Victory in Anbar? What victory?

Victory in Anbar Province, Iraq? If you Google, “Anbar + victory,” all you will find is a bunch of outdated stuff from the years when coalition forces were taking a real beating from Al Qaeda Iraq and the Sunni insurgents, who were then still trying to take back control of the whole Country. [...]

Operation Gratitude Doing 4th-of-July Patriotism Year-round

Happy Independence Day, dear readers! Now, you might want to take a short break from waving your flag, put your sparklers on hold and grab a hanky. This story is going to put a lump in your throat the size of Texas, and bring tears to even the most hardened eyes among us. [...]

Our Troops Deserve All We Have to Give

Especially since 9/11, our own generation’s Day of Infamy, our American troops have given us all they have to give. They’ve gone wherever we’ve sent them and done with honor all that we’ve asked of them. They’ve put their lives and limbs on the line every day for our Constitutional liberties and way [...]

War, Hell and Civilian Juries

It is extremely difficult for civilians to possibly understand the stress, and instant decision making demands, that are required in combat. A jury of pure civilians, judging military actions in combat, would not be truly be a “jury of peers.”- Captain Pete Hegseth, Iraq War Veteran and Executive Director, Vets for Freedom
I’ve never [...]

Summer Soldiers by Any Other Name: Act II

“We must view as shameful any act by any American that emboldens and encourages the enemies we fight in the field. That is what is happening with the current efforts by anti-war activists purporting to show our soldiers as nothing more than criminals with guns terrorizing a helpless people. To look at it, [...]