All Entries Tagged With: "Iraq"
David Ratowitz for U.S. Congress
David Ratowitz recently won the Republican primary in Illinois’ 5th Congressional District. A former U.S. Army Ranger and 82nd Airborne Paratrooper (he deployed with the 82nd to Haiti after President Aristide was overthrown in 1995), Ratowitz is a crusader for small government and individual freedom. If elected, he will bring a wealth of small business, [...]
Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan (Part II)
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NOTES:
Please read part I of Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan first.
The picture on the right was taken in Schweinfurt, Germany, when LTC Donovan was commanding the 3rd Battalion/64th Armor (1978). They were on full alert. At the end of the lanyard that disappears into his shirt is a Cold War era CEOI (Communications-Electronics Operating Instructions) [...]
Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan
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On the afternoon of November 1st, 1969, 1st platoon of Charlie Troop, 10th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division, was ambushed by North Vietnamese forces. Charlie Troop’s Commander, Captain Timothy H. Donovan (Norwich University class of 1962), instinctively ordered his remaining soldiers to counterattack and simultaneously maneuvered his headquarters element into the heart of the action. As [...]
Hillary Clinton and Barney Frank
Throw Momma Under The Train
I never liked the idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. When President Obama announced that he was choosing her and played up the idea of a “Team of Rivals” (an expression I quickly grew tired of) I shivered at the thought of Hillary in such a high profile position. [...]
Michael Jackson and Sarah Palin
Ok. Let’s get this part out of the way first – Michael Jackson was a musical genius. He will go down in the history books alongside the likes of the Beatles and Elvis Presley who, no doubt, would have been thrilled to see his only daughter marry the King of Pop (as she did in [...]
How to Support the Troops
Two of President Obama’s first objectives as the 44th POTUS are to quickly bring the Iraq War to an acceptable end and craft a workable solution to the war in Afghanistan. Both of these goals are lofty but completely reasonable when you consider the talent we have in our military. Unfortunately, that talent – the [...]
Where in the world is Mullah Omar?
Have you seen this man? This one-eyed, ethnic Pashtun’s name is Mullah Mohammed Omar. He’s the leader of Afghanistan’s notorious Taliban and a close accomplice of Osama Bin Laden. Very little was known about Omar even before he went into hiding shortly after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, but most experts agree that he’s [...]
Three Ways Barrack Obama Could Improve his Popularity with the Military
UPDATED (December 6th, 2009): This post was originally published in June of 2008. This past week, now President Obama, in my eyes, screwed up big-time by using the Cadets of West Point as a backdrop for his “Afghanistan” speech. He should have given the speech from the Oval Office.
In January of 1993, I was in [...]
What Americans Care About – Part II of III
If the Iraq war doesn’t incite anger and action, what does? Oh, man, it must be those evil oil companies who are making more money than God and lining the pockets of Dick Cheney and every Republican in sight. This topic is a little closer to the answer, but still not spot-on. Here’s why.