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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

A Voicemail From A War Zone

Yikes... Phillips had accidentally called home during a firefight in Afghanistan. Having tried to reach his family in Otis, Ore., earlier that day, the phone’s “redial” feature was activated as…...

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Atheists Harassed At Military Base In Iraq, New York Times Uses It To Condemn Entire Military

This sort of thing is completely unnecessary. FORT RILEY, Kan. — When Specialist Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists and freethinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq, he…...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Republican Congressman Wants To Ban Sale Of Playboy At Military Stores

This is sure to result in a rather heated debate: Concerned that the military is selling pornography in exchange stores in spite of a ban, one lawmaker has introduced a…...

New York Times To Hillary: Give Up And Let Us Crown Obama Already

The editorial board at the New York Times is clearly tired of the Democrat primary race and all the in-fighting it is creating.  Clearly, they’re anxious to get back to…...

Monday, April 21, 2008

President Bush Appears On Deal Or No Deal

Per the special request of a soldier.  Or, as the liberals would call him, a brainwashed child sent off to fight Chimpy’s war. ...

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Report: Nearly 1 In 5 Iraq/Afhanistan Vets Have “Mental Problems”

That’s right.  Mental problems.  So says the headline: Except, it’s not so much that these troops have mental problems as they’re exhibiting symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress: The researchers…...

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Meda Of Honor Winner Ignored By Media

Or, more accurately, ignored by people who claim they support the troops even if they don’t support the mission. ...

After Twenty Four Years Of Not Passing Any Laws To Help Veterans…

...suddenly John Kerry is campaigning on helping vets. Considering that Kerry was a prominent part of the original Winter Soldier “investigation” and managed to smear every single Vietnam War veteran…...

Monday, March 31, 2008

Military Report: Hire Bloggers To Attack Critics

Is the military hiring bloggers to attack critics?  I doubt it.  At least, the military certainly hasn’t hired this blogger in any way, shape or form but apparently some military…...

Thursday, March 27, 2008

General Petraeus Enjoying Some Delicious Schadenfreude?

Heh: Doubtless General David Petraeus has more pressing things on his mind this week, but one imagines he must have indulged in some gleeful reflection upon hearing about Hillary Clinton’s…...

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Minnesota School Cancels Iraq War Vets Event Under Protest From Leftists

Those kind, tolerant folks on the left just couldn’t stand the idea of some veterans of the Iraq war talking to kids about the issue.  If that happened, these confused…...

Friday, March 21, 2008

Senate Shoots Down Bill To Deny Funds To Berkeley

Of course, it never really had a chance to pass in the first place, but the gesture was worth it The U.S. Senate has shot down an amendment by a…...

Friday Night Video: Unfinished Business With The Dixie Chicks

Cpl. David Thibodeaux singing “I’m Not Ready To End The Fight” with Toby Keith’s Easy Money Band on backup. Cpl. David Thibodeaux was in Iraq with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines,…...

Kid With Cancer Gets Wish To Be An Army Soldier

Would that we had more like him. FORT HOOD – Five-year-old Gaven Cox was given one wish to do anything he wanted. Instead of asking to go to Sea World…...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Someone Just Declared Defeat In Iraq And It Wasn’t America

After the death of Zarqawi, Muqtada al Sadr was troublemaker-in-chief among Iraqi terrorists in insurgents.  Now, even as Democrats in America continue to suggest that we’ve lost in Iraq, that…...

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Army Enlistments Are Up

The left says the war is lost.  The troops say it isn’t. ...

Sunday, March 16, 2008

The War In Iraq Has Changed Our Military

And somehow the folks at the McClatchy Washington Bureau make this sound like a bad thing: WASHINGTON —When U.S. forces crossed the Kuwaiti border into Iraq in the pre-dawn hours…...

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

John Kerry Asked Some Tough Questions About His Troop-Smearing “Winter Soldier” Testimony

As the left gets ready to dazzle us all with another “Winter Soldier” spectacle (it’s anti-US, anti-military hatred for a new generation!), this one very originally entitled “Winter Soldier II,”,…...

Fewer Americans Able To Idenity Number Of American Troop Deaths In Iraq

But the media is going to do their best to fix that. WASHINGTON - Fewer people know how many U.S. troops have died in the war in Iraq, even as…...

Monday, March 10, 2008

Anti-War Judge Denies Foster Kid Opportunity To Enlist With Marines

Apparently because this kid is a ward of the state he is required to get the permission of a judge before enlisting. SIMI VALLEY - Shawn Sage long dreamed of…...

Former Subsidiary Of Dick Cheney’s Former Company Might Have Made Iraq Soldiers Sick With Bad Water

Forget that KBR, the contractor in question, hasn’t been associated with Halliburton for nearly a year now.  And Dick Cheney hasn’t been CEO of Halliburton for almost a decade now. …...

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Mom Of Auburn Killer Blames Her Son’s Murder On Iraq

You almost have to excuse her for it, though.  No mom wants to admit that her son is a just a cold blooded murderer. COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — The mother…...

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Times Square Military Recruiting Center Bombed

With tension between left-wing groups and recruiters rising it’s not hard to imagine who might be responsible for this: An explosive device damaged a military recruiting station in Times Square…...

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

“U.S. military personnel have been raping Okinawans for the last 60-plus years.”

So says James Gibney of The Atlantic. Of course, Mr. Gibney is also kind enough to concede that “the overwhelming majority of U.S. military personnel aren’t sociopaths.” That was big…...

Times Square Military Recruiting Center Bombed

With tension between left-wing groups and recruiters rising it’s not hard to imagine who might be responsible for this: An explosive device damaged a military recruiting station in Times Square…...

German Soldiers Are Too Fat

A rather sad state of affairs for what was once one of the world’s most powerful military forces. But, as is noted in the post linked above, this is what…...

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

North Dakota Man Receives Medal Of Honor

He does his state, and his coutnry, proud. Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble was honored today at a White House ceremony for his military valor. The Medal of Honor, the…...

Citizenship Applications From Veterans Backlogged

These people served our country, now the simple act of becoming a citizen of the country they served is proving nearly impossible. We owe them more than this. About 7,200…...

Video Of US Soldiers Throwing Puppy Off OF Cliff Outrages The Masses

I guess a lot of people are ticked about this video apparently showing a US soldier throwing a puppy off of a cliff while a buddy jokes around. My reaction? …...

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Gloria Steinem: McCain’s POW Years No Qualification For President

Much like attacking his citizenship, I’m not sure attacking McCain’s POW ordeal or his honorable service to this country in the military is a wise thing. Aside from being stupid…...

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