Question for milspeak experts
Body: In his Congressional testimonies, General Petraeus kept using the word "troopers" to describe individual soldiers.Is this a new back-formation, whereby a "trooper" is the singular of "the...
View ArticleFox (Shills) News Channel Scores Again!!
Body: Despite the fact that the biggest news This Week was the testimony of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before Congress regarding the Iraq War, both men seemingly refused to Face...
View ArticleSo if Petraeus isn't a political general, why is he thinking of running for...
Body: Missed this one, alas. The Independent: The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, expressed long-term interest in running for the US presidency when he was stationed in Baghdad, according...
View ArticleThe Wipers Times
Body: Stumbled on this randomly in a quest for military slang ("Na poo). The Wipers Times was put out by soldiers in the trenches in World War I: Cloth Hall. Ypres. Great Attraction This Week Messrs....
View ArticleSenate Votes to Condemn the Declaration of Independence
Body: Okay, it was a non-binding* resolution to condemn our revolution, but still...When the past catches up with you, bitch-smack that dirty little commie hippy all the way back to the 18th Century...
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McClatchy: As Bush claims "ordinary life is beginning to return" in Baghdad,...
Body: Multimillionaire Blackwater CEO Erik "With a K" PrinceWorse than we thought. As usual. McClatchy. It's always nice to read real reporting. Fair use:On Sept. 9, the day before Army Gen. David...
View ArticleReshuffling the Neocon Chairs in the Obama Military and Intelligence Apparatus
Body: On April 26, 2011, it was reported that there would be a major reshuffling of the neocon deck chairs in the Obama Administration's military and intelligence apparatus. Leon Panetta will be...
View ArticleMultiple Choice 20 QUESTIONS About the War in Afghanistan
Body: (554 Obama-dumping days until 2012 election-Hugh's Obama's Scandals List)1. What country does the vast majority of terrorists in Afghanistan come from?a) Afghanistanb) Otherc) USA
View ArticlePetraeus Affair as al-Qaeda-Linked CIA Cover-Up
Body: It is tempting to focus on the bizarre and titillating details of what Pepe Escobar calls a “bedroom farce” or Arthur Silber calls a “cheap slut scenario” given as the explanation for CIA...
View ArticleMore Than Meets the Eye in L'Affaire Petraeus
Body: A few things. First is that there appears to have been a great deal of classified information bandied about between the people involved and possibly others. The threshold for dissemination of...
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