2 days ago by Jodie Anderson

A large number of American generals and at least 1,500 US soldiers arrived in Israel this week for one of the largest joint land exercises ever held between the two nations. Dubbed "Juniper Cobra," the exercise, which is held every year, but never... (Read entire article on the site)

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13 days ago by The Washington Times

Top lawmakers sparred Sunday over the timing of President Obama?s decision on how to move ahead in Afghanistan, with Republicans urging a quick move to boost troop levels and Democrats counseling patience. In partisan displays, senators generally agreed on the need to support whatever Afghan governm ...

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13 days ago by Signs of the Times

In a remote part of Helmand troops are dismayed by the ambivalence of locals and a sense that the Taliban can outlast them A mile from South Station, an outpost of US marines in Helmand province, the tribal chief was openly hostile. "The Americans threaten our economy and take our land for bases. Th ...

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17 days ago by njessen

As a person fond of History, I can’t help but contemplate the many historically significant things that happened on this day of October 21. In 1967, protesters of the Vietnam War tried to storm the Pentagon. In 1960, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy had their fourth and final debate. During Worl ...

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17 days ago by Signs of the Times

Washington - Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens told Congress on Wednesday that U.S. energy companies are "entitled" to some of Iraq's crude because of the large number of American troops that lost their lives fighting in the country and the U.S. taxpayer money spent in Iraq. Boone, speaking to the newly f ...

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20 days ago by Max

…for training purposes, that is. Via Hossam, who says, “Welcome to Egypt Assholes.” I’ll refrain from name calling, but don’t you tell me that we’re not an empire. Posted in Diplomacy, Egypt Tagged: American Empire, American Troops, Military, Military Training

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23 days ago by barbararaisbeck

Obama: Afghanistan Decision in ‘Coming Weeks’ United States to send ‘up to 45,000 more troops to Afghanistan’ President Barack Obama’s administration is understood to have told the British government that it could announce, as early as next week, the substantial increase to its 65,000 troops already ...

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23 days ago by 1 Woman

According to the weekly news index from Pew Research, Afghanistan has become the focus of both old and new media – at least until some cute video of a pet or a baby starts circulating or some reality show contestant starts complaining, at which point new media will take a sharp detour. I’ve been hes ...

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24 days ago by Jalaybi

TimesOnline American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned, according to the chaplains of two US battalions that have spent nine months on the front line in the war against the Taleban. Many feel that they are risking their lives — and that colleagues have died — for ...

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25 days ago by The Daily Reckoning

Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Everyone is talking about it. They want to know what they put in the water in Stockholm. Why would the Nobel committee give the prize to someone who hadn't really done much for world peace? Of course, the committee spokesmen had their lame answers. Now, th ...

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