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The China Man Cometh

Afghanistan Bauart - June 30, 2010 9

So I'm out on my driveway washing my car last weekend, when my neighbor walks by. He is an old Chinese guy in his...

“How am I Doing?”

Afghanistan KQµårk 死神 - April 6, 2010 6

Ed Koch when he was Mayor Koch use to ask that very question to New Yorkers walking down the streets of New York quite...

Huffy Spin Machine

Afghanistan KQµårk 死神 - January 13, 2010 63

Huffy is doing it again. Any good news that does not fit their narrative must be instantly spun to the negative. Case in point a...

14 Easy Steps That The US Uses To Conduct War

Afghanistan KarateKid - January 9, 2010 7

As a veteran of one war, I can see similarities in how we are conducting this war. We're really doing nothing different that what...

No Matter What Americans Say They Want a Leviathan in Charge

Afghanistan KQµårk 死神 - December 23, 2009 25

The American people still support the president's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan even if they do not support the war. My take...

It’s Time To Rethink Re-Instituting the Universal Draft

Afghanistan KarateKid - December 13, 2009 45

The military, for a number of years, had a draft. It was done away with in the 1970s and there has been an all...

30,000 Reasons to Leave Afghanistan

Afghanistan AdLib - December 1, 2009 326

The numbers appear to be leaked by The White House, 30,000 more troops for Afghanistan. Some of the buzz from the MSM is that Pres....

Afghana-Stand-or-Go?

Afghanistan AdLib - November 24, 2009 45

President Obama is going to announce his plans for Afghanistan after Thanksgiving. It may be ironic that by then we will be done giving thanks. Word...

Truth and Consequences

Afghanistan AdLib - November 9, 2009 112

There's this site I know, you may have heard of it. It starts with an H as in "Hell". They have a story up...

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Afghanistan

The China Man Cometh

“How am I Doing?”

Huffy Spin Machine

14 Easy Steps That The US Uses To Conduct War

No Matter What Americans Say They Want a Leviathan in Charge

It’s Time To Rethink Re-Instituting the Universal Draft

30,000 Reasons to Leave Afghanistan

Afghana-Stand-or-Go?

Truth and Consequences

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