Blog posts by category: War
Category: War
Posted by Mako Yamakura on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 6:30 PMTerrorism at Fort Hood.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is named as the initial shooter at Fort Hood today. While I don't want to think about this event in terms of simplistic details, or suspicions based on instinct, a lot of friends have been through Ft. Hood, and I can't help but wonder and hope people I know weren't there today.
Maj. Hasan was 39 years old, and if they have the other shooters in custody, the ages of the other shooters may be a hint of the true nature of these horrible murders. Mako out.
Category: War
Posted by George Bullard on Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:27 PMWhen is war not war?
We're getting down to whether the Afghanistan war is really a war. Defense Secretary Robert Gates bopped Gen. Stanley McChrystal's comments on sustaining the fight against the Taliban. If we're not to fight all out, as one does in war, then what are we doing there?
Armies are not trained to paint school houses and nation-build.
That's why we have the Peace Corps and State Department, respectively.
Here for the plight of men hammered by violent women.
And here for Gates.
