Tag: Afghanistan War

As opposition grew against the Soviet backed government in Afghanistan in the 1970’s, in one of the last ‘battles’ of the cold war, the US government decided to support the anti-Afghan government mujahideen. This support became even more pronounced after the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan. We poured weapons and money…

The Afghan government is demanding that US Special Forces leave Wardak province immediately. Apparently accusations that Afghan troops working with the US Special Forces are torturing Afghan captives and civilians are behind these actions. The demand has caught NATO forces off guard but are one more indication of the growing…

WI families have faced casualties and wounded family members as the war in Afghanistan has continued for years. The Guardian UK has put together an infographic data map using Google Fusion tables that maps out the number of American casualties and wounded in Afghanistan by state. WI families have fared better than the nation as a whole when it comes to the casualties and wounds of Operation Enduring Freedom with 23 deaths in action, 5 other deaths and 229 wounded, a ratio below that of the nation on a per capita basis.

Remind me again why we’re still there? Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday. The remarks were in sharp contrast to recent tension between the…

This came from a Madison friend of mine last week (yeah I am late): After the revelation of the plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US, Representative Peter King stated such a plot is essentially a declaration of war on the US by Iran. House Homeland Security Committee…

This is a well-deserved honor…. Defying orders and tempting fate, Marine corporal Dakota Meyer charged five times in a Humvee into heavy gunfire in the darkness of an Afghanistan valley to rescue comrades under attack from Taliban insurgents. On Thursday, Meyer was presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation’s…

The Republican political “leaders” like like Eric Cantor(who ran from talks on raising the debt ceiling, no word yet if the \"tea party\" is hunting him down for not staying and fighting), and Paul Ryan have deemed themselves “America’s Accountants” They care only about the fiscal well being of our…

Alan Grayson, a hero to the left, recently lost his re-election campaign and just finished up his term. He was recently the subject of an interview with the NY Times, the so called paper of record. While Congressman Grayson gave a very frank and (in my view) on the money…

Obviously I agree with the New York Times on this one, or I wouldn’t bother re-posting it here. But the vacuous campaign being run by Mr. Ron Johnson hasn’t gone unnoticed nationally! When it came to the actual details of governing, Senator Russ Feingold, a Democrat of Wisconsin, trounced his…