Category Archives: Troops

4th ID coming home

Posted on November 17, 2006 | Comments Off on 4th ID coming home

Welcome home to some 21,000 troops of the 4th Infantry Division who will be returning from Iraq on a staggered schedule to Fort Hood, northwest of Austin, between now and Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, orders are being cut for more troops from the 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kansas, the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and a Stryker brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington, to return to Iraq.

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We are all Spaniards now…

Posted on November 12, 2006 | Comments Off on We are all Spaniards now…

Steyn’s take is ominous, as PajamasMedia says, if you take him seriously, and I usually do, on what some Dems are already calling for: withdrawal from Iraq.

“[W]e are all Spaniards now…’these Colors Don’t Run’ is a fine T-shirt slogan, but in reality these colors have spent 40 years running from the jungles of Southeast Asia, the helicopters in the Persian desert, the streets of Mogadishu. … To add the sands of Mesopotamia to the list will be an act of weakness from which America will never recover.”

Well, I’m inclined to think we can recover from anything, even nuclear explosions, though I’d prefer to skip the hardship which will make a recovery necessary. Bring them home. Kiss Iraq goodbye. How long before we have to fight again, somewhere else? They will not leave us alone, you fools.

Alan Sullivan, the Seablogger at Fresh Bilge has a different take on Steyn that I like, this part, anyway.

"Why should the US ‘stay’ in the sands of any nation? Our power is mobility. The US is a force for change, not an imperial ruler."

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Sputtering Middle East fuse

Posted on November 12, 2006 | Comments Off on Sputtering Middle East fuse

While the Dems and Reps mull the election changes, and Rumsfeld cleans out his desk, Syria, Iran and Hez could be getting ready to move.

From Snoopy the Goon: "Alarming news from Lebanon (was) not unexpected: for months various Western sources predicted an attempt by Hezbollah and its Syrian and Iranian sponsors to take over the government. And now it has started to happen."

You would expect them to go after Lebanon, as they have contributed to the problems in Iraq. But then there’s the supposed leaks from the Baker group’s alleged plan to turn Iraq over to Syria and Iran. It better not be true. If it’s even close to accurate, and W goes along with it, he’d better find someplace else besides Texas to retire. Far, far away. 

Via SimplyJews

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Most goals reached

Posted on November 12, 2006 | Comments Off on Most goals reached

Only the Air Force has failed to reach its $45,000 goal in the Soldiers’ Angels drive for $180,000 to buy voice-activated laptops for wounded and injured troops. Pretty good work.

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Yay Us Day

Posted on November 11, 2006 | Comments Off on Yay Us Day

My four years of Army service in the late 60s, including a year in Vietnam. My late father’s flying in World War II and his Air Force career thereafter, and Mr. Boy’s late maternal grandfather who flew in Vietnam and made a career of the Navy. My nephew’s current service as a Navy pilot. A Mississippi cousin-by-marriage who is currently in the Army. My late great uncle from Dallas whose Navy unit landed on Omaha Beach on the first day, and his nephew who was there on the second day with the Army. Another late great uncle from Mississippi who drove Army ammunition trucks in World War I, and a cousin who served in the Spanish-American war, although his unit never left its training camp in Houston. Before that there was family in the Confederacy, the Mexican War, the Texas Revolution and the American Revolution. Veterans all.

Inspiration by Miserable Donuts

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Why lose when you can win?

Posted on November 10, 2006 | Comments Off on Why lose when you can win?

"War is not poker; the stakes in Iraq are much higher than a little money or a few chips. But war’s psychology bears some resemblance to a well-played game of cards. The only way Americans lose this war is to fold. That seems likely to be the next move, but it is the last thing we should do. Far better to call and raise. Our cards are better than theirs, if only we have the nerve to play them."

Harvard law professor William J. Stuntz in the Weekly Standard. 

Via Instapundit 

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Veterans Day Weekend

Posted on November 10, 2006 | Comments Off on Veterans Day Weekend

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A day early, I guess, but I’m in the mood for it. This is a decal made up for my 1968 infantry OCS class by our one computer jockey, with representative places where we served in Vietnam, some more than once. We’ve had two reunions since 2003, and another one planned for next summer.

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