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  • Recent US led Afghan Airstrike Violate International Law

    International Law is explicit about civilian protection, including but not limited to Article 51, 52 and 57 of Protocol 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Violation of these articles are demonstrable by the recent U.S. raid on an Afghan Village as reported in early May of 2009. Article 51: Protection of the civilian population Paragraph ...
    Posted to War Stories by KCBWES on May 9, 2009

  • 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: unpardonable skepticism

    melonhead It seems to me that Hitchens is presuming to indict what he sees as the attitude of those terrible liberals who supposedly welcome bad news.There's a strange perversion of the shoot the messanger logic going on there. Because a tragedy happens to vindicate an argument doesn't mean those who advance the argument are ''pleased'' with ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Tom Driscoll on November 20, 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

  • FEDERAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & the Neo-Con

    (Ring....Ring...) ...''Hello! This is the White House. I'm sorry that no one is here to answer the phone right now but with THIS administration IS THAT REALLY A BIG surprise? ... Anyway... Should someone show-up next week, I'd be happy to pass along your distress for having no one here to respond to your distress in your hour of need! ... I ...
    Posted to Today's Papers by Qtec90 on August 16, 2007

  • Re: Back into shadows...

    So.... What’s next for ''Karl''? It’s ANYONE’S GUESS... but here are just a FEW of the possibilities: Lull the ''Opposition'' into a false sense of security while:  Plotting how to once again ''Manipulate'' (Steal?) the 2008 Elections?  Orchestrating, overseeing, & implementing measures to regain CONTROL that was compromised by the 2004 ...
    Posted to Today's Papers by Qtec90 on August 15, 2007