What color is the sky in Palin's world, or is she BSing?
I never thought Sarah Palin could say something that would leave me totally speechless, but this time, she's done it.  Reports Politico: Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday accused President Barack Obama of not acknowledging the sacrifices made by the men and women in the U.S. military. "There's been a lack of acknowledgement by our president in understanding what it is that the American military provides in terms of, obviously, the safety, the security of our country," Palin said during an interview with Fox News's Greta Van Susteren. "I want him to acknowledge the sacrifices that these indi

Options On Afghanistan
As Richard has noted, President Obama is expected to announce this next week his decision on Afghanistan.  General Petraeus has cautioned that this decision should be well thought out and that President Obama was right to take some time.  IN 2006, President Bush took four months to make a decision on the surge strategy in Iraq.  With that in mind, I wanted to take a look at some of the possible strategies that have been discussed. The first assumes that we have the f

Afghanistan Decision Next Week
And it appears we have a decision: President Obama has conducted a final meeting on his military review for Afghanistan, administration officials said, and he is planning to explain his decision in an address to the nation next Tuesday. "After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision, and he will announce that decision within days," Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said Tuesday morning. McClatchy is reporting that the decided upon number of troops is

Misconception
I am a progressive. I'm sure it surprises everyone to read those words (/sarcasm). But nothing annoys me more than when my fellow progressives get it wrong. Not wrong on subjective opinions, per se, but on facts.  It's not intentional.  Fellow progressives don't mean to misconstrue the facts. They just don't always understand the community from which Veterans and uniformed service members come. Case in point: During the Bush administration, the JSOC was reportedly being commanded by the vice president's office, effectively making them Dick Cheney's own "executive assassi

The XM-25
All I know is I want one! FORT BELVOIR, Va. - A Soldier successfully shoulder-fired a "smart" High Explosive Airburst, or HEAB round for the first time Aug. 11 from the XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md. The Army plans on purchasing more than 12,500 XM-25 systems starting in 2012, which will be enough to put one in each Infantry squad and Special Forces team, according to officials at Program Executive Office-Soldier.