Category Archives: The War

Hey, no kidding

Posted on July 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Hey, no kidding

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A remark, said a Hillarity mouthpiece, which was "outrageous and dangerous." Dangerous? Sure, just ask Vince Foster. Oh, wait.  

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1st Cavalry heroes

Posted on July 19, 2007 | Comments Off on 1st Cavalry heroes

"Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of the Multi-National Force — Iraq, had recognized a soldier memorialized at Fort Bliss on Wednesday for excellence. Another was remembered as acting with a heartfelt kindness that convinced suspicious and war-weary Iraqi residents to support coalition forces."

There was laughter at the memorial, as well as grief, for CPL Jeremiah D. Costello, SPC Joseph P. Kenny, CPL Keith V. Nepsa, and PFC Raymond N. Spencer. Worth a read to see why. 

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Border fence

Posted on July 19, 2007 | Comments Off on Border fence

I’ll believe this when it happens:

"Local officials said recently they had been told the Homeland Security department plans to have 153 miles of wall in place in Texas by the end of 2008. While locals may be consulted on the type of fence constructed, they will not have veto power over whether the wall will be built, [director Michael] Chertoff said. ‘Because the fence is not only to protect the border communities, it’s to protect the country,’ he said."

More here. At this rate, it’ll be mid-century before they close the 2,000 mile southern border, two-thirds of it in Texas. Meanwhile, the tunneling has already begun.

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Blog the war, folks

Posted on July 19, 2007 | Comments Off on Blog the war, folks

Teflon Don sums up why only chumps rely on the Associated Press these days:

"Michael Yon provides pictures, video, grid coordinates and interviews to verify a mass grave, and the most definite news byte that the Associated Press will print is that mass graves ‘reportably‘ exist in Baqouba? That isn’t even up to the level of the common complaint that the media fails to report good news. That’s failing to report the bad news correctly…Blog the war, folks. It’s the only way you’ll learn anything."

Conversely, if you don’t want to know what’s happening in the war, because it might interfere with your political prejudices, stick with the AP.

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Banging on streetlamps

Posted on July 18, 2007 | Comments Off on Banging on streetlamps

Iraqi women and children using plastic pipe to bang on streetlamps: another small sign the tide may be turning at last.

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Democrats campaign for disgrace

Posted on July 18, 2007 | Comments Off on Democrats campaign for disgrace

Military historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson, whose fascinating "Ripples of Battle," I’m reading of late, sums up the history-making the Dems in Congress, and their MSM buds, seem hellbent to accomplish:

"Leaving Iraq with the enemy in control of the battle space would be the first time in our nation’s history that a US military army group had abandoned an entire battlefield (a Somalia or Beirut were withdrawals of only a few hundred troops)…To do what the New York Times suggests—skedaddle from Iraq now—would destroy the reputation of the US military for a generation."

Not that they would care, apparently. What would they do, I wonder, after Syria takes over Lebanon, and Iran gets the bomb and buys the missiles to deliver it? Send Nancy and Harry over to chat? 

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Imagine you’re a Bradley gunner

Posted on July 16, 2007 | Comments Off on Imagine you’re a Bradley gunner

Jack Army was, when he was only a PFC, and he hasn’t forgotten a bit of the uncontainable thrill:

"I got to sit in the second most important seat in the Bradley. The driver reported to me. I was responsible for making sure the Bradley turret was operational and clean, that the radios were operational and set to the right frequencies, that ammo was clean and properly loaded (when we had any) and that the driver had the hull prepped for whatever mission we had."

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