The Reserve Components Now Exist In Name Only…..
Posted on January 12, 2007 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
It is now official, the Reserve components are now history. Longstanding policy has been tossed aside:
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon has abandoned its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty, officials said Thursday, a major change that reflects an Army stretched thin by longer-than-expected combat in Iraq.
No matter [...]
Colonel Graham (R-SC), Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Posted on January 8, 2007 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 1 Comment
Lindsey Graham, a US Air Force Reserve Colonel, supports the policy of a “surge” in Iraq:
“It was clear that he has thought long and hard about this change in strategy,†said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina who supports the troop increase.
Colonel Graham, unlike your fellow Colonels in all of the Services, you have [...]
Two to Three Years………..
Posted on January 7, 2007 - Filed Under News | 2 Comments
The Drudge teaser is now a published article. If this is true, from the Monday edition of The New York Times:
As the policy is being debated in Washington, the new American operational commander in Iraq said Sunday that his plan was to send additional American troops, expected to be part of the policy change, into [...]
Rumsfeld & North on “The Surge”
Posted on January 5, 2007 - Filed Under News | 5 Comments
Oliver North, Conservative writer and retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, writes in Human Events today:
On adding more “troops:”
For months, advisers to President George W. Bush have been trying to convince the commander in chief that more U.S. troops in Iraq will improve prospects for victory. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), both [...]
Bush Shuffles The Deck (Iraq)
Posted on January 4, 2007 - Filed Under News | 2 Comments
I have the utmost respect for my brothers in the US Navy. Though I am an Infantryman, I am a graduate of the US Navy War College and a long time contributor to the US Naval Institute. I have many friends in the US Navy that go back to the days when I was an [...]
Read More..>>The New Senate Majority Leader
Posted on January 3, 2007 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Senate Majority Leader……
hat tip: Michael Moore
Read More..>>The New Speaker of the House
Posted on January 3, 2007 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Madame Speaker……
hat tip: Michael Moore
Read More..>>Support Gold Star Families for Peace
Posted on January 3, 2007 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Yesterday, we learned that “Cindy Sheehan Has Moved On………” in her campaign to bring our boys home from the “Bush’s War in Iraq.”
Now that she has targeted the Congressional Majority Party and is demanding action NOW, she and her group, will be facing tremendous travel burden expenses and no doubt increased legal expenses when [...]
Got A Head Cold? Senator Feinstein (D-CA) Says #$%^ You!!
Posted on January 3, 2007 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
On September 26, 2006, Diane Feinstein had the following press release:
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that a new law going into effect tomorrow, September 30, should have a substantial impact on the nationwide fight against methamphetamine.
The “Combating Methamphetamine Epidemic Act,†sponsored by Senators Feinstein and Jim Talent (R-Mo) requires [...]
Cindy Sheehan Has Moved On……….
Posted on January 3, 2007 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Update: Video thanks to Rightpundits:
Cindy Sheehan has moved on from:
Crawford, Texas: Peace activist Cindy Sheehan and four other protesters were arrested for blocking a road near President George W. Bush’s ranch, authorities said.
To:
House Democrats tried to unveil their lobbying reform package today, but their press conference was drowned out by chants from anti-war activists who [...]
GEN John Abizaid, Tossed Under The Bus
Posted on December 20, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
The news that has just come out:
Army General John P. Abizaid, commander of US forces in the Middle East, has submitted plans to retire and will leave his post in March, a step likely to make way for a change in military strategy at a time the Bush administration is seeking a new plan for [...]
Clinton’s Warrantless Wiretap Program
Posted on December 10, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
This past year has seen much hand wringing over the Bush Administration intercepting phone conversations where one leg of the call has a terrorist origin.
This weekend we are learning of something much more sinister in regards to international relations with our allies and liberties at large. The Guardian is reporting, “US bugged Diana’s phone on [...]
Foley, A Month Too Late
Posted on December 9, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Everyone, including the media, knew that Foley was simply a dirty old man and no crime had occurred. Just as ABC broke the political hit piece, they now lead with “ABC Exclusive: No Prosecution Likely for Foley.”
In the same manner, Brian Ross also leads with the disclosure that Democrats knew of this situation last year, [...]
An Arab Failure, Not Bush’s Failure
Posted on December 7, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Many in the Arab World are being critical of President Bush’s dreams for Iraq, citing the ISG Report as some sort of failure by Bush:
Many Arabs on Thursday interpreted an American advisory panel’s bleak assessment of President Bush’s Iraq policies as proof of Washington’s failure in the Middle East.
A question was proposed to our [...]
“RECOMMENDATION 16/17,” An Echo From The Holocaust?
Posted on December 7, 2006 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 4 Comments
“Recommendation 16/17,” those words sound like a document from The Holocaust. But they are not, they are from the ISG:
RECOMMENDATION 16: In exchange for these actions and in the context of a full and secure peace agreement, the Israelis should return the Golan Heights, with a U.S. security guarantee for Israel that could include an [...]
