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Fallujah News Isn’t Being Told

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 1, 2004 ⋅ 3 comments

Robert Kaplan asks why the real story of Fallujah isn’t getting out. It’s the administration’s fault. By the standards of most wars, some mosques in Fallujah deserved to be leveled. But only after repeated aggressions was any mosque targeted, and then sometimes for hits so small in scope that they often had little effect. The [...]

Why Fight?

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 1, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Below, translated excerpts from an interview with last surviving military leader of the Jewish Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943, Marek Edelman. Interviewer: Not a day seems to go by in Iraq without a terrorist attack, and in the last few days two Polish soldiers and a Polish journalist have died. Edelman: And do [...]

Surviving Hell

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 24, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Jacob D. Walsh, US Army Specialist, went through hell on April 9. He survived to tell the story.

Miniscule WMD

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 21, 2004 ⋅ 2 comments

Citizen Smash has a roundup of information on Sarin gas. Get this: the “miniscule” amount that was found in the cannister was enough to kill 60,000 people, if detonated correctly, and in the right area. Needless to say, the New York Times’ labeling of what was found in Iraq doesn’t really do justice to the [...]

Soldier Convicted of Desertion

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 21, 2004 ⋅ One comment

Good.

The War’s Reveal

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 13, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Reader Patrice pointed me to to this link, calling it obscene. This is the sort of thing coming from the far Left these days. Write a letter to a soldier to let him/her know what people really think of this war. Send a photo of a dead Iraqi civilian. Send a photo or message about [...]

Three Sides

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 12, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

There are always three sides to the story: the media’s side, the armchair pundits (like me), and the grunt who’s out in the muck. I value the last opinion most. Read here to find out why.

AWOL Guardsman

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 5, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Why hasn’t this man been shot yet? He deserted in wartime, technically an offense that’s punishable by execution. Okay, I don’t actually advocate that. But put the man in prison. So will this National Guardsman be lambasted by the Left for his AWOL stunt? Since the man’s last name isn’t Bush, I kind of doubt [...]

Abu Ghraib Judgment

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 4, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Cox and Forkum have hit the nail on the head with this cartoon. Let those who are without sin cast the first stone. The judgment of the American soldiers responsible for the brutality at Abu Ghraib prison should be leveled and executed by those who have had no part in terror and torture. Sadists who [...]

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