The picture that you see is the image of Pfc Bradley Manning. He is the cause of what I see as the biggest intelligence scandal in US history. Because of this young man much of our foreign relations has been severely damaged. Our president, and Secretary of State are madly scrambling around in n attempt [...]
US Marines are pushing to get the Alikozai tribesmen to assist in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. They would definitely add a certain flavor to the war if they did and would be an awesome force multiplier but the verdict is out on whether or not they will join in the fight. The [...]
Even though he was warned that the release of these sensitive documents would endanger lives and jeapordize US operations and relations Wlikleaks founder Julian Assange went ahead and leaked the documents anyway. The information was details of private communications of State Department employees conversations with outside government officials, and internal communications within the ranks. Much [...]
The new Marine Corps Commandant has expressed his views of where the Corps needs to go in the immediate future and I must admit that the Corps just like every other branch of miilitary service has some serious obstacles to overcome. To begin with all branches of service must be flexible. Our future enemies could [...]
I was just reading the news account of this resignation and it just seems to me that the South Koreans are doing something backwards. Every time the North Koreans do something provocative some officials in the South Korean government resign. The blame can’t be placed on those officials, at least not in this case. In [...]
The founder of WikiLeaks has tweeted that his next disclosure of secrets will be seven times larger than the last release of classified documents and reports about the US war in Afghanistan. We don’t know what it will be but the world is watching and waiting with baited breath. I don’t have any problem with [...]
Former President George W. Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq right after the terrorist attacks of Sep 11 2001. Of course this is what you would expect him to do. Personally I thought it was a good idea at the time but I believe that both the president and I were just caught up [...]
I told you in a previous post that I would stay abreast of the situation and let you know the outcome and it is here. In one of the trials of Somali pirates all five have been convicted of charges of piracy. This is the first time that this has happened in 200 years. They [...]
Our German allies have done a wonderful job in Chardarah Afghanistan of expelling the Taliban. The area was under heavy Taliban control at one time but they have gotten rid of the Taliban in the Southern part of the region very effectively. The thing that they need to do now is to hold the ground [...]
One of our Operation Iraqi Freedom ring customers was barred from his community college recently because of an essay that he wote in which he stated that he enjoyed killing and felt that he needed to kill in order to feel normal. Now he is an infantryman but let me drop some knowledge on you [...]
Rings For All Service Branches
