Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’

By Congressman Ron Paul Last week the National Bureau of Economic Research published a report on the effect of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq that confirmed what critics of our foreign policy have been saying for years: the killing of civilians, although unintentional, angers other civilians and prompts them to seek revenge. This should be self-evident. The ... Full story

By Gabe Haugland As we agonizingly inch closer to the day we have to leave our friends and family for a distant, hostile war zone, I struggle with the wide range of emotions I experience from day to day, moment to moment. Monday morning I woke up for what I believed to be my ... Full story

Soldiers of Bravo Company, 1-168 Infantry Regiment, based out of Shenandoah, Iowa, have been hard at work at Camp Ripley, MN preparing for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan this fall. Over the past week, their two major training objectives involved training the soldiers of the Wolfpack on proper movement techniques while under direct fire from an ... Full story

Faisal Shahzad is a Pakistani-born American citizen who recently spent 5 months in Pakistan before returning to the States and is now the main suspect in the NYC Times Square bomb plot. It was only April 8th when I posted regarding “The Militant Pipeline” in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and explained that 52% of all serious ... Full story

Well it’s the first Monday after new years and so it’s time to publish some resolutions.  I’ve been thinking of what mine would be.  I’ve been thinking of what our state and country should be.  It seems some of the same ole resolution ideas come up year after year. Carl Rove wrote in a recent story, “In 2010, ... Full story