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Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again

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Just as “W” predicted if we surrendered the gains made in Iraq, we would be headed back.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying a new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids against Islamic State there and in neighboring Syria, a ratcheting up of Washington’s campaign against the group that was quickly rejected by Iraq’s government.

I don’t know what you call it, sounds like boots on the ground in Iraq to me…..and the groups that have filled the power void are vowing to fight U.S. troops trying to help. Nice job Obama.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the deployment of such a force was not acceptable without Iraq’s approval, raising questions over how closely Washington coordinated the plan with Baghdad. Powerful Shi’ite Muslim armed groups pledged to fight any new deployment of U.S. forces to the country.

So they don’t want U.S. troops in country, I would imagine the troops themselves aren’t thrilled about it either.

Here’s a thought, lets solve the jihad problem for good.

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Win At All Costs

Win At All Costs

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How it was done back in the day. We took the Nazis down in Europe then headed to the pacific theater, thanks to the bomb they saved millions of lives. A lesson to be remembered or re-learned? via Ace

September 2, 1945 – The signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. That’s what we called victory back then, we win you surrender.

It was about now or an hour ago, 70 years ago. It’s around 10:30am local time, Sept. 2 in Tokyo.Officers Salute Macarthur as He Signs the Document on Japan's Surrender

A Lesson In Responsibility

A Lesson In Responsibility

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Today is the anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, General Eisenhower committed thousands of men to battle to retake Europe from the Nazis. If the worst case scenario were to have happened, General Eisenhower was prepared to take complete and full responsibility for the invasions failure.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower sounded confident before the Normandy Invasion. “This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down there, and we’re throwing everything we have into it, and we’re going to make it a success,” he said.

Operation Overlord was a massive campaign—an invasion of 4,000 ships, 11,000 planes, and nearly three million men—that was launched on June 6, 1944. Despite a year of strategizing and a boatload of confidence, Eisenhower had a quiet plan in case his mission failed. If the armada couldn’t cross the English Channel, he’d order a full retreat. One day before the invasion, he prepared a brief statement just in case:

“Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.”

 

Let that sink in, and compare to the leadership we now have. This man was prepared to shoulder the blame for failure on a global scale.

Obama won’t take blame for anything and credit for everything. The contrast between now and then is stark, and should remind you of why those men are considered “The Greatest Generation” because they were. What we have now is a bunch of selfish people more concerned with their political agenda and lining their own pockets, nary a worry about what they are doing to America and a disrespect for a generation of men who bled and died for love of country.

It has been oft spoken that America will not be destroyed by an invading army, but will eventually be destroyed from within. I fear our best days are behind us, when people like Barack Obama and John Kerry are our current best hope….I weep for our country and am embarrassed for the legacy of the men of D-Day for what we have become.

America

America

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Wow. Found here linked here……there will be no more posts today, you should be left with this in your heart all day.

 

Executive Mansion,
   Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.

   Dear Madam,

   I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

   Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

   A. Lincoln

Like A Boss

Like A Boss

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In response to the blaring of call to prayer this soldier played the Star Spangled Banner as the flag was raised at his FOB. I love the flag going up behind him at the end. Absolutely bitchin!!