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The Military Times poll finds that only 35 percent of respondents approve of Bush’s handling of the war — down from 63 percent two years ago — while 42% disapprove of it.
Only 35 percent of the military members polled this year said they approve of the way President Bush is handling the war, while 42 [...]

I would like to publicly apologize for two ‘snarky’ characterizations I made in a previous post in reference to the wives accompanying their husbands in the ASP Christmas video.
It was a childish reaction to comments made in the video which I felt at the time were directed at me and others from OneUtah who wrote [...]

As much as I have tried to ask questions designed to spark a thoughtful exchange of ideas at ASP, no one from that blog has answered ANY of my questions.
Here is a simple question. I beg a response from Sue or her friends.
Many, many children have been killed and maimed in Iraq.
Question: How do [...]

I was saddened to hear that CJ of ASP has been called back to Iraq. His local news did a nice story on him.…and video.
The piece includes a very sobering moment about the obvious risk or being hurt or worse. CJ’s final comment is “that’s the price of freedom, I think.”
It was easy to [...]

In my attempt to understand the Military mind, I found this while wandering around the Milblogosphere . At first I was horrified - how could such a great writer…but then I read on.
From here
It’s nights like this that I miss the war. Nights alone with too much time to think that I feel it [...]

There air was still milky brown this morning as the dust continued to settle on the blogo-battle field after yesterday’s skirmish between OneUtah and the mercenaries at ASP.
As I climbed down from my nocturnal perch still sleepy-eyed from a deep, well-deserved slumber, I managed to catch a glimpse of the enemy camp through a break [...]

Most likely because my Jewish father escaped a Nazi camp, I was raised with an acute sense of the horrors of the Holocaust and the powerful admonition that we ‘never forget.’ So it came as a very unpleasant surprise to discover at the age of 44, that many Americans HAVE forgotten, or more likely don’t [...]