Support the Troops: Bring Them Home
Driving to church on Saturday, for my daughter’s dedication service, I passed a car with an anti-war bumper sticker. Of course. This is Madison, WI after all. It said: ”Support the Troops. Bring Them Home”. It’s a nice sentiment. But is it actually shared by the troops themselves?
Occasionally, I have my doubts. This interview from …
Andy Olmsted
The hardest thing I ever had to read was the ”goodbye” that I wrote for my grandfather’s funeral. This was the second hardest.
Obsidian Wings: Andy Olmsted:
Andrew Olmsted, who also posted here as G’Kar, was killed yesterday in Iraq. Andy gave me a post to publish in the event of his death; the last …
Enemy Propaganda, from the New Republic
The Weekly Standard: Fact or Fiction
The New Republic runs a piece in this week’s issue titled ”Shock Troops” (sub. req.) and authored by Scott Thomas — described by the magazine as a ”pseudonym for a soldier currently serving in Baghdad.” ”Thomas” is the author of two previous dispatches from Iraq for the New …
Career Politician Calls Career Soldier "Incompetent"
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid admitted to being a jerk.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed Thursday that he told liberal bloggers last week that he thinks outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace is ”incompetent.”
Asked if Reid considered [Army Gen. David Petraeus, head of Multinational Forces in …
Iraq, D-Day, and Political Resolve
Yesterday, the Guardian took a moment to point out that 3,500 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the war started. Today, I’d like to point out another number: 29,000. That’s the number of U.S. soldiers that died between June 6 and August 25, 1944 in the Battle of Normandy. Otherwise known as D-Day. That’s …
On Information Warfare
Welcome to Information Warfare 101. This is a topic that the American public desperately needs to know about. The war in Iraq is not just a war of bullets and bombs. It is a war of ideas and information. Right now, our enemy is better at fighting this war than we are. We must win …
Protecting the Troops
For our troops fighting the war in Iraq, the number one threat isn’t gun battles with terrorists, it’s improved explosive devices left by the roadside. IED’s cause fully 70% of American casualties in Iraq. This has been known for a while. What’s also been known for a while is that Hummers do little to protect …
Listening to the Military
Michael Yon posted a new dispatch on his blog. In it, he talks about the ”forgotten war” in Afghanistan, the recent attacks on Secretary Rumsfield, and the importance of listening to the soldiers who are fighting the war.
On Rumsfield:
And when these old veterans talk, we should all listen. They know war. We should …