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Posted on May 11, 2007 in Iraq, The War, Troops

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Those Iranian weapons

Posted on May 8, 2007 | Comments Off on Those Iranian weapons

You know, the ones killing American troops in Iraq? The ones the politicians never want to talk about and the MSM seldom reports? Pajamas Media serves up a good video interview with an EOD officer who knows the troubling details.

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AP has no shame

Posted on May 7, 2007 | Comments Off on AP has no shame

When they crossed the line into commentary, they left the news behind in favor of anti-Bush narrative, as Badger 6 shows in a post about happenings in his area of operations.

UPDATE  Hastening to dumb down the headline when it comes to Hamas and Mickey Mouse, via LGF. 

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Support for milblogs

Posted on May 5, 2007 | Comments Off on Support for milblogs

President Bush addressed the Milblog Conference, here, but Badger 6 notes the new regulation suggesting frontline Army blogging may be imperiled, still stands.

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Six months

Posted on May 2, 2007 | Comments Off on Six months

Some soldiers say they can turn it around in Iraq in eighteen months. Military historian Victor Davis Hanson bets they have six.

"The war will be won or lost, like it or not, fairly or unjustly, in the next six months in Baghdad. Either Gen. Petraeus quells the violence to a level that even the media cannot exaggerate, or the enterprise fails, and we withdraw. For all the acrimony and hysteria at home, that in the end is what we face—the verdict of all wars that ultimately are decided by the soldiers, and then either supported or opposed by the majority at home with no views or ideology other than its desire to conform to the narrative from the front: support our winners, oppose our losers. In the end, that is what this entire hysterical four years are about."

I hope he’s wrong. If he’s right, there will be hell to pay. 

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Terrorists don’t pick up the trash

Posted on May 2, 2007 | Comments Off on Terrorists don’t pick up the trash

The faces of the Iraq campaign, mainly the children. Pictures by embed Michael Yon:

"A huge part of this war comes down to personal relationships and respect. It’s not about killing. That’s only a small part of it. It’s about building: building bonds that build societies. Giving Iraqi civilians a real alternative to those who create and then flee from civil havoc. Terrorists don’t pick up the trash on the way back from blowing up the electrical stations."

Worth a look. 

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Embracing the surge

Posted on May 1, 2007 | Comments Off on Embracing the surge

Congress should do so, says this two-tour Marine major because it can work and whittle our forces in half within eighteen months.

"American soldiers in Iraq are constantly asked about our commitment to a fight we started. Most of the advisers I got to know during my most recent tour, which ended in February, were quick to try to assuage their Iraqi counterparts’ concerns and dismissive of the calls for withdrawal by American politicians, news of which trickled onto the battlefield during the winter. After all, the surge itself would not be fully under way until mid-summer. Surely the politicians would give it a chance to work."

Read it all. 

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