Ouch this has to hurt: A local Marine who service in Iraq earned several medals for serving his country, but he’s giving back one of the medals to the White House as a form of protest. Sgt. Matthew Bee is a decorated Akron Marine who spent seven months in Hadeetha, serving with the 3rd Battalion […]
I agree that abuse of people in Iraq is not acceptable. Thing is though with this case they have not disclosed what (if anything) was going on before the beatings took place. For all we know they could have been stoning the patrol, threatened the patrol with a weapon or made verbal threats. Before condemming […]
On the great fundraising job you did today! Matt sums it up best: Amount of money Americablog readers raised for body armor for a soldier in a few hours? $5000 Amount of money Bush raised for the reconstruction of Iraq in a few weeks? $600 That friends is the power of the blog! UPDATE: Editor […]
Adam R. Shepherd died in Iraq on January 17 of an unknown illness. I do not know Adam, however his cousin is a family friend. During Adam’s funeral this weekend in Cincinnati, a protestor from Fred Phelps (godhatesfags.com) showed up with her children and was carrying a sign saying “God is glad your dead”. Cincinnati […]
When you hear “support our troops”, you think of sending items like reading material, clothing, food, etc. There’s a new way to show your support though. Rush Limbaugh now has a “Adopt – A – Soldier” program in which you can sign up to send a soldier a year subscription to Rush 24/7 and the […]
Iraq has extended their constitution deadline. This puts a bump in the road for the administrations “plans†for Iraq. Since we have started this war, the reasons have changed more than the seasons. First it was WMD then it was a 9/11 link. Finally we were there to achieve democracy in the region. Well as […]
George Bush got his first look at the protestors today as he drove by in his motorcade. Latest reports put the total number of protestors staged outside his Crawford ranch at over 700. Cindy Sheehan was standing there holding a sign saying: “Why do you make time for donors and not for me?” and other […]