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National Defense / Foreign Policy

“The very fame of our strength and readiness would be a means of discouraging our enemies; for ’tis a wise and true saying, that one sword often keeps another in the scabbard. The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their [...]

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Ron Paul and foreign policy

January 28, 2010

Ron Paul and foreign policy.  This is one area where me and Mr. Paul part ways and it really came to head with his stance on the Iraq War.  Not that I ever believed in his ignore everything that goes on around us philosophy though.  First, lets get the crazy stuff out of the way [...]

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We will never forget

January 5, 2010

On January 5th 2006 3-16 FA lost 5 of our finest in an IED attack outside of Najaf, Iraq.  As usual I had a hard time coming up with the right words on this day, but luckily our old 3-16 Chaplain came to the rescue with a message sent out last night, part of which [...]

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“I didn’t see a lot of warmth in that crowd out there. The president chose to address tonight and I thought it was interesting. He went to maybe the enemy camp tonight to make his case. I mean, that’s where Paul Wolfowitz used to write speeches for, back in the old Bush days. That’s where [...]

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Back in the day when Obama was still hanging out with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers he made the decision that he would be against the war.  He made this point clear when he announced his campaign from the Ayers’ home.  But it was also clear that it was a political decision.  Not just because of [...]

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