I took a much needed day off yesterday and headed out to the Little Miami river in Ft. Ancient, Ohio for some paddling and sun. It was a perfect day weather-wise, as well as nature-wise. Early on in the trip we saw this Blue Heron out on the river fishing: Then towards the end of […]
A big milestone was hit in Iraq yesterday, yet I doubt the media will talk about it too much: Iraqi commandos showed off skills they learned from U.S. military forces, who Saturday formally handed over control of combat operations to Iraqi security forces. The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Raymond Odierno, was on hand […]
Last night WikiLeaks published the largest single disclosure of military documents in U.S. history. The 91,000+ page dump represents a different view of the Afghanistan War than we have been told and represent a timeframe from January 2004 to December 2009, right before President Obama announced the new strategy. Here’s a few various tidbits from […]
The chairman of the RNC has done it again. Check out this video of him blasting and lying about the Afghanistan War. In this Steele calls Afghanistan a “war of Obama’s choosing”. Does this moron even know who decided to invade Afghanistan? Does Michael Steele and the RNC believe that those who senselessly murdered 3,000 […]
MSNBC is reporting that according to Pentagon officials, General Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of his command. The President is going to address that nation from the Rose Garden at 1:30 pm. UPDATE 1: MSNBC is now reporting that David Petraeus will take over command of the Afghanistan war.
Today is D-Day for General Stanley McChrystal. Catching up on the overnight and early morning news, I noticed two very interesting takes from one source – ABC. First off, here’s what George Stephanopoulos has to say: All of my reporting indicates President Obama truly hasn’t made up his mind, but my bet is Obama will follow Lincoln’s […]
Via TPM: Washington, D.C. – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement about an article in Rolling Stone regarding the top military officer in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal: “Obviously a General and his top brass don’t make statements like these without being frustrated, so I hope that the President’s meeting with […]
This will be the dominating news story for the next week: The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain his controversial comments about colleagues in a recent interview, an Obama administration official said Tuesday. The official says Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who has since issued an apology for his comments, has […]
Just got this breaking news alert from the Washington Post: Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, fell ill at the witness table during a Senate hearing Tuesday and had to be escorted from the room. Petraeus was listening to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) express concern about the direction […]
The big international news over the holiday weekend was Israel raiding a Turkish Flotilla that was delivering humanitarian aide to Gaza. This of course has become a really big story, resulting in enormous pressure on the U.S. to walk that fine line between two allies. The Obama administration isn’t jumping to any conclusions, rightfully so, […]