Lolita C. Baldor,Seattle Times A White House photographer was allowed to take and widely distribute a photo from the ceremony Tuesday for the return of the remains of 30 American troops killed in a weekend helicopter crash in Afghanistan despite the Pentagon’s claim that any public depiction of the scene would violate the [...] Dr. Earl Tilford,FloydReports.com In 1914,on the eve of the Great War,the Duke of Cambridge wrote,“There is a time for all things. There is even a time for change;and that is when it can no longer be avoided.” Speaking of change,the current debt crisis could force drastic cuts in [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Psychological warfare is a vital component of any war. Breaking the will of the enemy and keeping your own troops motivated may help an unorganized enemy’s victory seem “inevitable,” however one must twist the truth in the process. This makes control of the media,with its ability to [...] Don Feder,GrassTopsUSA.com Speaking at the dedication of a cemetery at Gettysburg,just months after the climatic battle of the Civil War,Abraham Lincoln called on the Americans of his day to “highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” That’s the challenge Americans confront – not just on Memorial Day,[...] On this Memorial Day,we remember with profound gratitude all those soldiers who gave the last,full measure of devotion to keep our nation free. the words of the man whose public,and private,life embodied patriotism and devotion to America’s founding principles:John Wayne. Below are two recitations John Wayne performed on his full-length [...] Move America Forward In the latest and most outrageous move,the Obama administration wants to cut pay and/or benefits for our troops and their families,even those deployed overseas fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq,in order to reign in budgetary spending. It’s the classic game that the liberals play whenever they are in power [...] Edwin Mora,CNSNews.com At least 858 U.S. soldiers have died in the Afghanistan war since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009. That equals 60.13 percent of the 1,427 American soldier fatalities so far in the ongoing 10-year war in that country. For March 2011,there were 26 U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan,[...] | |
