What a strange and crazy couple of weeks.  Who would have guessed that all of this shuffling of military leadership would have happened, and like this?  We get rid of McChrystal because of comments his team made in a Rolling Stones article, we pull Petraeus from CENTCOM and make him the guy in charge […]

     This is significant, because this speech sets the pace and tone of the new management in Afghanistan.  This is an excellent first step, and I absolutely agree that unity of effort is the one thing we should be able to control, before we press forward.  That means everyone comes together and rallies around […]

     “Of the total military spending in the world, the US spends half of that, and that’s an unsustainable number,” Erik Prince, founder and chairman of Xe, told CNBC Thursday.
    “You’re going to have to turn to private sector efficiency initiatives if the US is going to be able to project power and help […]

     McChrystal is replaced by Petraeus.  The reason for McChrystal being let go is because of what was said in the Rolling Stone article.  The choice of Petraeus was the best choice for the continuity of the mission and strategy according to the President.-Matt
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Petraeus to Replace McChrystal
Jonathan Weisman
JUNE 23, 2010
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama […]

     The most dangerous enemy snipers proved to be the insurgents who mimicked the Washington, D.C.-area snipers who terrorized our nation’s capital in 2002 by firing from the concealment of a car. Cruising the streets of Baghdad, Mosul and other towns, these mobile sniper teams sought G.I.s manning roadside checkpoints, fixed security posts and […]

   Wow, this is great news.  Arizona has been pushing hard for National Guard troops and the White House has finally agreed to allow it.  It’s about time is all I have to say.
     I am not sure what will be purchased with the 500 million dollars, and I am sure that money will […]

     Insurgents have fired rockets at the base in the past, but the assault was “not something that commonly happens quite in this way,” said Army Master Sgt. Tom Clementson, a U.S. military spokesman at Bagram.
     “That’s a dog chasing a school bus. You don’t attack Bagram with 20 guys,” one U.S. official […]

   This seems to be the same rhetoric that every Defense Secretary dishes out, but this time I am going to speculate that there is something a little different about this time.  Saving pennies is now in the vocabulary of the leaders of this war, because they have no other choice.  There is just too […]