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The Iraq Front

The Hurt Locker Wins Best Picture

March 8, 2010

Yesterday, Iraq had another in a series of successful parliamentary elections, moving them closer to a functioning democracy which can police itself and defend it’s territorial integrity. It’s wasn’t a perfect situation, dozens were killed in attacks on election sites, but the people seem determined to take the path of democracy.
In unrelated news, yesterday, the [...]

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The Iraq War is Now “Operation NEW DAWN”

February 21, 2010

The Iraq War is getting an official name change from Operation Iraqi Freedom to the much clearer and more succinct “Operation New Dawn.”  Like changing the name of the War on Terror to “overseas contingency operations” the Obama Administration has done it again — change the name, infer the completion of the mission, and claim [...]

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The Obamaprompter Spelled “Corpsman” Correctly

February 5, 2010

But the Obama Himself, didn’t pronounce it right!
In fact, most of my 10th graders know that “corpsman” is pronounced “core-man.”  And this guy’s supposedly really smart?  Saying “57 States” is a snafu during a long campaign, but the Commander-in-Chief needs to know that while the Obamaprompter is spelling his words correctly, he still has to [...]

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Joe Biden, Easer of Tension

January 22, 2010

Saw this AP headline while perusing the news: “Biden in Iraq to Help Ease Pre-Election Tensions.”  Do they figure that Biden’s constant gaffes will provide some comic relief to the people of Iraq, thus easing said tensions?  Why else send him?

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No US Combat Deaths in Iraq Last Month

January 4, 2010

That’s a pretty bold statement, but nonetheless a true one.  The US military lost zero soldiers in combat last month — an all-time low for a one-month period!  However, three soldiers did die of non-combat causes.  2009 itself was the most quiet year since 2004 on the casualty front.
Some of the reasons why we’re not [...]

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Welcome to Obamaville!

December 13, 2009

Check this sign out in Colorado (notice the subtle tone of the news anchors):

Think about this:  the economy started growing again in the Spring of 1991, but Bush 41 still took the heat and lost the 1992 Election on that small eight-month recession (plus his RINO stripes had shown during his term alienating Conservatives and [...]

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Obama’s Speech on Afghanistan

December 1, 2009

Here’s what I took from the President’s speech tonight on the future of the War in Afghanistan:
“The common security of the world is at stake” says the President, but we’re getting out in 18 months because it’s a rather pricey endeavor.  OK, Taliban and al Qaeda types, just wait until July 2011 and start your [...]

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SEALs Face Court-Martial for Fat Lip

November 26, 2009

More horror stories from the Obama Nation as three Navy SEALs on a special ops mission to seize wanted terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed are facing court martial for beating up Abed a little before bringing him in.  The mission, code named “Operation Amber” was designed to capture and bring to justice the man who is [...]

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Senate Votes to Debate Health Care Bill

November 22, 2009

The Senate voted yesterday 60-39 to begin debating Harry Reid’s 2,074 page flaming bag of crap he’s still calling Health Care Reform.  Every Democrat, Independent Joe Lieberman and Socialist Bernie Sanders voted to begin the debate.  No Republican voted for it, while Voinovich of Ohio didn’t vote at all (hence the “39″ instead of 40). [...]

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Veterans Day 2009

November 11, 2009

Happy Veterans Day!  If you get the chance, please take an opportunity to thank a veteran or at least take a few moments to contemplate the impact our soldiers have had and continue to have on our history, culture, and society.  If it weren’t for our veterans and service members America wouldn’t be the freest [...]

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Cheney: “Drumbeat of Defeatism” from Obama

October 21, 2009

I Heart Cheney for many reasons.  I love his unabashed defense of the Bush Administration’s Gitmo policy, the free-market, the CIA’s advanced interrogation techniques, and now his defense of what the Bush Administration left for Obama to deal with in Afghanistan.  Here’s how Fox reported Cheney’s statement’s on Special Report with Bret Baier tonight:

Well, you had expect [...]

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Obama to End “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

October 11, 2009

After ignoring this aspect of the gay rights agenda for nine months, President Obama has decided to clutter Congress some more and cling to any group who might boost his polls by finally inferring action on his pledge to end the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy on gays in the military.  Nine months ago I [...]

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Obama Abandoning the Iraqis

October 5, 2009

Obama made a campaign promise about withdrawing from Iraq.  Now, the repercussions of this withdrawal are being seen.  Amy Proctor has a link and a story about how the U.S. military has withdrawn from Anbar province, as part of the withdrawal strategy put forth by Obama, and how the Iraqi’s in that region are feeling [...]

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September 11, 2017… Maybe

September 11, 2009

A sixth-grade teacher calls her class to attention right after a “God”-less Pledge of Allegiance:  “OK kids, can anyone tell the class what day it is today?”
After some rustling from the students subsides a girl in front of the classroom raises her hand and responds, “It’s 9/11, Ms. Hoover.”
The teacher replies, “Thank you, Abby,” then goes on to ask, “What [...]

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Obama’s Health Care Speech Angers Vet

September 10, 2009

Imagine if you put your heart and soul into your job.  Say it’s an important job that takes you away from your family, friends, and loved ones one weekend a month and a few weeks a year.  Say, also, that this very important job took you away from your family for over a year, putting [...]

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Cheney Shines on FNS

August 30, 2009

Here’s a clip of Dick Cheney on “Fox News Sunday” this morning with the increasingly Wolf Blitzer-like Chris Wallace:

Notice how Wallace dogs Cheney about the contents of his book and how Cheney gives nothing away — Cheney lets him know who was running that interview, which is good because Wallace is a terrible at giving [...]

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Cindy Sheehan Returns!

August 28, 2009

Ahhh… this is actually refreshing! 
Finally, a vocal liberal being consistent on the war!  No other than Cindy Sheehan returns to her anti-war protests, this time focusing on President Obama during his Martha’s Vineyard vacation.  Her squat-spot, “Camp Casey,” reopens in Massachusetts just in time for Obama’s stay.  While there, she’s even invoked Ted Kennedy’s vote against the Iraq [...]

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Alone on Obamacare

August 19, 2009

Word has it from various sources that the Democrats, reading the cards (the lightning-struck Tower probably), are ready to forget bipartisan support for Obamacare and may jam it through anyway.  All this blaming of Republicans for obstructionism is laughable since with a clear majority in the House and a filibuster-proof Senate, the Dems can do anything they [...]

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Human Rights Problems in Iraq and Afghanistan

August 17, 2009

No one really expected that when the Taliban collapsed and Saddam ran into his spider hole that Afghanistan and Iraq would instantly turn into Jeffersonian Democracies with full citizenship rights and beer pong being played at a co-ed colleges.  It would take some time, some prodding, some leading by example (that is, unless you’re a [...]

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Walter Cronkite Dies at 92

July 18, 2009

Deemed “the most trusted man in America,” CBS-TV journalist icon Walter Cronkite died yesterday at the age of 92.  His long and storied career in journalism spanned from World War II though the 1980s.  As a relatively new medium with only a few channels, Cronkite’s presence on the tube when JFK, MLK, and RFK were assassinated, after [...]

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“Sovereignty Day” — A Milestone in Iraq

June 30, 2009

Today, the US military has completed its withdrawal from major cities across the country of Iraq.  We’ll now be in support mode in the smaller towns, on the outskirts or in the desert.  However, we won’t be completely out of Iraq until December 31, 2011.
Since the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) was signed in November, [...]

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Bush Defends Himself

June 18, 2009

Yesterday, Dubya showed up to speak with business folks in Erie, PA, and defended himself on EITs (enhanced interrogation techniques) and his general policy in the War on Terror… um, sorry, that’s Overseas Contingency Operations (gag!).  Despite the headlines Bush indicated that he wasn’t going to criticize Obama, although he did get in a few jabs on those [...]

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A New al Qaeda Threat — Through Mexico?

June 3, 2009

Sara Carter from the Washington Times has unearthed this story about an al Qaeda recruiter speaking plainly about a plan to sneak anthrax or some other biological agent into America through tunnels between the US and Mexico and dispersing it in populated areas, including even on the White House lawn.  Then, even before entering America, al Qaeda [...]

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Steven Crowder the Joker as Nancy Pelosi

May 26, 2009

After an admittedly few off-weeks from my favorite comedian, Steven Crowder returned to form with his latest video.  The target in this clip:  Nancy Pelosi.

Happy Ryan?

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Obama to Public: No Photos for You!

May 13, 2009

I completely agree with Obama’s decision to reverse his earlier decision on making hundreds of potential Abu Graib-like photos available to the public.  They would do no good during wartime except to foment more enemies, alienate those we’ve made progress with, and make our soldiers more appetizing targets for moderate jihadists (you know, those that [...]

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Lecturing the Iraqi Police

April 27, 2009

Here’s a video of a US soldier saying to a group of Iraqi policeman everything America needs to say at this stage of the game:
WARNING:  Profanities directed at lazy Iraqi policemen

Where does this soldier’s outburst come from? 
The Iraqi Security Force is becoming a great group of fighters.  They are the Iraqi Army and are well-trained, [...]

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Have We Still Lost the War, Harry?

April 20, 2009

Here’s the Senate Majority Leader roughly two years ago:

What’s horrible is that his ilk is now in charge of two branches of our government! 
When it was “Bush’s War” it was OK to declare defeat as such when the biggest military turnaround in American history since General Grant took over the Army of the Potomac in 1864 was unfolding, [...]

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Operation Iraqi Freedom — Plus Six

March 20, 2009

Six years ago, a few hours before dawn on March 20, 2003, “Operation Iraqi Freedom” officially began.  It was still March 19th here in the States, so that’s why the anniversary was noted in yesterday’s media coverage.  It took 21 days to affect regime change, and it’s taken six years to secure that nation to [...]

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Sarkozy To Drag France Back into NATO Command

March 11, 2009

Nicolas Sarkozy plans to move France back into the decision-making core of the NATO alliance after forty three years of his country’s passive membership.  The move is being met with some criticism from Sarkozy’s left-wing critics in France and elsewhere, but  Sarkozy has assured those critics that the move would not undermine French independence.  Americans [...]

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Obama’s Iraq Pull Out Plan

February 27, 2009

August 31, 2010 is the date Obama has set for the end of the American combat role in Iraq, with an extra 35-50,000 troops hanging around until December 31, 2011, which aligns with according to the SOF Agreement with the Iraqi Government.  That residual force is apt to irk Libs nationwide!  Good – they’re fun when they’re [...]

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