November 13, 2007 – 8:03 am
Baird’s war turn blew “any chance” of Iraq “compromise.”
In August, Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) returned from a two-day trip to the war-torn country, proclaiming that “real progress” was being made and that the escalation should be extended “at least into early next year.” Baird touted his new position on the war with a conservative media [...]
November 12, 2007 – 12:47 pm
…[A]fter a string of damning reports and stinging congressional hearings, there is a rush to help these wounded warriors. A massive mobilization across the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments – with crucial assistance from veteran advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations – is under way to help veterans transition from combat to civilian life.
The result is [...]
November 5, 2007 – 11:56 am
Did you know we were bombing Syria? From the Jerusalem Post (via Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast) we learn that U.S. Air Force jets - bearing among their armaments tactical nukes - bombed that alleged nuclear development site in Syria two months ago.
Not Israeli jets. U.S. fighter jets:
The September 6 raid over Syria [...]
September 17, 2007 – 10:33 am
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he’ll recommend that Bush veto Jim Webb’s legislation granting troops equal time home for each month spent on deployment:
“It would be extremely difficult for us to manage that. It really is a backdoor way to try and force the president to accelerate the drawdown,” Gates said.
And the problem with [...]
August 29, 2007 – 7:16 pm
WASHINGTON — Congressional auditors have determined that the Iraqi government has failed to meet the vast majority of political and military goals laid out by lawmakers to assess President Bush's Iraq war strategy, The Associated Press has learned.
The Government Accountability Office, or GAO, will report that at least 13 of the 18 benchmarks to [...]
August 13, 2007 – 10:26 pm
if we had a free press and heard/read pieces like this in the news instead of "fair and balanced" nonsense. Here is a highlight. Please read the whole article.
At this point, it is imperative that we let the world in on a dirty, little secret that many naive liberals have managed to lockout of their [...]
August 10, 2007 – 8:48 am
David Swanson over at OpEd News has an article about the enlistment bonuses being offered potential military recruits.
For one thing, most recruits won't actually get $50,000 or anything close to it. In fact, nothing a recruiter promises a recruit means anything at all, because every military contract includes these lines:
"Laws and regulations that govern [...]
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