What a novel concept, letting the people decide their own destiny.  Self-determination after all is the sovereign, unwritten, right of any lands occupied by the U.S.  For example, territories like Guam can join the Union or part ways with this Union of States by an overwhelming vote of its people.  Similarly, nations with whom the United […]

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She says:
“If Iran attacks Israel, we will obliterate Iran.”
John Roberts says:
“Iran is already aiding and abetting terrorists who go on to kill our soldiers in Iraq, as President what would you do to stop this?”
She says:
‘Well umm… you know maybe I could juggle a couple of six-shooters and down a Crown Royale or something.’
I was of […]

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When the British leave an area they’ve occupied they have never, in the History of the Earth, left it in any better state then when they began to occupy it.  Case in point: Basra.  Many people are blaming Prime Minister Maliki for his dumbfounded and ongoing expedition into southern Iraq; blaming him for not anticipating the recoil […]

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We’re trained as infantrymen, but here we are doing civil administration and trying to get the milk factory up and running.
- Captain Stewart Glenn in Fallujah, Iraq
Over at Michael J. Totten’s website he has a piece on the Marines as “Builders of Nations.”  It’s a fascinating read.
This is a subject that I’ve been turning over […]

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That headline reads nicely, except for the Soldiers who died and their Families.  I could of written it like this: Vice President Dick Cheney’s Former Company’s Subsidiary is Electrocuting Soldiers in Iraq, but I didn’t… you can thank me later.
However, just as the Vice President could care less about America, it seems a transference of ideology has occured to his former […]

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*This is extremely long 
There is an argument that the current proposed and negotiated Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Iraq is a treaty with Iraq and therein it must be authorized by the Congress of the United States as outlined by the Constitution of the United States.
The unfortunate reality is that a SOFA is a purely military […]

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The President of Iran, the country we were suppose to attack, went to Iraq today and yesterday on an announced visit - planned for weeks in advance.  He noted that he didn’t need to come into Iraq under any veil of secrecy and that he was able to walk around Baghdad freely, even shunning his own […]

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