A word poorly used
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For those who rose to the occasion to serve their country, it is a kick in the gut to call the Iraq war a mistake. Continue Reading
As ISIS brewed in Iraq, Clinton’s State Department cut eyes and ears on the ground
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An investigation by ProPublica and The Washington Post finds that Secretary of State Clinton initially pressed to keep civilian programs and listening posts after the U.S. troop pullout in 2011, but then her State Department scrapped or slashed them at the behest of the White House and Congress. Continue Reading
Americans at the mall and Congress out to lunch
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To those military men and women who have come home from Iraq to an indifferent population, I say thank you for your service. I am sorry your fellow Americans are at the mall and Congress is still out to lunch. Continue Reading
The war in Iraq may have just begun again
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Yesterday I was told by the big news stations on television that the war in Iraq is over. Really? Continue Reading
Thankful that in tough times I am an American
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With the 24-hour news coverage of bad things happening anywhere on the globe and the constant drum-beat of security issues everywhere, many citizens are plainly afraid. In times like these, I thank God I am an American. Continue Reading
Deference
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I rushed home from the gym last evening (and probably, no surely, cut a few cars off along the way) to catch what I have loved since the Berlin Wall came down. What is that? A good Presidential address – yep, I’m a sucker. A few comments. Continue Reading
Obama coming to El Paso on Tuesday
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To mark the formal end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, President Barack Obama will travel to El Paso on Tuesday to meet with soldiers at Fort Bliss. Continue Reading
The draw-down fanfare
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The last U.S. Combat Brigade marched out of Iraq yesterday, symbolizing just that – the end of the combat component of Operation Iraqi Freedom. A heartfelt and sincere thank you to all of the troops and civilians, both standing and fallen, who served so courageously over the last seven years in Iraq. Continue Reading
Up in flames
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I was planning to write a rapid response piece to all the snarky, ill-willed and unfounded political comments that were supposed to be made at last night’s 82nd Academy Awards. The problem: There was absolutely zero fuel for the fodder. Continue Reading
Mistaking our current conflict for a real war
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My criticism is not of our military; it is of our political leaders, who are to blame. We need to speak with one voice to our political leaders to impress upon them that our country needs to have concrete military goals that have an endgame, or we must pull the troops out now. Continue Reading