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The Brotherhood: Veterans Day 2011
I am always a bit on the melancholy side on Veterans Day. This year is no different but is a bit different because for the United States the war in Iraq is coming to an end at least for now … Continue reading →
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Return to the Great Montana Dude Ranch Sleepover: Padre Steve’s Cure to Politics as Usual
I wrote this about a year ago and after the fiasco that we have endured during this long and all too painful year think that it is time to revisit the topic. Since I have been rather morose of late … Continue reading →
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Taking the Wrong Train
Martin Niemöller “If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer Martin Niemöller was a war hero. He had served on U-Boats during the First World War and commanded a U-Boat … Continue reading →
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The Bond
This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of … Continue reading →
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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 →
Filed under Foreign Policy, History, iraq,afghanistan, middle east, Military, Politics, vietnam, world war two in europe
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“Victory” and Reality: Never think that War will be Easy
“No one starts a war-or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so-without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.” – Karl von Clausewitz … Continue reading →
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Tagged as 9-11 2001, 9-11 attacks, afghanistan, al anbar province, al qaeda, al qaida, anbar awakening, axis of evil, clausewitz, coalition provisional authority, COIN, counterinsurgency, Field Marshal Von Rundstedt, general heinz guderian, german army, ied, iran, iraq, iraq insurgency, iraqi army, joint forces staff college, kursk, mission accomplished, north korea, patriot day, paul bremer, president george w bush, ralph peters, red army, roger trinquier, saddam hussein, shock and awe, taliban, us army, us marines, usmc, usmc command and staff college, uss abraham lincoln, victory disease, wehrmacht, world trade center, world war ii
The Great Montana Dude Ranch Sleepover: Padre Steve’s Solution to Politics as Usual
Sleepover on a Dude Ranch anyone? I don’t know about you but as a passionate moderate I am fed up with the nasty politics as usual that is killing our country. Our political ruling class appears to be hell bent … Continue reading →
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Iran Makes Noise in Persian Gulf: Obama Dispatches Patriots and Ships to Deter
Mahmoud Ahamadinejad threatens a “harsh blow at global arrogance” Something is going on in Iran. The despotic regime of Mahmoud Ahamadinejad has been cracking down on dissidents and protestors over the last few months since the disputed presidential election. Two … Continue reading →
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A Global Force for Good
A Global Force for Good: A Sailor holds the hand of a Haitian Child The Navy A Global Force For Good TV Spot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DriBYQvG_4 “I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in … Continue reading →
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Mission Accomplished in Al Anbar: The Marines Turn Over the Mission to the Iraqis
Religious Support Team 2 MNF-W the Desert Rats at Al Waleed August 2007 There was a time not very long ago that names like Al Anbar, Fallujah and Ramadi were synonymous with futility and humiliation. But that was before a … Continue reading →
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