blackfive.net - 10/17/2009
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I will never use my position for pleasure, profit or personal safety.---NCO Creed I am feeling very betrayed right now.... and that is not a good place for these oxygen thieves to be.... Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of ...
tnr.com - 10/13/2009
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tnr.com —
The situation in Afghanistan increasingly looks like Iraq
did not too long ago. Not the actual political...
or military circumstances, of course, but the analysis and commentary. Phrases like "We’re entering a decisive period" and "It’s now or never" are ...
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Why a real counter-insurgency strategy is not possible ...
mudvillegazette.com - 10/13/2009
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mudvillegazette.com —
This Washington Post story has caught the attention
of political bloggers - I can never tell what...
newspaper stories will. The only "new" part of this one is someone has decided to figure out how many "support troops" or "enablers" have been sent to Afghanistan this year. Since it does note ...
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The Surge
michaelyon-online.com - 10/13/2009
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michaelyon-online.com —
[This dispatch was written by me in December
2008 in southern Afghanistan. It was never published though...
I recently found it in the unpublished archives. The photos came from the same period.] Published: from Nepal on 14 October 2009 On May ...
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Afghan Lunacy
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Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... the Republicans are actually more sunk in this morass of fiscal relativism than the traditional leftist wingnuts runnning the Democrat party. Case in point: Mr. Inouye had a total of 35 earmarks worth more than $206 million in the final bill, and the ranking Republican on the committee, Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, sponsored 48 worth $216 million. I have put men on the plane for their final journey home, and as many of you know, last month I lowered my flag to honor another g read ...
How’s That Knife In the Back Feel Tommy?
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler —
... , via Blackfive . Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis. That would be the O&M budgets, Operations and Maintenance. In other words, the actual tools our warriors need to fight and survive, bullets, beans, and band aids. Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New ...
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