Category Archives: War on Terror

Support the troops

One at a time: I know a young man who is in desperate need of help. His name is PFC Hunter Levine. He is 20 years old and hails from Houston, TX. He was in my company and was wounded on 9 May, 2008 while conducting combat operations in East Baghdad. He received a very [...]

Why our troops serve

This is awesome. Army Specialist Stephen Fortunato gave his life a few weeks ago fighting the bad guys in Afghanistan. He blogged when he had some spare time and his mother released his August 30, 2008 entry to the Boston Globe (I know, I was shocked too that they’d actually publish it). Here’s an excerpt: [...]

Intel report calls nuclear Pakistan’s situation “very bleak”

This is scary news from McClatchy newspapers: A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army’s reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America’s key ally in the war on terror deeper into turmoil and violence, says a soon-to-be completed U.S. intelligence assessment. Yep, a nuclear [...]

A Hero Twice Over

Rick Rescorla was a Vietnam War hero who, though of British birth, served in the U.S. Army and fought at the battle of Ia Drang, which was depicted in the Mel Gibson movie “We Were Soldiers Once.” If that’s not enough heroism for one lifetime, he gave his life on September 11, 2001, helping to [...]

The ‘Bush Lied” Lie Exposed

The last media outlet on Earth that you’d expect to expose one of the Left’s most cherished myths, did just that this morning. The Washington Post–yes, the POST, not the Times–actually published today an editorial titled “‘Bush Lied’? If Only It Were That Simple.” You could’ve knocked me over with a feather when I ran [...]