Mil Blogger Dies in Iraq
8 January 2008Today I learned that a great mil blogger was killed in Iraq. Andrew (Andy) Olmsted was a Major in the Army stationed in Iraq. He was killed on January 3rd, along with Cpt. Yom Casey while attempting talk three suspected insurgents into surrendering. Both were victims of sniper fire.
Andy wrote a blog [...]
Thompson in South Carolina
27 June 2007I has the privilege today of attending a luncheon sponsored by the South Carolina Republican Convention. The luncheon was held in Columbia and the keynote speaker was Fred Dalton Thompson. When the opportunity to go to this presented itself, there was no chance I was going to pass it up.
Thompson spoke for about 25 minutes [...]
We Win, They Lose
3 May 2007Nancy Pelosi and the dems have left the troops hanging so far and they’ve done so purely for political gain. Make a difference. Sign the petition.
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Conservative John McCain?
3 March 2007It’s been a little while since I wrote a purely political post and now it is time. I received an email today from Bobby Harrell, Speaker of the House in the South Carolina Legislature. He was enthusiastic over John McCain’s win in the Spartanburg straw poll on Thursday. It seems that as of Thursday even [...]
Co-Equal Branches of Government
6 February 2007Much is being said in the halls of Congress these days about the “fact” that Congress is a co-equal branch of government. As such, the argument goes, Congress has the authority to reign in the President’s plans with respect to the Iraq war. There have even been plans floated to limit the number of troops [...]
Is the War in Iraq Worth Supporting?
22 January 2007Unless you live on a deserted island you are aware that 2/3 of American no longer support the war in Iraq. That coincided precisely with President Bush’s approval ratings which are the lowest of his presidency and one of the lowest of all time. For a multiplicity of reasons, Americans simply do not support the [...]
We Must Fight to Win!
10 January 2007For well over a year there have been calls from Democrats to increase troop strength to deal with the “insurgency” in Iraq. Speaker Pelosi herself said more than a year ago that’s what she would do. Now, President Bush has basically admitted that he made a mistake in not sending enough troops to secure Iraq [...]
Iraq Study Group
23 December 2006I ran across this (H/T ConservaChick) and just had to pass it on. It is right on target.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w77sLtz754
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Then and Now
8 December 2006Another great Cox and Forkum cartoon that illustrates one of my points in my last post.
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Surrender is not an Option
8 December 2006This from the executive summary of the Iraq Study Group Report. “Given the ability of Iran and Syria to influence events within Iraq and their interest in avoiding chaos in Iraq, the United States should try to engage them constructively.” So Hamilton, Baker, et. al., actually believe that Iran and Syria have an interest in [...]
