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 […]
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Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them? – The Postman
WTF, 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 moreAmerican Exceptionalism
American Exceptionalism by Dr. Ivan Eland Many Americans, like the citizens of dominant nations of the past, believe that their way of life is superior and should be shared with […]
Read moreA Draft or Merely Hot Air?
A Draft or Merely Hot Air? by Dr. Ivan Eland In the presidential campaign, there has been talk of returning to the draft after the election: Kerry has predicted that […]
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 […]
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