I would like to add some clarity to the “American Sniper” controversy, and this is aimed at the squishy, Nader-voting, Whole Foods-obsessed, kale-scarfing, bulky-scarf-around-the-neck-when-it’s-not-even-cold crowd who are horrified that a sniper would kill someone from a concealed perch. Study after study has shown — and I saw it myself in Vietnam — that American combat […]
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From Afghanistan to Augusta, Jared Golden says desire to serve drives him
LEWISTON — When state Rep. Jared Golden thinks about Maine veterans, he does it from a personal perspective. Serving his first term in the Maine House, Golden, 32, is a Marine Corps veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s why he wanted to be on the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. It’s […]
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Video: Jury finds former Blackwater guards guilty in Iraqi shootings
WASHINGTON — Four former Blackwater security guards were found guilty Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, and a federal judge ordered them immediately to jail. In an overwhelming victory for prosecutors, a jury found Nicholas Slatten guilty of first-degree murder. The three other three guards — Paul Slough, Evan […]
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M.J. Newell: Obama’s foreign policy a travesty
I am ashamed of my country and of President Obama. Appointing John Kerry as secretary of state was an insult to every veteran in this country. Obama has insulted U.S. allies and has denounced Israel for defending itself against terrorists. Hamas has been firing rockets into Israel for years, yet when Israel fights back, they […]
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Austin Bay: Murderous excess will lead Islamic State to its demise
The terror gang now known as the Islamic State planned and executed an astonishingly successful military and media offensive. Hatched in 2010 when the gang still went by al-Qaida in Iraq, the combined military-and-message punch banked on a complete U.S. military withdrawal. The jihadists got it. Iraq needed a U.S. “security nightlight” to protect and […]
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Cal Thomas: Defeat terrorists now or face disastrous future
When liberal Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and the conservative former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich agree on something, attention should be paid. Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said last Friday that the U.S. must confront the jihadists who call themselves the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL). “It takes an […]
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U.S. bombs Islamic militants in Iraq
WASHINGTON — U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama’s promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to Iraqi civilians and Americans still stationed there. Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said that two F/A-18 jets […]
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H. Kenney: What could he do?
In his letter (July 22), Cornelius Swanton correctly stated that President George W. Bush asked for and received support from Congress for the U.S. involvement in Iraq. Swanton also stated “all available intelligence indicated that Iraq possessed WMDs.” But there were no WMDs in Iraq. It was flawed intelligence. To date, both wars (Iraq and […]
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Video purportedly shows extremist leader in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — A man purporting to be the leader of the Sunni extremist group that has declared an Islamic state in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria has made what would be his first public appearance, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq’s second-largest city, according to a video posted online Saturday. […]
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Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON — With the conflicts in Syria and Iraq becoming increasingly intertwined against the same Sunni extremist group, President Barack Obama moved on Thursday to ratchet up U.S. efforts to strengthen more moderate Syrian rebels. Obama’s request to Congress for $500 million in training and arms to the opposition in effect opens a second front […]