http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/Stories you aren't likely to see in the news media, and the occasional reminder of why we must not let ourselves be turned from the war on terror.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/567711Thanks to a friend for sharing this amazing story of a true hero: Piggy Back Hero Glenn Rojohn dies at 81 Piggyback Hero by Ralph Kenney Bennett Tomorrow they will lay the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in the little town of Greenock, Pa., just southeast of...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/560641Received in my e-mail: Subject: Obama's Visit Hello everyone As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to 'The War Zone'. I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/559928This truly is about war news you won’t see in the lamestream media. Remember how fixated the lamestreamers have been on the Iraq war? Remember the incessant drumbeat of defeat, doom, death and destruction? Remember the almost jubilant tones taken whenever any new incident of violence could be...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/542536Okay, I had to fudge the headline a bit because of length limitations. Yesterday morning, Newsbusters broke the story of how noted horror author Stephen King smeared America’s soldiers before a group of highschoolers at the Library of Congress. In what was apparently meant to be an encouragement...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/536621A friend sent this to me. Aboslutely correct. What a difference 65 years makes..!!! “You Ain't Gonna Like Losing”. Author unknown. President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq. Bush's mistake came in his belief that this...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/521812Bet you didn't know the following! I surely did not.. These are some rather eye-opening facts: Since the start of the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, the sacrifice has been enormous. In the time period from the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 through now, we have lost over 3000 military...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/515957From http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48693: American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2008 – Soldiers supporting Operation Phantom Phoenix, a series of division- and brigade-level strikes against al Qaeda and other extremists in Iraq, continue to disrupt terrorist...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/508210From http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48378: By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2007 – Basra, the second-largest city in Iraq, will be turned over to Iraqi provincial control in the next two weeks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/507950From http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48374: By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2007 – Positive trends in Iraq’s Anbar province are permanent, the commander of coalition forces in western Iraq said today. (Video) Iraqi security forces in the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight8744/507727From http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48359:\\ By Sgt. Sara Moore, USA American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2007 – As ground forces in the U.S. troop surge in Iraq make more progress against insurgents, Army aviation assets back them up with crucial mobility,...