Apr 30th, 2007
or just At Police Action?
The post titled Jackpot tells the story of recent battles in Herat Province of Afghanistan. Herat is in the west of the country and borders Iran. 136 fighters killed by Afghans and Special Forces.
Iran has been trying to influence the province for some time. In December I wrote Iran Expands Influence [...]
You know the sound that a slot machine makes when you hit the jackpot. Imagine that sound as you read this post. 136 dead Talibs.
And recall that just last week command was expressing concerns about Iranian weapons being smuggled into Afghanistan. And, since Herat Province is swarming with Iranians and smugglers…
Central Command
U.S. Special Forces, accompanied [...]
Note the bolded items. These are places where you may see MNF press releases about dead terrorists in a day or two. The Air Foce is faster with its releases.
Air Force
Coalition airpower supported Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations April 28, according to Combined [...]
Silver Star
marine Corps News
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 27, 2007) — “The President of the United States of America…has awarded the Silver Star to Captain Brian G. Cillessen, United States Marine Corps. For gallantry in action while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom…,” read the citation for an Aztec, N.M., Marine here, [...]
Apr 29th, 2007
UPDATE: In the comments, the Truthers are active. Do you people take stupid pills?
This is hard science. It’s not astrology or phrenology. Steel expands when heated to about 1000 degrees F. All of the pieces parts of the WTC towers were held together by bolts and rivets that were designed to tolerate a given amount [...]
Staff Sgt. Roberto Guadarrama, a platoon sergeant with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment “Golden Dragons,” 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, N.Y., checks his map as he maneuvers his element across an objective during a night-time raid April 26 in Al Radwaniyah, Iraq. (U.S. Army [...]
U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Paxton hands a container of drinking water to an Iraqi woman in the Al Murtada district of Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on April 19, 2007. Paxton is attached to Alpha Company, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Martin K. Newton, U.S. Army. (Released)
Sex and Politics
No one in American politics has sex. No one.
Think about it for a moment. The biggest scandals in politics today revolve around sex. Heck, ask Bill Clinton.
While the children of candidates are paraded around in their Sunday best for photo ops, no one voices the reason for their existence. Mom and Dad has sex.
Imagine if [...]
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