Category Archives: Troops

Dizzied by the spin

Posted on October 22, 2007 | Comments Off on Dizzied by the spin

"The situation in Iraq has drastically changed, but the inertia of bad news leaves many convinced that the mission has failed beyond recovery, that all Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, or are waiting for us to leave so they can crush their neighbors." –Independent journalist Michael Yon’s latest.

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Lucky mutt

Posted on October 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Lucky mutt

Watch the lucky dog on the upper right side of the video beat feet away from the bad guys.

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1LT Thomas Michael Martin, R.I.P.

Posted on October 19, 2007 | Comments Off on 1LT Thomas Michael Martin, R.I.P.

His father and mother (who live in San Antonio), and his fiance (re-deploying to Iraq as a medevac pilot)–are all Army. He left behind a web site, and a lot of friends.

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Veterans Affairs chairman never served

Posted on October 19, 2007 | Comments Off on Veterans Affairs chairman never served

Just like the Dems, make a non-veteran chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Like he’d know a lot about it. You bet. Not that the Dems have a lot of veterans, you understand. Sure has a big smile for a guy who pushes airport employees around.

Via Mudville Gazette

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What the MSM left out

Posted on October 13, 2007 | Comments Off on What the MSM left out

The credibility of the agenda-driven news media gets thinner every day, but never more so than when they are caught hiding their own dirty laundry. Such as these and the many similar words of native Texan and retired Army Lieut. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (the caps are from the transcript of his speech, not me shouting):

"WHAT IS CLEAR TO ME IS THAT YOU ARE PERPETUATING THE CORROSIVE PARTISAN POLITICS THAT IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY AND KILLING OUR SERVICEMEMBERS WHO ARE AT WAR."

Tough stuff, and wholly unreported by the WaPo and the AP–not to mention the BBC–whose work the rest depend on. I suppose they rationalized leaving it out because it was said in a professional, non-public setting. But that’s not much of an excuse. Note Sanchez’s Old Testament Bible quote at the end, which you can bet galled the Leftists.

Via Powerline, where you might start before reading the transcript . And Ace of Spades, which shows the speech was cherry-picked almost entirely for its Bush-bashing. No surprise. The Democrat political agenda rules, even as circulation, advertising and credibility crater. At least they’re making the Columbia Journalism Review happy.

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Warriors for the right

Posted on October 6, 2007 | Comments Off on Warriors for the right

"Whatever one’s views on the war are, it seems to me morally reprehensible that anyone would slander an American soldier, whether comparing them to terrorists or their General to a betrayer. We have a very rare precious resource in today’s military that really does represent the moral upper crust of American society, and as long as it is engaged, we need to support it."

I don’t think you’d find many American veterans who disagree with that and you should read the rest of this analysis by military historian Victor Davis Hanson, who recently returned from Iraq.

UPDATE: Part II of VDH’s report, with a third to come. Here’s Part III.

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Honored to fight in Iraq

Posted on October 4, 2007 | Comments Off on Honored to fight in Iraq

Former Marine, winner of the Navy Cross and author Marco Martinez is the sort of troop you’re not likely to meet in the MSM. He isn’t bitter, homeless or haunted. He felt honored to fight in Iraq.

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