War News
Is this really news? U.S. National Guard and Reserve forces are unprepared
Stop the presses!
Actually, I worked at a newspaper for seven years and never ONCE heard anyone come into the newsroom shouting that we should stop the presses, but I’ve always wanted to say that.
Seriously, this news item about the terrible vulnerability of our National Guard and Reserve forces is bad news — but it really [...]
Why does the U.S. continue to fail military veterans?
I was disturbed reading a story today about the medical and financial crises being faced by increasing numbers of military veterans in America.
Oh, sure, we all remember the Walter Reed hospital debacle of a couple of years ago — but how aware are you of the sad stories of so many who serve their country [...]
Would ‘CITO’ work in the war against terrorism? John Edwards thinks so
Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards announced a plan for an international organization which would pool resources and information in the worldwide war on terrorism. He’s calling it the “Counterterrorism and Intelligence Treaty Organization” or CITO.
In theory, such international efforts ought to be handled in already existing organizations like the United Nations, perhaps. In reality, there [...]
Iraqis fail to meet benchmarks — should we be surprised?
The big surprise isn’t that the Iraqis have failed to meet most benchmarks set in 2006. At least, given any news coming out of that nation for the last year or more, it shouldn’t be a big surprise.
The big surprise is that most supporters of this sorry, sad war won’t let the latest Iraqi failures [...]
Bush finds some quality time on the ground in Iraq
Shades of fake turkeys on Thanksgiving Day — President Bush made another surprise visit to Iraq! News reports say he slipped out of Washington secretly (that’s no small trick, I guess, given the size and nature of Air Force One??) and made a quick stop in al-Anbar province on his way to the Asia Pacific [...]
