Ruminations

It looks like the current group of bad guys (isis) is gaining ground in Syria.  And the Turks are saying that the U.S. air strikes are not e...

I am terribly sorry for the families of the journalists who were beheaded and for the aid worker who was beheaded. I am terribly sorry for t...

       I read this morning that 5 more Americans were killed in Afghanistan.  That is 5 more families who will never again see o...

  I see that President Obama wants to keep 6,000 troops in Afghanistan after the end of the year.  Anyone reading my blog for the past ...

According to the HuffPo, support for the continuing war in Afghanistan has fallen below levels for that in Iraq and Vietnam.  What puzzles ...

Well, it turns out I am not the only person to take issue with the Status of Forces Agreement being negotiated by Secretary of State John Ke...

This from the front page of today's NYT: WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Wednesday that the United States and ...

I wonder if there is anyone who thinks that we (the U.S. and various allies) have accomplished anything worthwhile in Iraq and/or Afghani...

Much is being written and said on this unbearably sad anniversary about the totally useless, unnecessary, immoral war that we perpetrated ...

7 more killed in Afghanistan.  Got to keep feeding the Department of Perpetual Warfare.

American soldier to die in Afghanistan?   Last week there were six more Americans to die in a place where we have no possibility of achievin...

I just checked my previous posts on Afghanistan and found the my first post on it was March 1, 2009. So for three solid years now I have bee...

Haven't we already spent enough money, lives, and limbs? Isn't there anything that we need to be doing right here within our own bor...

This article in the Armed Forces Journal is written by a Lt. Colonel who has done 2 tours in Iraq and 2 in Afghanistan.  The man is not just...

This evening President Obama will give a speech outlining his plan for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.  I am worried.  In all probabili...

is the title of Paul Krugman's column in yesterday's NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/opinion/09krugman.html?_r=1&partne...

From the Wikileaks documents we learn that the Pakistani's have been aiding the Taliban. What a shock, who would have thought???... As ...

The good thing about the firing of General McChrystal is that at least people are thinking about Afghanistan and our presence there. I wond...

Since tonight President Obama will announce an additional 30,000+ troops for Afghanistan, I propose a National Day of Mourning for Wednesday...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102603394.html?wpisrc=newsletter One person speaks out against the idi...