An Honest Marine Responds to “A True Marine”
A MARINE FROM THE FIRST GULF WAR RESPONDS TO A MARINE IN IRAQ A new letter, presumably written by a Marine in Iraq, found it's way to me today. As this screed will undoubtedly...
Tagged: Foreign Policy & Military & War
Stop It Already!
I've been following the faux outrage of the GOP following Senator Kerry's remarks on intellectual laziness. Let's clear the air here folks. The snippet of audio being pimped about by neo-cons, ditto-heads, GOP hacks,...
Jonah, Be A Man About It
Gene Healy summed up Jonah Goldberg's recent admission of error on the Iraq War: "So we carried out a countrywide Waco. At least we don't stink of patchouli." Given Jonah's self-righteous past support...
Keeping Track of the Slain
Ampersand (at Alas! A Blog), on Why The Lancet Study Matters: "According to the most recent study, published in Lancet, somewhere between 400,000 and 800,000 Iraqis have died because Americans – both Democrats and...
Getting Those Wings At Sea – Sorta
PA1 Kyle Niemi, writing in Military.com reports on an interesting promotion ceremony in Marine Officer Promoted Aboard Coast Guard Ship: "If you've never seen a military advancement or promotion ceremony, here's the usual protocol: the...
More Distractions By Gutless Conservatives
Heidi at VirusHead has an excellent post on the current regime's attempts to link opposition to wars of agression with providing comfort to the enemy: We are America’s citizens. We are not defeatists. We...
Neocon = Destroyer of Military Readiness
Further demonstrating the fact that the Bushies, neo-conservative tough guys and their neo-libertarian buddies are destroying the military, the United States Marine Corps is now planning to call up 2500 members of the Individual Ready Reserve. ...
Backing Off From the Nukyaler Threats
Well, writing letters can sometimes make a difference. On June 19, 2006, Representative Edward J. Markey and fourteen other Members of Congress sent a letter to President Bush: Global security will be greatly threatened...
Big Government Wars, Past and Present
According to a press release sent by the Office of the House Democratic Whip: Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee Charlie Rangel (NY) and Rep. Robert...
Stuck in Lebanon?
The Arab American Institute (one of my favorite advocacy organizations) has issued the following information for U.S. citizens currently trapped in Lebanon: The Arab American Institute remains in constant contact with the State Department...