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National Defense / Foreign Policy

Veterans Day 2011

November 11, 2011

A heartfelt thank you to all veterans everywhere.  Be sure to say a short prayer for those soldiers who are oversees at this very moment protecting our freedom and the freedom of others. If you would like to honor a local hero I would encourage giving a donation to the Captain Andrew R. Houghton Foundation.  [...]

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LTC West on the enemy we face

September 22, 2011

Changing gears from the Obama scandals that no-one seems to be covering (I know of at least 3 going on right now)…I came across this video and realized that I could not say it better.  A couple of lines from this short video. “This is not a religion you are fighting against, you are fighting [...]

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I sometimes wonder why Obama refuses to listen to them.  Especially since it is obvious he is absolutely clueless when it comes to military matters.  I have a whole laundry list of posts proving that statement but that is a much longer discussion.  The Iraq withdrawal, the Iraq surge, in the Afghanistan surge, and now [...]

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Rebuilding SOF

May 12, 2011

I did not always agree with Donald Rumsfeld and the decisions he made, but he has to be given credit where credit is due.  As pointed out in this Washington Times article, Donald Rumsfeld’s order after the 9-11 attacks to rebuild Special Operations Command into a combat division on par with those like Central Command [...]

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It has been a while since I posted an official “idea for a better union”, although some of the stuff I have written lately would fall into that category.  This one is a dandy though.  For those of you who follow the Heritage Foundation on a regular basis you have probably already heard of this, [...]

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