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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 21, 2008
COL Terry Knight 916-799-9525
Release # 08-08
California National Guard to conduct its largest unit deployment since
Korean
War
CALIFORNIA - A farewell ceremony for approximately 850 California National
Guardsmen from the 1st...
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I received this is an email today and like to pass it on, hope you enjoy it!!
WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENTAL CANDIDATE, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN,GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?
"My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of the Iraq regime...
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So, according to this Associated Press story, "The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek 'a general time horizon' for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq."
As an editor, I am always amused by euphemisms and bureaucracy speak. So I'm laughing over this term...
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Obama said today he's consider refining his Iraq timeline after he visits Iraq and talks to commanders over there.
(read the New York Times piece here)
Much of Obama's popularity was built on his stance against the Iraq war and his timetable for withdrawal.
I imagine his detractors will be...
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For those daring enough to read it, this was my Senior Thesis in college:
Crimes Against Humanity in Iraqi Kurdistan and the United States Reponse
1983-1991
On March 16, 1988, more than 6,000 Kurdish civilians in the northern Iraqi town of Halabja lost their lives in a...
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Is the situation in Afghanistan spiraling out of control?
Following a prison attack that released hundreds of insurgent fighters three days ago and news that the May monthly death toll for allied troops in Afghanistan surpassed that in Iraq, the Associated Press is reporting that Taliban...
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OK - time to stir things up - right wingers vs lefties - let's see what trouble I can cause. Things have been pretty boring lately.
I found this really interesting site on the net: http://www.nationalprioriti...
It provides a continuous, running estimate of the money being...
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Seems like there's some good news on the never ending War on Terror.
The Washington Post interviewed CIA boss Michael Hayden and he said al-Qaida is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the world.
You can read the entire story here.
Do you...
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I hate being wrong. Worse than that I hate admitting I was wrong, but I am not above doing so. SO..I was wrong. It pains me even to pen the words. I had to practice..do a few rough drafts, check the spelling. I have yet to say it aloud, but I know that, at some point, I will have to do it.
I...
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President Bush, in a speech this morning, announced that the US will be withdrawing 5 brigades from Iraq. He also says that we have "revived the prospect of success" in Iraq which has become a common talking point by those who are supportive of continuing our engagement...
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Tehachapi soldier Matt McCool, who was injured in Iraq by a roadside bomb, is recovering in Germany and may be transferred to the U.S. soon.
McCool has been blogging at The Tehachapi News about his experiences in Iraq. His dad is providing news about his condition on his own blog.
He was...
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Sobering news today as the U.S. death toll in Iraq passed the 4,000 mark. Read the story here.
The number was reached a week or so after the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
Check out our multimedia memorial to Kern troops who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After meeting...
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The Surge in Iraq: One Year Later
by Lt. Gen. Raymond T Odierno
Heritage Lecture #1068
I returned from Iraq a little over two weeks ago, and trust me, it's great to be in Washington and in your company today. After...
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The media sure has a way of ruining things. Have you ever noticed? I read a story this morning about how Prince Harry's being in the army caused the other soldiers to be more at risk than they otherwise would have been. What a load of crap! What would have caused a...
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Nearly 4,000 U.S. deaths (and no real end in sight). No shame, and no apologies, no accountability, for telling at least 935 lies.
Thought telling the truth was one of those top ten hits the Christian Right Wrong prided itself on?
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The Current Fiscal Disaster
It is virtually impossible to overstate the profligacy of what our government spends on the military. The Department of Defense's planned expenditures for fiscal year 2008 are larger than all other nations' military budgets combined. The supplementary budget to pay...
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November 11: Veterans Day. On this day we salute and remember all our veterans who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Words can't express how much we thank you veterans for what you've done. Your bravery during the toughest, bloodiest, most difficult times in our...
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From AP:
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, officials said Friday.
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So aside from whether or not there is even a war in Iraq or whether it's an occupation, aside from partisanship, I have a very simple question for the blogging community:
If someone said we could gain peace in Iraq and have democracy and flowers and ponies for everyone, what would you be...
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Six years ago, on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, America was attacked by a bunch of senseless terrorists. It was on this day six years ago that we all watched in horror as the Twin Towers came down and the Pentagon was hit and when another hijacked plane went down in...
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stor...
With all the bad ,indifferent news out of Iraq I thought I'd share this with you all. There are a million "spins" to this ..but these boys are my Kelsey. I saw this on the news the other night and sat...
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Gosh, if only he were the smart person he once was. Is it really 9/11 that made them all nuts or did he really rationally believe things had changed?
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I actually like Barack Obama. He is fresh and witty, he has vices he freely admits to and he inhaled. In other words, he is honest, at least about himself. I appreciate his plans for the war on terror and he seems to understand the quandry in Iraq and it's broader part in teh war on terror. He...
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While our little corner of the big blue-and-green soccer ball has been focused on the celebrity aspects of the game, there have been some real big things happening elsewhere.
Iraq has been on a run in the Asian Cup, using two draws and a 3-1 win over 2006 World Cup team Australia to make it...
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"For whom the Bells Toll"
I too stayed up all night, not because I know anyone in iraq, but I saw the orphans lying in their own fesses in an orphanage in Iraq!
I too could not stop wonder why the American masses are silent?
I too stayed up and shed tears for the millions left...
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"For whom the Bells Toll"
I too stayed up all night, not because I know anyone in iraq, but I saw the orphans lying in their own fesses in an orphanage in Iraq!
I too could not stop wonder why the American masses are silent?
I too stayed up and shed tears for the millions left...
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From the Houston Chron:
A draft report to Congress on the war will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Iraq has met none of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.
One likely...
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From McClatchy:
WASHINGTON — Facing eroding support for his Iraq policy, even among Republicans, President Bush on Thursday called al Qaida "the main enemy" in Iraq, an assertion rejected by his administration's senior intelligence analysts.
The reference, in a major speech...
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The leader of the chickenhawks is.....Hillary Clinton!
Hillary Clinton no less..I swear..I almost broke my jaw when it hit the table as I read this article this morning on Alternet. I actually had to read this line twice:
Clinton shifts her position on troop withdrawal from Iraq, now saying...
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Began creating video with help from the Lord on May 10th 2007 and finished May 13th 2007.
This video is for all of our Soldiers serving in the Military in the United States.
Video link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Mothers in the U.S. military are stressed, poorly paid and need more help caring for their children, according to a report issued by Congress on Friday.
Nearly half of all women in the active-duty military have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and 24,475 women are there now, the report by...
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By Ross Colvin
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The former commander of a major U.S. military detention center in Baghdad has been detained and charged with “aiding the enemy”, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele is also charged with having an improper...
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The day a suicide bomber struck at the heart of Iraq's democracy
By Patrick Cockburn
Published: 13 April 2007
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Here we go! Just as I predicted(along with about a million other conservatives), the Democrats are already pork barrelling bills just as they derided the Republicans for doing since 1996 and and breaking the promise the Dems made not to do it themselves while stumping for the last elections....
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The excuse is they didn't get the right visas. I think they never meant to come and after the 15 British service personnel were captured by Iran..it rings true even more so.
The UN is debating more sanctions against Iran. That was the purpose of the visit..to add their pov to the issue. The...
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It seems that the insurgency is alive, well and growing in Afghanistan, just as I have been saying it was and would all along. While the anti-war and anti-Bush crowd have been distracted by all the crap in Iraq, they have(again as I said they would)lost focus on the war on terror and now it's...
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duplicity: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; especially : the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action.
complicity: association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
The man in this article over at Editor and Publisher is both of the...
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Yesterday, our current occupant of the oval office held a Press Conference. The entire transcript can be read here as the government is very good about providing us with Bush's immortal words.
This part of the transcript caught my eye:
Q Thank you, sir. General Pace says that these...
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After the Iraq Intel used during the run-up to the Iraq war was shown to be false, Democratic leadership is taking a different view of the current Intel showing Iran is a major player in Iraq and responsible for the deaths of over 170 soldiers since June of 2004. Senator Chris Dodd has gone...
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Polls..Have you ever seen one? I don't mean the results, I mean the poll itself? I have. They go something like this..
Do you approve of the war in Iraq? Y or N
Do you approve of the way the president is handling the war in Iraq? Y or N
Do you think we should committ more troops to the war...
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For all the posturing and politicking that goes on inside and outside the beltway, the recent visit to Iraq by Nancy Pelosi and a group of democrats seems to bear out what many on the left have been saying for awhile...the Iraqi's want us out sooner than later.
This article in the LAT has...
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Everyone in the video is a veteran. You can visit their website here. From their website:
"VoteVets.org, with Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, is leading the charge against the President’s escalation of the war in Iraq with a new television advertisement today. ...
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Salon.com has a good writeup about the "March on DC" here. It points out many of the groups that engaged in the march Saturday were not the usual left "wingnuts" and hippies:
"Regardless of size, the protest felt different. The demographics of the crowd had changed....
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What is Dick Cheney drinking these days if he doesn’t consider the “situation” in Iraq to be terrible? Just what does it take for him to consider Iraq a terrible place? 100 dead Iraqi’s in one day must not count for anything in Dicks world. Blowing the back of the heads...
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Here is the text from the letter sent to Bush this morning, the letter culled from RawStory.
President George W. Bush The White House Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
The start of the new Congress brings us opportunities to work together on the critical issues confronting our...
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Another republican takes issue with Bush's occupation of Iraq. This WaPo article has this as the opening paragraph:
"Former president Gerald R. Ford said in an embargoed interview in July 2004 that the Iraq war was not justified. "I don't think I would have gone to war," he said...
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The police being the Iraqi police in Basra. "Hundreds of British soldiers assaulted a police station in the southern city of Basra on Monday, killing seven gunmen, rescuing 127 prisoners and ultimately reducing the facility to rubble." according to this article in the International...
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The war in Iraq, which is costing roughly $8 Billion bucks a month, has largely been funded by emergency funding bills. This has removed the oversight function which should be carried out by the legislative branches on all spending bills.
Three elected members of the legislature have written a...
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So, would someone like to try and make the arguement that going into Iraq was NOT about the oil? On page 20 of the ISG report the phrase I quoted above is the second sentence. I have been reading the ISG report, not for its ideas on how to get out of there..but for the information about how bad...
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They both agreed to appear in public this morning and put on a united front. Whether these two heads of state really saw eye to eye on anything is another story and one they wouldn’t tell us publicly if their miserable lives depended on it.
They agreed that partioning is not an option....
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