War News You Won't See in the Mainstream Media

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Twenty Payments for the Right to be Arrogant

In alphabetical order -- Just Europe. 1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France: 2,289 of our military dead. 2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium: 5,329 of our dead. 3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France: 4,410 of our military dead. 4. Brookwood, England American Cemetery: 468... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Sign of Things to Come? Iraqi Deaths Reach Seven-Month High

Within weeks of President Obama’s announcement of a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, violence there has surged, sending the number of deaths in April to the highest monthly total since September. Coincidence? I think not. This is a fell omen for what awaits Iraq once his timetable is fulfilled.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 30, 2009

WWII pilot missing for 67 years laid to rest

By Mark Schulman Times-News Staff Writer Published: Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:13 p.m. A Hendersonville woman finally bid farewell to her fiancé at Arlington National Cemetery as his remains, missing for 67 years, were at last laid to rest on... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Obama: Under-Armed US Troops Resort to Using Captured Weapons

I admit that this is over a year old, but I just came across it while searching for something else. During the campaign last year, then-Senator Obama claimed that US troops were forced to use Taliban weapons because then-president Bush was doing such a poor job arming them. Watch it at... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Obama Commends Marines for Victory in Iraq

While I heartily disagree with the President’s idea that fighting in Iraq will end on August 31, 2010 simply because He At Whose Securing the Nomination the Oceans Began to Recede says so, I was very pleased by two things in particular that he said to the Marines at Camp Lejune yesterday: “To... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Things You Never Knew About Iraq

Did you know that, due to the American presence in Iraq: At least 47 countries have now reestablished their embassies in Iraq, where before it was mostly isolated diplomatically from the rest of the world? The Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people, something that should give... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Obama Drops Charges Against USS Cole Bomber; May Lie to Cole Families

Thanks to Corbin Dallas for digging this up. Text of a National Review Online article at http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2ExNzI3NzI1MzBmMmYzNzYwN2JlYWVlMDZhMzgyOTQ =: Military Drops Cole Bombing Charges... For Now and Possibly Forever [ Andy McCarthy ] Distressingly, there is more going on... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Obama Considering Alternatives for Withdrawal from Iraq

It doesn’t happen often, but I promised that when President Obama did something praiseworthy I would commend him for it. We have such a circumstance. He has opened up to alternatives to the schedule he originally proposed for withdrawal from Iraq. Excerpt from an AP story at... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Death of the Last of the Piggyback Heroes

Thanks 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... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

A Soldier’s Perspective on Obama’s Visit to Afghanistan

Received 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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