As I posted earlier, the Surge in Iraq is over. Michael Yon thinks that not only was the surge successful, but that the war is over (be sure to review his slide show for statistics; he may be right!). The Pentagon apparently agrees; and the surge in Afghanistan is ready to start… within weeks!
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Iraqi thoughts on Obama
Read the article here: The New York Times, not exactly the most unbiased of sources, today ran an article on the opinions of Iraqis regarding the potential election of Barack Obama (note: not regarding the upcoming election in general). The reporters even went so far as to interview the brother of one of three terrorists …
The Surge Ends
The troop surge in Iraq ended today. I have no special news at this time, but I expect more soon.
al-Maliki Demands U. S. Withdrawal!
Or not so much, as it turns out. His own office misquoted him, and has been trying to correct the error for over a day now.
Marine Corps is Falling In Love With My Favorite Workout
I discovered CrossFit almost a year ago. Unfortunately, there are no facilities suitable for their WoD’s here in Jefferson City, and I can’t yet afford the equipment on my own. I’m incorporating their principles as much as possible into my own workouts, however, and hopefully someday I’ll be able to partipate for real. For now, …
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Senate Testing Alternative Weapons
As much as the Army likes to gripe about M-16A2–designed by a U.S. Marine–and its derivative M-4, it seems unhappy that the Senate is re-competing the M-4 against other weapons. Although the M-4 has no particular deficiencies–other than the preference of many operators for a larger round–there have been many technological advances in weaponry since …
INVICTUS
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys…er, anti-victory protesters, such as Senators Reid and Obama and Representative Paul, would have you believe that they have the overwhelming support of the U. S. military, who are desperately trapped in a war they were duped into fighting.Well, let’s put aside my usual objection of being SIX YEARS INTO the war with …
How the Battle Against AQI is Being Won…
… and the beginning of a new battle–against boredom.
Time Travel?
Why pulling out immediately isn’t the conservative answer to Iraq.
GI Film Festival
The second annual GI Film Festival had 160 entries! If you are unfamiliar with this particular festival (as I was), it was created in response to the constant anti-military bias of Hollywood productions. I recommend visiting their website, even if you aren’t going to be visiting Washington, DC in the near future; they have lots …
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