Spencer Ackerman has done a yeoman's job digging into the details as to whether the 40-44,000 troop estimate by Gen. McChrystal is even realistic to consider, when one counts the number of troops still in Iraq and Gen. Odierno's glacially slow deployment out of that country, the number of [...]
“PS3s Replace Costly PCs to Crack Pedo Passwords”
Reminds me of the fear expressed by some pre-Iraq War that PlayStation 2 computer chips could be used by the Iraqis for programming and guiding SCUD missiles.
[...]I admit it – I’ve been reading (and enjoying) Andrew Sullivan for at least a year now, despite my full knowledge of a what execrable fellow he was with respect the question of Iraq. I thought, perhaps, that he’d learned his lesson. Turns out, no. Still a complete sucker [...]
I have great respect for Tony Cordesman as a military analyst. His four-volume "Lessons of Modern War" series are solid, informative sources for anyone interested in a serious study of the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Iran-Iraq war, Falklands conflict, or the first Gulf War. Each one [...]
For your viewing pleasure. Video of some of the last minutes of the terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq. I’m not one of those panty-wastes who actually feel sorry for those ragheads who are shooting at our boys. Enjoy.
H/t Conservative Grapevine, aka linkiest. [...] From the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America:
In the aftermath of Thursday's tragedy at Fort Hood, our community and our nation continue to mourn for those who lost their lives.
During this difficult time, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, as well as with their friends and families.
If [...]
American flag flies over Ramadi, Iraq, on 9/11/09. 
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A hero who had his arm blown off from an IED in Iraq responds: you can’t “catch” PTSD from dealing with other soldiers who have been in combat. Great read! [...] WASHINGTON - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with Soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with [...]
This story demonstrates so many reasons why comprehensive immigration reform is urgently needed. This injured veterans wife was brought here as a young child. She has been here 15 years. During their endeavor to legalize her status, it was uncovered that she had deportation orders against her due to [...]
Photographs from before a G.I. got inducted into army, through training and deployment in Iraq, until back home and married. [...] COL Gian Gentile gets an op-ed in the NY Times to suggest that our leadership isn't very good at observing historical lessons.
The ongoing ability and wiliness of insurgent groups in Iraq to carry out suicide attacks undermines the notion that the surge worked and, through military force, put an [...]
Well, this certainly makes the case more serious:
(CNN) — A 20-year-old woman from Iraq has died in an Arizona hospital, nearly two weeks after her father, police say, ran her over with a car because she had become “too Westernized.”
Noor Faleh Almaleki died Monday of injuries suffered when she [...]
Bob speaks with passion about the turnout in the Commonwealth.
47% in 2005 here. In Iraq while Jeanine served, over 70% voted despite the challenges.
Get people involved, get Hampton Roads out.
The only thing that matters is the 13 hours on Tuesday.
[...]All is going well here in Iraq. The weather has finally cooled with mid 80s for a high and mid 60s for a low and we have not been attacked for a couple of weeks now, Praise God. We had the first thunderstorm of our tour of duty earlier this [...]
Well, it’s about time:
PEORIA, Ariz. - An Iraqi immigrant has been arrested in Georgia for allegedly running down his daughter because she was becoming “too Westernized,” police in a Phoenix suburb say.
Police in Peoria released few details, but said 48-year-old Faleh Almaleki was in custody. They would not say [...]
With some fanfare, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2010. About $550 billion is dedicated to the normal military functions of operations, R&D, and personnel, and another $130 billion would go to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Good news is no more defense "emergency" [...]
