It appears that between the activist courts and the Obama Administration’s efforts, “don’t ask-don’t tell” is about to end. For many of the denominations that provide chaplains to our military, homosexuality is sin. Chaplains are permitted to preach within the doctrine of their denominations. Will chaplains be disciplined for bigotry under the new law? Eliminating “don’t ask-don’t tell” is a very bad idea
How about Chaplains
October 30th, 2010Tea Party
October 29th, 2010This past Tues I spoke at a Tea Party meeting in Zeeland, MI. The Japanese National TV folks were there to let their viewers see Americans in action, I guess. I spoke on the history of our nation; our founders absolutely did not want a large, intrusive national government. They did want separation of powers–and now judicial activists have the court system writing law–to which there is no appeal. We have to stop this abandonment of our constitution–the very constitution that we vets swore to support and defend. Please vote on 2 Nov.
Episode 150
October 28th, 201010/28/2010
Episode 150
Topics
News and Comment by the Col: News and Comment by the Col: Americans Hurting the Military
Flagg Youngblood, VFF PAC: This election from a vet’s perspective
Congressman Mike Rogers on the Mideast
Icaucus: Frank Anderson; Keith St Clair: point-counterpoint
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Wikileaks
October 23rd, 2010Summarizations of the latest bunch of WikiLeaks documents—291,832 of them, leaked from the Pentagon’s secret archives on the Iraq war—are now up on several web sites, including the New York Times and Britain’s Guardian. I’m still amazed by how few people care that many human beings have been killed and will die because of these leaks. Anyway, one big finding is that, at least according to the Pentagon’s secret report, most Iraqi civilian deaths were caused by other Iraqis. The report calculates 31,780 Iraqis killed by roadside bombs and 34,814 by sectarian killings (notated as “murders”). Sorry, all you anti-American folks; not all the bad guys are American GIs.
Afghan ops that don’t make the news
October 23rd, 2010For the last two months, 12,000 NATO troops along with 7,000 Afghan soldiers and police, have been swarming all over Kandahar province, taking down Taliban bases, safe houses, headquarters, and bomb workshops. This op was concluded with the recent air-land assault on the Horn of Panjwai (a hilly, heavily fortified Taliban base area, 30 kilometers long and 10 kilometers at its widest, shaped like a rhino horn). The bad guys have controlled this rural area for four years, but now admit they have been forced to leave. They also say they will return from their Pakistan sanctuaries when the foreign troops leave. And we have announced that we’ll begin our withdrawal next summer.
The biggest reason this op was so successful was intel. The UAVs and other assets allow us to monitor the enemy 24/7 if we wish. Cell phones are very popular in this area. While more tips are coming in from disgruntled Afghans (who are getting tired of the Taliban, even if they are the home team), the Taliban are also very reliant on them. Now the Taliban are well aware of the fact that the Americans can tap into cell phone networks, but too many Taliban use them freely anyway. Smart phones are particularly popular, and newly recruited Taliban will often blow their first month’s pay on one, and then do all sorts of stuff with their new toy, providing our intel analysts with lots of useful information. This drives the Taliban leaders nuts, but that’s how it is with kids and their toys.
