MAJOR DEVELOPING STORY — Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi… Never checked-in or communicated… February 07, 2013 TWS – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012: Panetta said that Obama left operational details, including [...]
Archive of posts tagged War against Islamism
….To The Shores of Tripoli …
The USS Constitution sails under it’s own power in Boston Harbor today for the first time since 1997 for a Celebration. The Old War Horse Still Wants to RUN The USS Constitution was built in 1797 and is still considered an Active Ship of the US Navy. In 1805 it went against Islamic Extremists known [...]
The Army in transition
The Editor’s younger daughter will be coming home tomorrow afternoon, and missing class on Friday, because this is a three-day Army Reserve drill weekend for her; her unit and she will be going to Fort Indiantown Gap for M-16 requalifications. Both of my daughters qualified as Sharpshooters1 the last time they were at the range, [...]
Iran and Hezbollah support the Syrian dictatorship
From Haaretz: Iran, Hezbollah significantly increase aid to Syria’s Assad Reports say Iranian officers, Hezbollah militants have supplied arms to Syrian troops and trained them, to aid Assad in his months-long effort to crack down on anti-regime protests in the country. By Amos Harel Iran and Hezbollah have significantly stepped up support for embattled Syrian [...]
I hope these guys weren't planning on making a career out of the United States Marine Corps
Remember the stories about the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib? United States Army military police were caught abusing Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib Prison/Baghdad Correctional Facility, and eleven soldiers, including two officers, were convicted of various charges due to the abuse; several of them went to prison. Why? Not because of what they [...]
