As if there weren't already enough evidence that Obama's war "leadership" is insane... On Sept. 3 in Iraq, three of our elite SEALs captured Ahmed Hashim Abed, a high value target whom the military had code-named "Objective Amber."
Abed was responsible for' [...]
2003: "bring this war to a successful conclusion..." good start. Oh, shit, he's pulling out the 9/11 argument. "to destroy al Qaeda's terrorist network... we sent our troops into Afghanistan." So when do we invade Saudi Arabia?
2008: The Iraq war took the majority of our resources... no kidding. "we will [...]
Bert Mizusawa, a former professional staff member of Congress (Senate Armed Services Committee), Senior Executive at the Pentagon (oversaw the U.S. Army’s interagency and international affairs operations), Airborne Ranger (served in the Korean DMZ) and Reserve Brigadier General (led operations in Iraq and Afghanistan), is now [...]
I really thought the day of the Neocon was over when most people admitted what a screw-up the Iraq war had been, from start to almost-finish. But here we have Fred and Kim Kagan gloating in the Washington Post about the inevitable "troop surge that [...]
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Check out this overhyped nonsense from This Week With George Stephanopoulos:Plus our powerhouse roundtable: George Will, Cokie Roberts, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, political strategist Matthew Dowd and former Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman and author Dan Senor take on the difficult Afghanistan decision. And the lagging [...] Ray in the UK sends this short BBC article, which says that the UK government is going to delve into that nebulous mess about why it was so motivated to plunge into Iraq with its partner, the United States. Was the intelligence on WMD [...]
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! [...] 
