Falling behind
I’ve fallen behind posting your links and tips – I guess because it’s that time of year. By the way, if anyone has an idea what I should get TSO and Caroline for a wedding gift (they’re getting married Sunday and I’m going there on a road trip), I sure need some tips.
Old Tanker sent this link as a reminder to the UN Human RIghts Commission.
Zombie sent a link the latest in ZOmbie’s seeries on the state of our education system.
ROS sends the CNN retraction of a Jeffrey Toobin comment in regards to the birther Lieutenant Colonel, Lakin.
John Hawkins sends his interview with David Limbaugh.
Adirondack Patriot sends a New York Times link about the Mideast Peace Talks along with his concerns about the long term effects it will have on our own national security;
I know it doesn’t get much attention on the milblogs, but I think we need to get eyes on the Israel-Palestinian situation for no other reason that this: It’s the U.S. military that eventually pays the price for missteps of the State Department.
President Obama is about to engage in “peace talks” with Israel and the Palestinian Authority from the West Bank. With no clear objectives to this round of “peace talks,” there will be no accomplishments and Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran will come out of this charade empowered. Palestinians and their friends in the world media will turn this into another Gaza flotilla fiasco.
This is the first time that “peace talks” will be held in a world with a nuclear Iran, an enabling Russia at her side, and a NATO nation (Turkey) openly belligerant against Israel.
Given Obama’s buffoonish foreign affairs record (he appears to again be role-playing as an empty-suited, speech-reading Nobel Peace Prize winner rather than a bona fide world leader who can think on his feet), his abandonment of the Negroponte Doctrine at the UN, and his absolute lack of vision for American diplomacy in the Middle East, these “peace talks” can only end badly.
I mean, we’re talking about the beer summit President, the end of Ramadan on September 10th, Hamas on the outside looking in, and a nuclear Iran. What can possibly go wrong?
Spade sent this link yesterday and asks you for your help at this link;
Evidently the gentleman there is a WW2 vet living in a retirement home, and it’s his 90th birthday on the 4th. The local legion is having a party, but he really doesn’t have any friends of family left. So they’re advertising for people to come. Some internet folks (4chan, apparently, oddly enough) is organizing to send him cards and stuff.
Tman sends this link about military families nervousness about the rising death toll of military members in Afghanistan by the LA Times.
Iraq Veterans for Congress want to remind you that there are veterans running this election and they need your help.
By the way, I’ll probably be off the net for most of the weekend because of the wedding of my two best friends so anyone who wants to fill in, let me know.
Category: Link fest, Veterans in politics
Responding to the link to the LA Times story…I’m over here right now, and we dont wait for orders to return fire…we roll around in MRAPS and MATVs, with 50 cals, 240s and Mark 19s…when we do take fire, we blaze back with everything we have, and we dont really care whos around, the only restriction being we switch to the SAW in the M19 truck, which is usually my truck, if theres civilian structures around…the Taliban have learned to steer clear of our convoys…sometimes we have to dismount and escort VIPs around, and we are even more aggresive if fired upon…there is no way, as an NCO, I’d tell one of my soldiers not to return fire if we’re on foot, or mounted…one round coming our way is enough for us to unleash hell…this may not be the COIN way, but we havent lost anyone over here…that being said we arent in the most dangerous area by far, and our mission isnt as dangerous as many others…I firmly believe over here when you hit the ground you have to almost overreact to the first provocation to send a message…btw, if anyones wondering, we havent killed any civilians either, just Taliban.
I didn’t send that link, maybe OldTrooper? Thanks though.
Do what the rest of us panicked folk who waited until the last minute do. Go to the website, scroll down the registry, and randomly point at things on the screen while saying “ook” a lot.
His and hers sharp objects are always nice.
Something useful, like lube? ;^)