Tag archive for ‘Civilians’
Post 9/11 - Are we safer?
For me, 9/11 isn’t something I watched on TV…. I lived it…. and the reminders of it are ever present in Washington, D.C. Tomorrow the former 9/11 Commission members will release a report stating that the United States is “dangerously vulnerable” to another attack. That is just plain wrong.
Patriotism, Service to the Nation, POWs, and Torture
I have been thinking all day today about Gen. Wes Clark (Ret.) argument against Sen. McCain that he lacks “command experience” because his military career is essentially one of dropping bombs on innocent civilians and getting captured and tortured.
Sen. McCain’s service to his country in Vietnam was honorable. That story is a difficult one to [...]
Barack Obama warns Republicans to leave Michelle alone
Senator Barack Obama has made clear that there was one target in the White House race he considered off limits to Republicans, declaring: “Lay off my wife.”
The Democratic senator was responding to an advertisement produced by the Republican party in Tennessee.
Republican activists had portrayed her as unpatriotic because she said in [...]
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