Jo on June 24th, 2008

I was shocked to learn that USA Today had a (drumroll) positive story about Iraq!!!  Okay - I don’t read the USA Today every day, so maybe this isn’t the first time - but wow!
Roadside bomb attacks and fatalities in Iraq are down by almost 90% over the last year, according to Pentagon records and [...]

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Jo on May 27th, 2008

John McCain has pulled Obama’s punk card … (snort)
Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together.
“Look at what happened in the last two years since Senator Obama visited and declared the war lost,” the GOP [...]

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Jo on January 17th, 2008

BY MICK WALSH
The cry of “fore” can be heard all over Forward Operating Base Hammer now that the Iraq home of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team has its very own driving range.
“I hope this range and equipment gives you guys at least a few moments of relaxation,” Army Maj. Mark Andres told about two [...]

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Jo on October 10th, 2007

A military panel on Friday acquitted U.S. Army Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval on charges he killed two unarmed Iraqis, but it convicted him of planting evidence on one of the men in attempt to cover up the shooting. (Click Title to Read Whole Post)

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Jo on September 10th, 2007

General Petraeus was on town over the weekend. 
Was he here to get away from the sands of Iraq or prepare for the fire-fight he’s fixin’ to walk into in Washington?
Neither.
Seems family and respect comes first (something I think the left might have a hard time understanding).
From WTVM (Columbus, GA) [09/08/07]:
…today, he was on Fort Benning honoring [...]

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Jo on September 3rd, 2007

Oliver North has been saying for weeks that President Bush needs to go to Iraq and talk directly to the people there and our soldiers.  From his August 3rd column “Seize the Moment” he said:
This is the time for President Bush to seize the moment and go before the American people. He needs to go [...]

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