‘I Was in the First Wave.’
by John Armor
I was at breakfast on Sunday morning at the Sheraton National, in Arlington, Virginia. I was attending a conference elsewhere, but could only find space in Virginia. Also at my hotel were the members of the Iwo Jima Association.
That Association was for survivors of that battle, and for [...]
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February 25, 2010
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One comment Islam’s Legacy is Constant War By Alan Caruba The failed Christmas bomber attack was yet another wake-up call for Americans who have slipped into a self-induced coma regarding Islam’s constant threat to the nation and the West. Despite the post-9/11 attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, President Bush and now President Obama have both repeatedly asserted the absurd notion [...] December 2, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Commentary, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Governance, Homeland Security, Islam, Military, Opinion, Politics
One comment The Open-Ended War By Alan Caruba As I listened to the President address the nation from West Point, I was reminded of how well he can deliver a speech. It’s like watching a slight-of-hand magician. You marvel at his dexterity, but you know he’s still skillfully fooling you. The speech, given in the Eisenhower auditorium at West Point, [...] November 29, 2009
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Leave a comment The Middle East: Reporting an Enigma By Alan Caruba When President Obama delivers a speech on why he is going to send more thousands of U.S. troops and spend more billions on the eight-year-old conflict in Afghanistan, it would be a good idea to better understand why so much of what is reported from the Middle East [...] November 10, 2009
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Leave a comment Winning Battles, Losing Wars By Alan Caruba My late Father was too young to serve in World War One and too old to serve in World War Two, but he sent two sons to serve in the U.S. Army, one during the Korean conflict in Tokyo’s command headquarters and myself during early 1960s peacetime at Fort Benning, [...] November 10, 2009
He was dressed in black from head to toe. Even his back pack and the duffle bag he carried were all without color. Tall but bent over slightly, you could tell age was creeping up on him quickly and he reserved his energy for things other than running for the [...] November 8, 2009
Posted by Tim Roux in: African-American, China, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, History, Homeland Security, Islam, Journalism, Latino & Hispanic, Military, Morality, Politics, Religion, Republican, Sociology, Terrorism, Women's Rights
6 comments In Britain it is now a criminal offence to make any statement which might incite racial hatred. So, if you go around saying that all Irishmen are stupid or all Welshmen are thieves, then you may well find yourself helping the police with their enquiries and facing a sharp fine or even a term of [...] November 7, 2009
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One comment Ordinary Majesty, Extraordinary Failure October 28, 2009
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One comment Afghanistan, Bananistan By Alan Caruba Though it pains me deeply, I have to agree with President Obama’s reluctance to send more troops into Afghanistan. Perhaps he is thinking about the problems the Soviet Union encountered even though they had an estimated 100,000 troops there in the 1990s? Perhaps he is wondering why the United States has been there [...] October 16, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: Commentary, Comments & Discussion, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Freedom, Geopolitical Events, Heroes, History, Homeland Security, Islam, Military, Morality, Opinion, Religion, Terrorism, The Pundit's Corner
3 comments War During America’s brutal and bloody Civil War, General William T. Sherman said, “War is cruel and you cannot refine it” and “war at best is barbarism.” Sherman is also credited with saying “War is hell.” Alexander the Great was known to [...] October 16, 2009
I am not certain what made me think of this memory this morning. I was drafted in 1969 after graduating from college and teaching one year of high school biology. I changed jobs – and like I was supposed to do – I notified my draft board of my change. At the time there was [...] October 12, 2009
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Leave a comment Mr. President, Please Do NOTHING I had a strange epiphany the other day. If I were to write a letter to President Obama, it would say, “Please do nothing.” It seems to me that Obama’s forte is to do nothing much of the time. Well, not “nothing.” He is giving speeches, but those incessant, self-referencing [...] October 7, 2009
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Leave a comment Defeating Ourselves in Afghanistan By Alan Caruba It is a familiar question; why eight years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, haven’t we found Osama bin Laden? And now the greater question before the President and the nation is why are we still in Afghanistan? You are not likely to hear an answer from either the [...] October 7, 2009
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One comment The Muslim House of Mirrors By Alan Caruba The problem with living in a house of mirrors is that everything you see is in reverse polarity. There is no way to come to grips with anything resembling reality. A case in point is the recent announcement by Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [...] October 1, 2009
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One comment Shield of Faith By Angela Posey-Arnold “…….. hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:16 [...] September 28, 2009
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Leave a comment First Strike Magic When I was a teenager, I made a lot of money as a magician, entertaining at parties. At Ted Collins Magic Mecca I could buy the wonderful apparatus that existed for the sole purpose of fooling people who, it turned out, loved to be fooled. Fooling people is a full-time occupation for [...] September 22, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Comments & Discussion, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Military, Opinion
2 comments The Department of Defenselessness When World War Two arrived at America’s doorstep, we had to virtually build an Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines from scratch. The war had been raging in Europe since 1939 by the time the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor propelled us into war in 1941. The Japanese had been [...] September 21, 2009
Posted by AngelaPoseyArnold in: Current Events, Faith, Family, Freedom, Heroes, Inspiration & Motivation, Life Experiences, Military, Poetry, Religion, Spirituality, Terrorism
2 comments Since 2004 I have been involved with “Amazing Grace, Ministry to the Troops”. We send packages to Chaplains and soldiers, and individual letters and cards to actively deployed and wounded American [...] September 16, 2009
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One comment In 2003, when President Bush took the U.S. into a war with Iraq, he claimed it was “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people.” Well, obviously there were no WMDs. It’s questionable how “free” the Iraqi people are today, let alone [...] September 11, 2009
Posted by Alan Caruba in: Accountability, Current Events, Islam, Military, Opinion, Terrorism
One comment The Disgrace of Ground Zero 9/11/2009 took a large psychic toll on Americans. I am no exception. By early evening, I found myself profoundly angry watching the Mayor of New York explain why Ground Zero is still essentially a hole in the ground eight years after the destruction of the Twin Towers. This nation fought and [...] September 10, 2009
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Leave a comment Surrender is Not an Option As one drove into New York from New Jersey in the years before 9/11, there was an ellipse of roadway that gently curved into the waiting entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel. From there you could see the Twin Towers in the distance, across the river, dominating the lower end [...] September 10, 2009
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One comment 9/11 Eight Years Later and No Safer By Alan Caruba Has it been eight years? What I learned from 9/11 was that a lot of Americans have concluded that it was America’s fault we were attacked. That may sound screwy to people who correctly believe that al Qaeda planned, funded and provided the men who carried out the [...] August 23, 2009
America’s Empire of Trust Though most Americans are unaware of it, the rest of the world is taking an active interest in the sometimes heated debate we are having regarding the alleged healthcare “reform” that is, in fact, yet another effort to push the nation further into the same socialist tentacles that have been [...] August 18, 2009
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One comment Bela Kiraly, 1912 – 2009 Long considered a folk hero in Hungary, Bela Kiraly is the kind of man I admire. A general in the Hungarian army, he was sentenced to death four different times for sedition, spending 4 years on death row. Paroled in 1956, he led Hungarian freedom fighters against the Soviet [...] August 17, 2009
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3 comments With double navy crosses, a distinguished flying cross, a bronze star and three purple hearts, I was singled out by a long haired professor my first week back in college as a baby killer. Welcome home, right? [...] August 14, 2009
Bernard Loeffke, Major General USA (retired), Physician’s Assistant, visionary, warrior. My kind of [...] July 12, 2009
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Is China a danger to the world? This is a topic I have wanted to write about for some time. I suspect my motivation for writing this comes from being sent to Vietnam to fight in [...] July 7, 2009
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Leave a comment The Saudis Choose Sides Bit by bit the news is getting out. First it was a news report of Israelis, Egyptians, and Saudis getting together to discuss their mutual interests and concern. In other words, Iran! Now The Times (UK) is reporting that “The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, [...] July 2, 2009
Gays in the Military When I served in the U.S. military I knew two closeted homosexuals were serving in my unit. My version of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was not to tell because I saw no reason to “out” them and not messing around in other people’s lives has always been a policy of [...] June 6, 2009
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5 comments War! War! War! By Alan Caruba “In defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.” I will tell [...] May 24, 2009
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2 comments Memorial Day: The Blackbird and You It’s about one of the most remarkable airplanes ever produced by this nation, a spy plane that kept an eye on a lot of evil people in bad places. It was known as the Blackbird and was built to replace the U-2 in which Gary Powers was shot [...] |
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Afghanistan, Again
Afghanistan, Again
By Alan Caruba
Think about this. Any nation that cannot rebuild the Twin Towers nearly nine years after they were destroyed has lost its ability to function rationally and effectively.
We have been a military presence in Afghanistan since 2001 following 9/11. That’s two years longer than when we were in Vietnam.
Afghanistan has a long history [...]