Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said he doesn’t expect the Iraqi government to ask U.S. troops to remain beyond the 2011 deadline. “I think that the Iraq leadership is focused on that this ends in 2011,” Odierno told the Associated Press. He also said he would sen...

The president will withdraw 12,000 troops from Iraq over the next six months, but where will he send them? Back to America? Ski trip to Aspen? Or perhaps he’ll just airlift the veterans to Afghanistan, where a similar number of reinforcements has been promised over a similar period. Here’...

Friday Morning News Roundup I continue to be amazed at how Senator Ronald Burris has gone from political genius to a national embarrassment. Now it appears that former Governor Rod Blagojevich hired Ronald Burris, II , as senior counsel, for the state’s Housing Authority in mid-September. This...

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Watch this or Neanderpundit will kick your ass. I can't think of anyone else more deserving than this little boy for an "eyes, Right!" from the marching troops. Damn, must have something in my eye..... Proudly stolen from Neanderpundit who shamelessly stole it from Ace...

    It is now a commonplace -- as a lead article in the New York Times's Week in Review pointed out recently -- that Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empires." Given Barack Obama's call for a greater focus on the Afghan War ("we took our eye off the ball when we invaded Iraq...")...

. CURRENT & FORMER ARMY GENERALS MOUNT ANTI-OBAMA CAMPAIGN IRAQ WAR ARCHITECT LEADS CHARGE FOR MORE WAR YOUTUBE: THE YOUNG TURKS "Military Generals Rebel Against President Obama" "SIR, NO SIR!" Media Blitz Against Peace Starts On PBS: "To Hell With The People!" Army Gen. Jack Keane is a busy man...

All I Do Is Think Of You Written By Michael Lovesmith (A St. Louisan by the way) and Brian Holland The Jacksons - Original Performance (1975) Troop - (1989) Verdict: I prefer the version done by the Jacksons... Troop, although they did it well... tried too hard. This is one of those remakes that cou...

Troops won’t get Purple Heart for stress disorder Medal will not be given solely for diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder Eleven percent of Iraq veterans, 20 percent of Afghanistan veterans may have PTSD PTSD “not a wound intentionally caused by the enemy,� awards panel decided Decision...

After Britain's toughest year in Afghanistan our defence correspondent argues that the public needs to be convinced that the campaign in Helmand is worth fighting...