military
Two Iraqi soldiers took down a suicide bomber at the cost of their own lives.
A spate of bombings, including a suicide attack on Iraqi soldiers attending an Army Day ceremony, rocked Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 32, Iraqi officials said.
The suicide attack on the soldiers took [...]
Terry Trippany on Dec 04 2007 | Filed under: Feature Article, Iraq, Media Watch, Military
Editor & Publisher editor Greg Mitchell is hot on the trail with a year long E&P tribute to local newspapers that are covering “the shocking number of suicides among U.S. troops in Iraq or after they return home”. At first I figured this was a strange tribute to be making, especially considering that Mitchell didn’t [...]
