Those of you who've earned the right to wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor – know what day it is. To all those Devil Dogs at home and stationed abroad, […]
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Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them? – The Postman
229th Birthday Message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps
10 November 2004 A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS Two hundred and twenty-nine years ago, the Second Continental Congress established a Corps of Marines to fight […]
Read moreWTF, over?
Gregg K. Kakesako of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on Soldier sues over his recall to service: A Kauai man gets a 30-day delay as he challenges Iraq duty A Kauai resident […]
Read moreIts Getting Syria-ous
Martha Kessler, writing for the Los Angeles Times, on Danger in Pushing Syria Out of Lebanon: Early in September, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for the […]
Read moreIt’s All In Their Heads, Part 5 million
Debora MacKenzie writing for New Scientist on US in U-turn over Gulf war syndrome Terence Walker is one of the lucky ones. On 19 January 1991 he was with 6000 […]
Read moreCoalition of the Falling Apart
Peter Kirk of Associated Press on Hungary Will Withdraw Troops From Iraq: Hungary will withdraw its 300 non-combat troops from Iraq by the end of March, the country's new prime […]
Read moreYOU Wanna Be An Airborne Ranger…
Now that election 2004 is over, I hope my conservative friends who voted for Bush as well as their apologist "Libertarians for Bush" buddies are heading off to their nearest […]
Read moreSupport and – Umm – “Support”
Thomas L. Knapp shows REAL support for the troops in this posting (and I concur with his analysis of the situation). Commenting chickenhawks do the exact opposite in this thread […]
Read moreDoing It Backwards
Fellow Marine, Gulf War veteran and libertarian activist Thomas L. Knapp on NewsClip: Way to win hearts and minds, bozos …: Don’t get me wrong. War is war, and it […]
Read moreIf the Army Wanted You to Know The Truth, It Would Have Issued It To You
David Hackworth (who actually wore a military uniform) on Muzzling Soldiers Is Nothing New: Politicians and military commanders were lying about how wars were progressing long before the sword and […]
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