There Are Wars, and There Are Wars…

Have we gone from wars of liberation to wars of democratic domination?

…or, The Only Good War Is The War That Sets You Up For The Next War.

Being a student of history my entire life was a kind of evolutionary process in social and human understanding.  I mean, as a kid I enjoyed history and for a young fellow I did have a rather keen affinity for understanding historical timelines in things around me or in objects of antiquity.  For example, simply going through the dates of the coins in my pocket (or piggy bank) and finding a penny dated 1944 I would naturally think “Wow, this penny in my hand was minted in the year of D-Day!” 

Fighting Females: The Enemy Will Care Less About Career Equality

Times are indeed a changin’.

The Pentagon has recently announced that the military will open up combat-related jobs to women.  No doubt this has been a long and thought out decision for the military so I won’t pretend to know it all but there are some concerns that seem to rise to the surface right off the bat here for each and every female wanting to serve in a combat position.

Does History Repeat Itself? Just Ask Any Boomer About That Little Tiff We Had In Southeast Asia.

No… comparing the current Afghan/Iraq “thing” with the war in Vietnam is like comparing apples to oranges.  Welllll…. maybe it’s more like comparing, uhh.. McIntosh apples to Red Delicious apples; one being a little more tart than the other. 

Understanding “Comrades-In-Arms”; Battlefield BFF’s

It’s tough for people who have never experienced “foxhole sharing” to fully understand the idea of true comradeship.

“There’s A New Sheriff In Town.” Means You Can’t Trust The Marines?

Being reported on the news nearly as I write this is Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta‘s two-day visit to Afghanistan which included a meeting with Marines at Camp Leatherneck.

Yet Another “Attack” On Islam… Or Is It Just Another Excuse To Hate The Great Satan?

So far there’s no news regarding the identity of the U.S. soldier who went house to house killing Afghan civilians over the weekend… nor do we know his motives, as if that would make a whole ton of difference to the Afghan people shaken by this tragic event anyway.

Who Is The President Protecting When He Apologizes To Karzai?

In predicatable fashion the Muslim extremists, fundementalists, radicals, conservatives, liberals, whatever label you want to call them, are demonstrating and using violence to show their displeasure over the burning of pages of the Quaran at the airbase.

Crying Freedom Is More Than Just Sending Cell Phone Video

If we look back on history and review the forms of government that have stood the test of time you will likely find that there was great turmoil and social upheaval that led to it. 

Disgusting Acts Of War… And Why.

Here we go again.  The web pics of those alleged Marine snipers in Afghanistan urinating on what appears to be dead bodies, presummably of dead Taliban fighters, is turning into yet another example of war in all it’s glory. 

Is It Time For Defense Cuts? My List of Hot Spots to Watch in 2012.

One of those odd poltical quirks of our economic system is that when the government increases spending it adds to the overall deficit and when the government decreases spending the deficit is presumed not to get any worse.