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Navy SEALS

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 25, 2005 ⋅ 3 comments

My brother James is currently serving with (but is not part of) Navy SEALs as part of his six month Iraq deployment. He revisits the recent loss of eleven SEAL members in Afghanistan and discusses their sacrifice as part of a greater whole in the rebuilding of Iraq: Most of the focus on the war [...]

“I was in a cheerleading squad…”

By jelewis8 ⋅ January 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Greg Piper is guest blogging for the next three days at Joe Gandelman’s The Moderate Voice, the (un)lucky stiff. He’ll be posting a few items at The Smoking Room, but most of his stuff will be over at TMV. Go give him some lovin’. And Greg, don’t you know that’s going to cut down on [...]

Casualty Count

By jelewis8 ⋅ December 17, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

In response to a number of people complaining that the DoD is hiding the true casualty numbers in a category called “Non-combat deaths”, I’ve dug up some numbers that pretty much make their blathering a non-issue. The original link used in the argument is here. Then this came through the pipe: nevermind i take it [...]

Letter to the Legion

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 14, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Dear Post 45, I caught wind of and read the recent news articles being circulated back there in the states. I figured I could clarify some things for you. As usual the news media has blown some things way out of proportion. The countryside is getting more safe by the day despite all the attacks [...]

Iraqi Troops Forced to Fight

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 27, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

And this article from the New York Times (registration required) reports what many have feared for some time: Iraqi troops are being forced to fight under the threat of death. The scene after Tuesday night’s battle suggested an Iraqi force that was not as spirited as some of those that American troops have encountered recently [...]

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