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The Observer Journal - Observation Leading to Insight: Category Archive for War

BREAKING – Iraqi government official death toll made public -- the Iraqi Human Rights Ministry said 85,694 people were killed from the beginning of 2004 to Oct. 31, 2008, and 147,195 were wounded -- super high, claims proven false

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:23 AM | Add Comment

“Pentagon officials have told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee a GALLON OF GAS costs the military about $400 by the time it arrives in the remote locations in Afghanistan where U.S. troops operate.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, October 26, 2009 1:28 AM | Add Comment

Far-left academics with the American Political Science Association said in a report released Thursday, “The success of the troop surge in Iraq helped improve attitudes toward the United States.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, October 05, 2009 1:38 AM | Add Comment

Bill Clinton on Larry King Live [September 21, 2009] said, "The surge worked." -- [VIDEO]

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:38 AM | Add Comment

“The USA is still occupying Iraq, which we've ground into dust over the past 6 years,” according to 'the left of the left' writer Jane Hamsher --- REALLY? The Observer wonders what Iraqis said in polling last week about the quality of life indicators

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:47 AM | Add Comment

According to AFPS Joe Biden said, “Democracy will prevail in Iraq.” ---- JOE BIDEN DECLARES VICTORY IN IRAQ...... ...sort of...

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:19 AM | Add Comment

ABC's Charles Gibson to Cindy Sheehan: "Thank you for your [political] sacrifice. Now that Obama is President, 'enough' already!"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, August 21, 2009 1:55 AM | Add Comment

This major headline, it's the ultimate "double entendre" and sharp stick in the eye to millions of feckless, far-left, Europeans and some ultra far-left Obama voters in America: "Elections Bring Change to Iraq"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, August 01, 2009 2:54 AM | Add Comment

"Iraqi Democrats WIN Iraq War" - According to the far-left website, Informed Comment: "The end of major US combat operations, prematurely announced by Bush on the USS Lincoln in 2003, may finally be at hand."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:32 AM | Add Comment

“The USA might be trading a slight tactical advantage but we are gaining significant strategic advantage,” said Army Gen. Ray Odierno – AWESOME news from Iraq

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:18 AM | Add Comment

Having re-learned, lessons learned, the USA is very successful on the battlefield -- Gen. Odierno said. "The dark days of the previous years in Iraq are behind us."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, June 20, 2009 1:36 AM | Add Comment

"I think that when we were in the months right after Saddam was deposed, there are things that I probably would do differently now," Liz Cheney said about Iraq.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:52 AM | Add Comment

According to Newsweek: “Victory in Iraq” -- a left-wing publication, Newsweek, fully discredits the ultra far-left bigots who hate the Iraqi democrats - Iraq had the lowest number of security incidents on record

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, June 08, 2009 1:48 AM | Add Comment

"A U.S. withdrawal will reduce the number of targets. We believe it's important for U.S. troops to stay in camps outside Mosul to provide help only if needed," the newly elected governor of the Mosul area, Atheel al-Nujaifi, said.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:27 AM | Add Comment

As President, if you intend being the leader of the "War Party" (the president who starts a war) YOUR POLITICAL PARTY is DOOMED - "Not since January 2004, shortly after the capture of Saddam, has a survey found 'right direction' in the U.S.A."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:56 AM | Add Comment

DEMOCRAT Harry Reid (infamous YouTube clip from two years ago HERE) “The Iraq War Is Lost” – OBAMA DOES A 180, DUMPS HARRY REID (a fellow democrat)... the Obama far-left proven dangerous cowards and feckless racists, abandoning the Iraqi Democrats

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:16 AM | Add Comment

If you are the corps commander, be in command. Unless you have a mouse in your pocket, these are all “I” decisions. There are NO “we” decisions especially "UP" the civilian chain of command

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, April 13, 2009 1:54 AM | Add Comment

During the entire month of March 2009 - FOUR KILLED - total (4) - four killed in ALL of Iraq for the ENTIRE MONTH - (31 days) - the enemy killed four - some European cities more dangerous

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:03 AM | Add Comment

BREAKING NEWS - 4/2/2009: L. Paul Bremer III – “Franks and Bush KNOWINGLY allowed the insurgency and caused an 'unnecessary' Phase IV IRAQ fiasco”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, April 03, 2009 1:27 AM | Add Comment

SIX YEARS - March 19, 2003 the Iraq war started - MARCH 19, 2009 - Iraq war WON -- European and American FAR-LEFT openly RACIST towards Iraqi Democrats.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:02 AM | Add Comment

Violence PLUNGES 90% - VIOLENCE in Iraq at a SIX YEAR low!!! Clearly, a massive, strategic VICTORY in "Iraq War"... YET the Democrat "War on Poverty" (started in 1933) is a stupid "80 year quagmire" - more trillions stolen, wasted, fraud...

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:03 AM | Add Comment

"Last Fallujah Checkpoint CLOSED!!!" - Yes, Madam Speaker Pelosi, you are reading this headline correctly. There are ZERO Marines running checkpoints in Fallujah. Fallujah safe and the far-left was 100% WRONG - Obama WRONG!

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, February 20, 2009 4:06 AM | Add Comment

“We recognize and honor what you gave Iraq. Last elections there were 300 attacks with 150 of those being effective. This election, there were only 11 and of those only two were effective. We will always remember the sacrifices the Estonians made for us,”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:56 AM | Add Comment

"We are done with Iraq as a political message," said Democrat strategist James Carville speaking on CNN - Iraq: 'Good News Is No News' - Saul Alinsky is laughing.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:55 AM | Add Comment

“This security is felt throughout all Iraq. We are restoring Iraq’s prosperity in spite of criminals who shed Iraqi blood. We are dusting ourselves off and moving on to accomplish the true dreams of Iraqi people,” said IP Gen. Amad Ismael, commander

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, February 07, 2009 1:11 AM | Add Comment

1) Sadr, then 2) Iran and last, but certainly not least, 3) these loony American leftists are the biggest losers in the awesome Iraqi election results - far-left proven to be in error, now spinning

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, February 06, 2009 1:00 AM | Add Comment

al Qaeda in Iraq the ultimate low – al Qaeda men run away, hiding behind Muslim women – “the confessions of Jassim, who is in her 40s or 50s.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:29 AM | Add Comment

“Iraq election successful with no major violence” | HAMZA HENDAWI writing for the Associated Press | VICTORY in IRAQ? | Far-left comment boards on far-left websites fall silent – the few remaining far-left diehards bitter

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:43 AM | Add Comment

“The American forces moved in strongly and exclusively to control Hurriyah and I see a great future for the people there. Hurriyah is very successful business-wise now and it is now safe for more people to return,” said a senior Sunni Shaykh

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, January 19, 2009 1:53 AM | Add Comment

Chris Matthews speaking on MSNBC immediately after George Bush’s farewell address: “The Arab street has always been radical. It’s the Arab leaders who are moderate, who you can talk with. Bush's ideas will not work in the Muslim world.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, January 16, 2009 1:30 AM | Add Comment

"Clearly, putting 'Mission Accomplished' on an aircraft carrier was a mistake," President Bush said Monday. "It sent the wrong message." -- The Bush Lesson -- all any leader can say in public in a war is "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:00 AM | Add Comment

According to Tim Cocks and Peter Graff writing for Reuters: “…was quietly put on the back burner as violence ebbed in Iraq…” – the far-left completes a phased withdrawal from “Iraq as a political message”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:26 AM | Add Comment

According to the New York Times: “The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence has been on the decline for three years now.” ...the American far-left is silent and CNN's endless pontificating has stopped... Iraq war won?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:25 AM | Add Comment

“During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, ‘you’re creating incredible political difficulties for us,’” President George Bush said. “I said, ‘Oh really? What do you suggest I do?’”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, January 12, 2009 1:15 AM | Add Comment

Millions of European households struggle to keep warm in sub-zero temperatures as Russia turns off gas supplies

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:24 AM | Add Comment

"I'm very impressed with Obama’s style on the campaign and his coolness and his articulate nature. I think he can give a sentence and it'll sound like it's been thought out by Shakespeare or something," said former President George H.W. Bush, the father

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:35 AM | Add Comment

"The EU made a commitment to do this. But the numbers are trivial," said Defense Secretary Robert Gates who criticized EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations -- Yet another EU flop that get zero press coverage

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:33 AM | Add Comment

65% -- as of December 2008, sixty-five percent of ALL Americans are OPTIMISTIC about the situation in Iraq –- the far-left withdraws from “Iraq as a political message”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, January 05, 2009 1:49 AM | Add Comment

Safest month in Iraq – December 2008 safest month -- ONE soldier killed by an IED in ALL of IRAQ - yes, you are reading that correctly, ONE IED death for the entire month of December

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:12 AM | Add Comment

“The thought was, if we can win Sadr City, we will win Baghdad, and we will win Iraq,” Army Brig Gen. Jeffrey Talley, Multinational Division Baghdad, told American Forces Press Service by phone from his headquarters

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, January 01, 2009 1:12 AM | Add Comment

Christine Romans of CNN -- "Commissioner Kelly (the New York City police commissioner), why hasn't the USA been hit since 9-11? Is it luck or coincidence?" -- TOUCHDOWN, the ultimate "media airhead" of 2008?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, December 31, 2008 8:37 AM | Add Comment

According to the far-left: “…President-Elect Obama should stick to his guns and withdraw US troops from Iraq despite any resistance he may get from the US officer corps...” Hmmmm?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, December 29, 2008 1:44 AM | Add Comment

"Could I ask everyone applauding this 'shoe man' to take their energy into politics? Peaceful politics? Could I ask that this 'shoe man' at least think about rejecting using 'the shoe' in his dealings with his fellow Muslims?"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:07 AM | Add Comment

This “towering intellect" Thomas M. Tamm is the far-left whistleblower du jour -- according to Newsweek.com: “The Whistleblower Who Exposed Warrantless Wiretaps”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, December 19, 2008 1:31 AM | Add Comment

Bush: "I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system." …the damage done to the national security narrative by these Bush buffoons leaves the Observer speechless…

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:02 AM | Add Comment

"I do not know how a group like al Qaeda claiming to be Islamic plans to attack and kill people on sacred days like Eid. We were only meeting to discuss our problems with the Kurds and trying to impose peace among Muslims in Kirkuk," said Awad al-Jubouri

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, December 17, 2008 1:33 AM | Add Comment

READY AND EFFECTIVE -- operating at 100% in late 2008 -- “This is just another example of Coalition forces not just being ready for the lethal fight. They are oriented in the non-lethal fight as well,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Beckert, deputy commander

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:53 AM | Add Comment

"Detention here in Iraq was an abject failure [as late as 2007]. I realized nobody had any idea what we were doing here," said Maj. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, Commander, Task Force 134, US Detention Systems, Iraq

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:53 AM | Add Comment

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as the leader of the “war party,” spent at least two full days a week “educating” the American people and in stark contrast in 2004, when the American people were hungry for “education” in the middle of a war, George Bush spent

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, December 12, 2008 1:39 AM | Add Comment

Last month "safest" in Iraq - "Iraq War Won" - The far-left totally cracks the Observer up. Endlessly in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 the entire world was told over and over about the "trend of increasing violence" in Iraq

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:52 AM | Add Comment

Four years ago today Rumsfeld said, “As you know, you have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want.” One trillion dollars later in a war that should have been over in 2005, here is a suggestion...

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:40 AM | Add Comment

According to John Isaacs writing in the Guardian: “Instead, no matter how Iraq turns out in the end, this war will be marked by historians as a disaster in both conception and implementation.” -- WANT TO BET?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, December 08, 2008 3:27 AM | Add Comment

Like magic… the Iraqi Associated Press photographer, magically arrived at the same place and time as the terrorists who executed Iraqi election workers in Baghdad, now magically he's a far-left darling

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:19 AM | Add Comment

Iraq War Won -- According to CNN: “Iraq gives final OK to U.S. pullout plan” -- Why does the corrupt US media force readers to dig to find this GOOD NEWS story? Yet, abu Ghraib was FRONT PAGE for sixty consecutive days

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:46 AM | Add Comment

Excellent independent war correspondent who accurately proclaimed Iraq a looming disaster in early 2004, writes “The Iraq War Is Over.” -- 90% of Obama voters clueless! ...Obama picks Gates because Iraq war won.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, November 26, 2008 1:06 AM | Add Comment

Obama the UNILATERALISTS? Go it alone Obama? Obama “may sour relations” with EUROPEAN NATO? If you have a brain, the far-left provides endless amusements. Totally cracks the Observer up.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, November 16, 2008 1:33 AM | Add Comment

According to Anthony Cordesman writing in the Washington Times: “The uncertain military victory over al Qaeda in Iraq is not victory in any grand strategic sense.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:28 AM | Add Comment

The only thing any senior official in a democracy can say in public during ANY war is, "My fellow Americans we face Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" - today Bush admitted exactly this fact

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:16 AM | Add Comment

Balad Returns From the Abyss

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, November 07, 2008 1:03 AM | Add Comment

Per the far-left, the Military Industrial Complex is the problem. What Military Industrial Complex? These days, there are much, much bigger items in the Federal budget and Barack intends to slash defense spending... remember Clinton left us naked

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:50 AM | Add Comment

AWESOME NEWS, Iraqi province once known as the ‘Triangle of Death’ turned over to Iraqi control in a MASSIVE strategic VICTORY and YET the far-left IraqSlogger says: “Not a great day of Iraq-related news.” The Observer can’t invent these far-left turds

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:53 AM | Add Comment

LOWEST EVER number of US Soldiers killed in Iraq – 6 died of natural causes and 7 were killed by the enemy – 7 is the lowest for the entire war – British deaths ZERO -- Chicago more dangerous

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, November 03, 2008 8:00 AM | Add Comment

“DEMOCRAT Congressman, Barney Frank calls for a 25% cut in military spending” -- another humorous ‘Bush Lesson’ – SPEAK UP, don’t be a ‘careerist coward,’ - Clinton massively slashed defense budgets

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, October 27, 2008 1:01 AM | Add Comment

March 21, 2007 -- Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on the Iraq War at the very moment the Surge was WORKING BRILLIANTLY -- and Obama viewed himself a military genius -- Obama said: “I wish we had been wrong." -- well, history PROVED Obama 100% WRONG

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, October 25, 2008 1:56 AM | Add Comment

“All of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.” -- Tacitus

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, October 24, 2008 4:01 AM | Add Comment

Iraq never participated in the global financial bubble -- guess which new, Middle East, DEMOCRACY is poised to have the best, overall economic growth rate, worldwide, in 2009?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:01 AM | Add Comment

Baghdad Reborn – where’s the western press 24/7/365 now?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:40 AM | Add Comment

“The American commander has risked his position when he spoke in this tone and has regrettably complicated relations,” Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, told a group of visiting Kuwaiti journalists in an interview shown on Iraq’s state television.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:02 AM | Add Comment

“Overall, there seems to be a spirit of reconciliation and peace in the air here in Basra,” British Marine Maj. Gen. Andy Salmon said. AWESOME NEWS IN IRAQ – Basra crime and murder rates on par with Manchester, England

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:13 AM | Add Comment

al-Qaida coup underway in Pakistan, per Times of India “Taliban, al-Qaida and J&K terrorist elements want to take over the country.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:31 AM | Add Comment

“We’re having tremendous success, because we’ve combined our technological advantages with the Iraqi firsthand knowledge of the terrain, the culture and those intangibles that only come from being an Iraqi,” Army Col. Philip Battaglia, 4th BDE CDR said

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:13 PM | Add Comment

"As the situation on the ground in Iraq continues to improve, I urge you to consider sending your military forces to Afghanistan, where there is an urgent need for trainers as they expand their army," U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:34 AM | Add Comment

According to Gallup, less than 9% of Americans are pleased with the way “things” are headed right now in the U.S.A. -- for average Americans, Bush has “things” more screwed up than Jimmy Carter

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, October 09, 2008 1:36 AM | Add Comment

Happening right now -- AWESOME news in IRAQ yet no American press coverage -- Hani Khallaf, the Arab League representative, moved to Baghdad and OPENED his Baghdad office yesterday -- yet another MASSIVE STRATEGIC VICTORY

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:34 AM | Add Comment

IRAN is despicable, openly trying to weaken participatory Islam and destabilize the Iraqi democrats

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, October 03, 2008 1:48 AM | Add Comment

"That's why his first response to the greatest financial meltdown in generations was a ‘Katrina-like’ response." Obama said about John McCain

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:23 AM | Add Comment

Haditha Marine sues Murtha over smear? More Haditha Marines prepare to sue Murtha over smear? Murtha headed for penury?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, September 29, 2008 1:50 AM | Add Comment

U.S. Army Recruiting soaring and Re-enlistments soaring – Army near 2010 recruiting goal TWO years early – American far-left upset and begins it’s own phased withdrawal from "Iraq as a political message"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:18 AM | Add Comment

Feckless antiwar critics shown first hand AQI mass graves near Baquba – in 2006 the far-left offered a damning indictment of our military incompetence for not protecting civilians YET...

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:55 AM | Add Comment

Last nights debate proves, Barack is more hard headed than Rumsfeld... "Obama's plan for Iraq is the equivalent of ordering the Chicago police to withdraw to Ohio and telling the Chicago carjack gangs, OK"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:05 AM | Add Comment

Iraqi Parliament approves elections law by a wide margin -- AWESOME NEWS IN IRAQ -- U.S. and Iraqi leaders hailed – Barack Obama’s bad judgment proven, far-left falls silent

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:28 AM | Add Comment

How the far-left ‘feels’ – “There has always been a strong feeling in the ‘Progressive Movement’ that using force against al Qaeda would cause the extremists to retaliate against civilians.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, September 22, 2008 1:43 AM | Add Comment

AWESOME NEWS – huge numbers of fellow Arabs publicly denounce Killer Cleric's fatwa to Kill Satellite TV Station Owners – entire spectrum of Muslims from conservative to liberal publicly SLAM al-Lihedan and STRONGLY condemn his ‘death fatwa’

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, September 21, 2008 1:43 AM | Add Comment

When the American far-left demands to know “What is victory in Iraq?” you can tell everyone and anyone on the far-left who will listen, this is victory in Iraq -- According to the Middle East Times: “In Iraq, No News Is Good News”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, September 19, 2008 1:52 AM | Add Comment

Over the last three years, the Observer has been repeatedly stunned by revelation after revelation at the intellectual deficit demonstrated by U.S. Commanders (Company to Corps) in 2003, 2004 and 2005

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:19 AM | Add Comment

"Absolutely Al-Qaida is imploding. It's imploding because it's not a message that resonates with a lot of Muslims," said Dell Dailey, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:32 AM | Add Comment

In 2004, 2005, and 2006, the far-left press endlessly talked about the airport road in Baghdad – well, the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates commuted into downtown Baghdad using the airport road this morning after his plane landed, where's the press

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:44 PM | Add Comment

In 2003, hiding in plain sight and not easy to find – “Simply, a slightly balding man of medium height and build with an average house… a Sunni..."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:23 AM | Add Comment

According to MNFI: Talabani Praises Bush as Iraq's Liberator -- “So, we are thankful to you and to your people, your Army,” the President of Iraq, Mr. Talabani said.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:01 AM | Add Comment

Latest far-left narrative – "Yes, the surge worked, the Iraq war is over and the Iraqi democrats won BUT the Iraqi democrats have secretly abandoned the USA in favor of Iran"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:34 AM | Add Comment

"Airdrop capability is indicative of the asymmetric advantages of air power throughout the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility," Lt. Gen. Gary North, Air Force central commander and CENTCOM air component commander, said

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, September 01, 2008 1:40 AM | Add Comment

Air Force has a problem – pilots don’t want to be STUCK flying UAVs - "It's possible that they may not ever go back to their F-16s. When they showed up, that was their expectation, that they would go back," said Col. Trey Turner

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:21 AM | Add Comment

Great news for the Iraqi democrats - Iraqis take charge after Georgians depart - when the far-left asks, reply this is VICTORY - Officials Confirm Stability After Georgia Brigade’s Departure

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, August 23, 2008 1:44 AM | Add Comment

According to the AP: "Rice and Zebari, appearing together at a news conference, asserted that the proposed deal reflects growing confidence in the ability of Iraqi forces to secure the country."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, August 22, 2008 3:14 AM | Add Comment

“It is undeniable that Iraq is in a much better place than it was several months ago,” said Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq -- PERFECT TONE learning from the master

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:53 AM | Add Comment

City Hard Perimeter Strategy offered in 2003 and rejected. However, in August 2008, the strategy is fully vindicated – "The battalion set the conditions by systematically sealing off the city from unauthorized vehicle traffic.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:19 AM | Add Comment

The wisest money ever spent on behalf of the American people – the US Army paid $48,000 for children's shoes; $50,000 for 625 sheep; and $100,000 for dolls. Not even the cost of one Abrams tank damaged by one IED.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:17 AM | Add Comment

“Every SOLDIER is first and always an Infantryman because of the 360 degree battlefield.” - National Guard and Reserve brigades to be infantry

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, August 11, 2008 9:28 AM | Add Comment

THINK for a second - the European and Asian narrative is "once the US invades, the US never leaves" - If "leaving" is the central complaint, think about the long term American narrative. Are the Iraqi democrats giving the USA a gift?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:32 AM | Add Comment

"The thing about unmanned aerial vehicles is they can stay overhead for a long time, and not use a lot of gas," Lieutenant General Gary North, the commander of US air forces in the Middle East said.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, August 04, 2008 8:47 AM | Add Comment
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