Six Americans – two soldiers and four “contractors” – were killed when their convoy was targeted by a suicide bomber. At least nine other people were killed in the bombing – which took place during the morning rush hour in Kabul.
Hezb-e-Islami (a.k.a. “Islamic Party”) claimed responsibility for the attack, indicating it had been planned for more [...]
Afghan War: Still Going
Nikki Haley Got Drunk, Fell Down
An intoxicated S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley tripped and fell down several steps mere hours after her husband left for a year-long deployment to Afghanistan, multiple sources have confirmed to FITS.
No word yet whether the governor was wearing her trademark boots when the fall took place – but we’re working on that intel (our guess is those [...]
Letter: In Defense Of Michael Haley
FIRST GENTLEMAN’S SERVICE DESERVES OUR RESPECT
Dear Editor,
Hello, I’m writing this piece in response to the “Letter: Michael Haley’s Convenient Deployment” article posted anonymously by someone who referred to themselves as Consultant. First I’d like to say that I don’t question the patriotism of the writer of this article, but will take their thoughts as an [...]
Letter: Michael Haley’s Convenient Deployment
FIRST GENTLEMAN’S OVERSEAS GIG EMPOWERS HIS WIFE POLITICALLY
Dear Editor,
I know you are as sick of the Michael Haley going overseas thing as I am. But his deployment to Afghanistan is a touchy subject as I have found out – you get accused of being non-patriotic if you criticize it. Nikki Haley got Michael the job [...]
Johnson: Bring Troops, Dollars Home From Afghanistan
Sept. 19, 2012, Durham, NH — Calling Tuesday’s announcement that the U.S. and NATO are essentially suspending joint operations with Afghan forces a “long-overdue acknowledgement of reality,” presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson today called on President Obama to “bring our troops home now.”
Appearing at an event at the University of New [...]
Protest Planned For SC Soldier’s Funeral
“THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS” CHURCH WILL PROTEST SC MEMORIAL SERVICE
We will always defend the First Amendment, but it takes a special kind of asshole to protest a military funeral. And as we’ve noted previously, the folks over at Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas are special kinds of assholes.
Over on their website, GodHatesFags.com, the [...]
Wilkes: Are US Soldiers Heroes Or Hoodlums?
By Mande Wilkes || First American soldiers urinated on Afghan bodies. Then they burned Korans, just for the hell of it. Then, an American soldier in cold blood killed more than a dozen Afghan civilians – the very people, I note, who U.S. troops are supposed to be protecting from extremist brutality.
Now, in the latest [...]
WTH?
An American soldier went on a murderous rampage in Najeeban, Afghanistan over the weekend … killing sixteen Afghan citizens (including nine children and three women) and burning many of their bodies.
What prompted this senseless slaughter?
No one knows … although the unauthorized attack (which the U.S. Department of Defense is calling an “isolated incident”) immediately prompted [...]
What Are We Doing For Tomorrow’s Veterans?
By Micah Caskey || Veterans Day is a call to pause and thank the veterans of our wars. Or, more accurately, to thank our veterans of yesterday’s and today’s wars. Their service and sacrifice has enabled our country to be what it is.
As I sit and think about generations of war-fighters from long ago, as [...]
Two Anniversarys
Secure in the righteousness of its indignation and its status as the most powerful, prosperous nation on the face of the earth, America commenced Operation Enduring Freedom ten years ago.
“Mission Accomplished?”
Not hardly.
Of course that’s what happens when you start wars without knowing who your enemy is … or what constitutes a victory … or what [...]
Lindsey Graham: Let’s Invade Pakistan
We wrote earlier this month about U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s slavish devotion to America’s “military-industrial complex,” criticizing him for sounding “alarmist rhetoric whenever someone dares to question the colossal price tag associated with our various foreign engagements.”
Earlier this month Graham was simply chastising Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his insufficient support of our end-gameless “war [...]
