Category: Military
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What is going on in Libya?
Judging from the 80 comments on a recent thread, Libya certainly evokes strong emotions. Yesterday, a Libyan woman named Eman al-Obeidi rushed into a Tripoli hotel where foreign press are staying and told the media she had been raped and beaten by Col. Qaddafi’s forces. Within minutes, hotel staff and government officials were physically trying…
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Operation Odyssey Dawn
In 2007, Obama said: “The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.” Discuss.
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DREAM, START, and DADT on Senate’s Plate Today
There’s a lot going on today at the capitol. DREAM, unfortunately, has already failed, though DADT is on the verge of repeal. As for the latter, I’ve said my piece here before (most immediately, that it’s ludicrous that continue the charade when almost every single one of our allies that are fighting, dying, and, dare…
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Fighting Dems 2010?
Remember the “Fighting Dems“? Back in 2006, there was a movement spearheaded by Markos Moulitsas et al promoting military veterans (most of them OIF and OEF vets) running for Congress. Granted, only 5 of the House candidates won, but that cohort notably included folks like Joe Sestak, Tammy Duckworth, and Jim Webb, all of whom…
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I’d like to introduce you all to Tommy Sowers
Every two years this country elects, or re-elects all 435 Congress members, and 1/3 of the US Senate that’s a whole lot of race to keep up with. Sometimes it’s even hard to keep up with our own GA races. Those of us with an interest in politics-some might even say obsession, have friends from…