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President-elect Obama has first policy clash with Pentagon

President-elect Barack Obama is facing an early confrontation with the Pentagon over the hot-button issue of how fast to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq, with some senior officers arguing for a slower drawdown.

18Nov2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Obama meets Reality: Intelligence Policies Will Stay Largely Intact

President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies, advisers say, an approach that is almost certain to create tension within the Democratic Party.

12Nov2008 | Loozianajay | 1 comment | Continued
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Powerful Stuff

Here are a few interviews with Sgt. Cook

I wonder if he and his minions will attack this veteran.

3Nov2008 | Loozianajay | 1 comment | Continued
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Ethnonationalism and the cultural dispute with Islam, Israel and the U.S.

That there is a conflict existing between the Jewish state of Israel and its neighbors is a known fact throughout the world. From there, however, explaining the conflict further and exploring its roots requires a certain amount of nuance. Most casual observers may equate the conflict over religious differences between two monotheistic faiths or even […]

26Oct2008 | Loozianajay | 4 comments | Continued
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Virginia bureaucrats rejecting military absentee ballots

A low level Democrat party worker is trashing absentee ballots over technicalities. These same types have pushed the limits of legalities by registering college students and prisoners. A military poll was was released earlier this week that showed McCain as the overwhelming choice for service members. Surely that didn’t have anything to do with this.

25Oct2008 | Loozianajay | 11 comments | Continued
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Both candidates agree Financial Crisis Threatens U.S. Power

This is an issue that doesn’t take a real genius to figure out. Read War and Peace and War (The Rise and Fall of Empires) and you’ll be fully convinced.
I consider this of paramount importance and both candidates agreed that America’s future rested squarely on our economic position in the world.
McCain, Obama Say […]

8Oct2008 | Loozianajay | 3 comments | Continued
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Of course you were Mr. Biden

Biden Gets Pass for Saying He Was ‘Shot At’ in Iraq — Fox
“Let’s start telling the truth,” Biden said during a presidential primary debate sponsored by YouTube last year. “Number one, you take all the troops out - you better have helicopters ready to take those 3,000 civilians inside the Green Zone, where I have […]

1Oct2008 | Loozianajay | 1 comment | Continued
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McCain responds to Obama over possible interference with Iraqi government and U.S. Troop withdrawl

Barack Obama is being heavily accused of violating the Logan’s Act.
Iraqi government sources have revealed to the New York Post that Presidential candidate Barack Obama demanded Iraqi officials stop negotiations with the Bush Administration to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. Fearful that the success in Iraq would harm his political aspirations, Obama sought to keep […]

16Sep2008 | Loozianajay | 32 comments | Continued
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President Bush cuts 8,000 troops from duty in Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush plans to pull 8,000 more combat and support troops out of Iraq by February, a measured drawdown that will leave nearly the same level of U.S. forces in the war zone for the rest of the year.
Bush’s decision, to be delivered in a speech Tuesday, is perhaps his final stamp […]

9Sep2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Marine found innocent in historical trial

Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. — A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a first-of-its-kind federal trial.
The jury took six hours to find Jose Luis Nazario Jr. not guilty of charges that he killed or caused others to kill four unarmed detainees on Nov. 9, 2004, in […]

29Aug2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Charlie Wilson’s Peace

Charlie Wilson’s Peace- By Charles Wilson, Washington Post
Russia’s invasion of Georgia has led to a more serious foreign policy discussion in the presidential campaign. As tensions rise in the Caucasus and violence once again erupts in Afghanistan, we should recall the lessons we learned from our response to earlier Russian adventurism. We must recognize now, […]

28Aug2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Talk about unfit for command. If Kerry was a chicken-hawk, Biden is just plain chicken

Get a load of this. How exactly was he going to balance the ticket for Obama? This shaping up to be a very typical Democratic ticket.
No, I’m not complaining.
For a quarter century, Sen. Joe Biden has opposed the strengthening of America’s national security at every turn. Across the board he has opposed […]

26Aug2008 | Loozianajay | 2 comments | Continued
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President Bush says Russia’s actions unacceptable; VP Cheney says aggression must not go unanswered

(Associated Press)
President Bush on Monday sharply criticized Moscow’s harsh military crackdown in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, saying the violence is unacceptable and Russia’s response is disproportionate.
The United States is waging an all-out campaign to get Russia to halt its retaliation against Georgia for trying to take control of the breakaway province of South […]

11Aug2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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Russia escalates military operations; gives Georgia Ultimatum

New York Times
SENAKI, Georgia — Russia issued an ultimatum to Georgia on Monday to disarm its troops along the boundary with the pro-Russian separatist enclave of Abkhazia as Russian tanks rolled across the border and occupied a western military base. The move was a sign that fighting could escalate on a second, western front in […]

11Aug2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
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How the West helped Iran’s nuclear arsenal

Bureaucratic incompetence, political wrangling, a over all lack of will from international governments and a politically shell-shocked White House has done more for Iran’s nuclear research capability than their own scientist have in the arduous task of converting uranium to a useable substance — they have given them most key ingredient: Time.
As time goes […]

5Aug2008 | Loozianajay | 2 comments | Continued
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