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Israel: Accomplishing What Al Qa'eda Could Not
By yet another massive disproportionate military assault by the world's 4th largest military against a people with no regular military, Israel is accomplishing a fete what many of America's enemies could not. See, because America under Bush's leadership has tied itself unquestionably and unwavering to Israel's every action, America is ...
Posted to Foreigners by Usama3 on January 5, 2009
The Great Game -- Anglo Amero Brits and Kamchatka!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan Honestly, I do not know why it is, that I both love to read Christopher Hitchens every week, and disagree with his every point almost without exception. Maybe it is his ''the sun never sets on the British Empire'' world girdling perapatetic meanderings around the World Map of Current Events and political ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard2 on September 19, 2008
Why bother?
Why should we fight in either Afghanistan or Iraq, when Bush has said--publically, on the record--that Bin Laden doesn't concern him anymore? ''Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him. And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Wordman on July 15, 2008
What does Bush Understand about Iraq
It would be nice if Bush would scale down his rhetoric, but there is no chance it will happen. It would first necessary for him to do the mental work of learning what a counterinsurgency is about, learning the difference between Shiite and Sunni and how al-Qaida in Iraq differs from the al-Qaida that was responsible for 9/11. He is perfectly ...
Posted to War Stories by chuck on March 26, 2008
Hitch, The Brits Started This Mess, Along With Reagan
Christopher Hitchens engages in breathtaking and broad stroke, decades long perspective in cataloguing the burning of world war through the 20th Century, from the beginnings of World War One through World War Two through to the conclusion of the Cold War, to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Yet he dates this Iraqi Twin War Conflict only to 2003? ...
Posted to Politics by MichaelBernard1 on March 25, 2008
Iraq: Failure, mistake, or Success?
Much has been stated about the fact that we were wrong to enter Iraq. That success is measured by how quickly we can get out of Iraq. Consider this: Iraq is in the heart of what most extremist Muslims consider holy ground. By attacking Iraq we attacked the heart of what the extremist Muslim holds dear. They have responded in force. Millions of ...
Posted to War Stories by Proudofoursoldiers on March 2, 2008
Re: Measuring Success in Iraq
Bump
Posted to Readme by Proudofoursoldiers on March 2, 2008
bush and rice in the future
I wote this down in 2002,,,thought I'd share it with everyone,,,kinda got it close, scary huh..... Don Kacalek 12-4-02 If the U.S. goes to war with IRAQ 2003 – 2004 In the early part of 2003 America attacks Iraq. The war will not go as planned. The attack on Baghdad leaves many women and children dead or injured. World sentiment is down ...
Posted to War Stories by nump on November 6, 2007
Petraeus Was following orders - Dumb ones!
Theoretical Solutions to Non-Sequiturian Problems Military officers are trained to do two things. They know how to give orders and they know take orders. General David Howell Petraeus was ordered to devise a comprehensive strategy for counter insurgency and that he did. http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf The problems was, why and for ...
Posted to War Stories by hotlicks on September 22, 2007
Petraeus Was following orders - Dumb ones!
Theoretical Solutions to Non-Sequiturian Problems Military officers are trained to do two things. They know how to give orders and they know take orders. General David Howell Petraeus was ordered to devise a comprehensive strategy for counter insurgency and that he did. http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf The problems was, why and for ...
Posted to War Stories by hotlicks on September 22, 2007

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