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May 1, 2012

Remembering the Killing of Osama Bin Laden While Realistically Looking at Afghanistan and Pakistan

A year ago US Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six and other Special Operations Forces made a daring night raid into Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden had orchestrated the Al Qaeda attacks on September 11th 2001 which … Continue reading →

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Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan, national security, News and current events

Tagged as 9-11 attacks, afghanistan, afghanistan war, al qaeda, bin laden killed, destruction of us embassy in pakistan 1979, drones, isi, mikhail gorbachev, nato, osama bin laden, pakistan, pakistani taliban, president george w bush, president musharref, president obama, russian support of us-nato afghanistan mission, seal team 6, september 11th 2001, soviet-afghan war, taliban, uss cole bombing

September 11, 2011

Never Forget: 9-11-2001

It has been ten years since we saw the horrifying images of airliners crashing into theTwinTowersof the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, ten years since we saw people plunging to their deaths to avoid being burned to death in … Continue reading →

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Filed under faith, History, iraq,afghanistan, traumatic national events

Tagged as 9-11 2001, 9-11 attacks, 9-11 prayers, 9-11-2001 memorial services, afghanistan casualties, fgs lutjens, iraq casualties, new american century, nyfd casualties on 9-11, nypd casualties on 9-11, port authority police 9-11 casualties, uss winston churchill, we stand by you

September 10, 2011

An Uneventful Monday on the Eve of War: September 10th 2001

It is hard to imagine that 10 years ago the furthest thing from my mind and probably anyone else’s mind was that a brazen attack would be launched on the United States. We never imagined that by10 AM the following … Continue reading →

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Filed under History, Military, traumatic national events

Tagged as 2nd marine divsion, 9-11 2001, 9-11 attacks, afghanistan, al qaeda, camp lejeune, china, mcas new river, sept 10th 2001, uss cole bombing, world trade center

September 7, 2011

Reflections on 9-11-2001: How the Day Changed Me….

We are coming up on the 10th anniversary of a date that changed the country. I wrote about it last year in an article entitled 9-11-2001: A Date that Will Live in Infamy 9 Years Later. This year I am going … Continue reading →

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Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan, national security, traumatic national events

Tagged as 9-11 2001, 9-11 attacks, afghanistan casualties, al qaeda, camp lejuene nc, dien bien phu, distrust of media, distrust of politicians, fox news, iraq casualties, ltc karen wagner, national security strategy, navy seals, osama bin laden, patriotism, pentagon attack on 9-11, PTSD, stalingrad, talk radio hosts, united flight 175, united flight 93, vietnam war, world trade center, wtc south tower

June 11, 2011

Why History Matters: The Disastrous Effects of Long Insurgency Campaigns on the Nations that Wage them and the Armies that Fight Them

French Mobile Group in Indochina “Any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as General [Douglas] MacArthur so … Continue reading →

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May 28, 2011

Memorial Day 2011: Counting the Cost of War and Remembering its Brotherhood

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother…” William Shakespeare “Henry V” “Heroism is latent in every human soul – However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) … Continue reading →

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Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan, Loose thoughts and musings, Military, national security, PTSD, shipmates and veterans

Tagged as 9-11 2011, 9-11 attacks, afghanistan, afghanistan casualties, afghanistan veterans, armistice day, clausewitz, clausewitz remarkable trinity, clausewitz social trinity, decoration day, guy sager, henry v, ied, iraq casualties, iraq veterans, joshua chamberlain, memorial day, military cutbacks, nato, operation iraqi freedom, president george bush, PTSD, september 11 2001, tbi, terrorist attacks, the forgotten soldier, us air force, us army, us casualties, us coast guard, US Marine Corps, us military, US Navy, veterans administration, vietnam veterans, world trade center

May 5, 2011

Living in the Bizzaro Post Osama Bin Laden World: Another Denny Crane Moment for Padre Steve

Note to readers: Another of my Denny Crane moments which seem to be coming more likely, must be the Mad Cow “Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out … Continue reading →

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Filed under faith, Foreign Policy, History, iraq,afghanistan, middle east, Military, national security, philosophy, Politics

Tagged as 9-11 2001, 9-11 attacks, abortion, abu ghraib, adolf hitler, afghanistan war, arab spring, arab world, bin laden killed, bizzaro world, blackwater, christian reaction to bin laden death, christmas time in hell, cost of iraq afghanistan wars, death penalty, halliburton, iraq war, kelly's heroes, kill team, navy seals, nazi germany, osama bin laden, political spin, president barak obama, president bill clinton, president george w bush, reactions to bin laden killing, saddam hussein, south park, twin towers

May 2, 2011

Thoughts on the Well Deserved Death of Osama Bin Laden and some Christian’s Crocodile Tears for his Soul

Note: This is one of my Denny Crane moments indulge me Osama Bin Laden got his just deserts yesterday at the hands of the Navy SEALS of Seal Team Six known simply as DEVGRU to those that have served in … Continue reading →

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May 2, 2011

Bin Laden Dead: Navy SEALS Kill Terrorist in Pakistan

DEAD! His name is associated with brutal attacks on attacks on Americans and others for over a decade the Embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania, the USS Cole, the Khobar Towers, Madrid Spain, Mumbai and most infamously the dastardly attack … Continue reading →

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Tagged as 9-11 attacks, adolf hitler, afghanistan war, al qaeda, bin laden killed, iraq war, kenya and tanzania attacks, khobar towers bombing, navy seals, obama speech on bin laden death, osama bin laden, pakistan, president barak obama, uss cole bombing

January 3, 2011

The Coming of Orwell’s 1984 27 Years Late….So Much for Timing

Yes my friends is finally 1984, well the Orwellian kind. I remember the first 1984, back in the good old days of the Cold War and all that. But that 1984 was more of a number and not very Orwellian. … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: 9-11 attacks

Remembering the Killing of Osama Bin Laden While Realistically Looking at Afghanistan and Pakistan

Never Forget: 9-11-2001

An Uneventful Monday on the Eve of War: September 10th 2001

Reflections on 9-11-2001: How the Day Changed Me….

Living in the Bizzaro Post Osama Bin Laden World: Another Denny Crane Moment for Padre Steve

Thoughts on the Well Deserved Death of Osama Bin Laden and some Christian’s Crocodile Tears for his Soul

Bin Laden Dead: Navy SEALS Kill Terrorist in Pakistan

The Coming of Orwell’s 1984 27 Years Late….So Much for Timing

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