December 2009 - Argghhh!

Last night, our Commander in Chief delivered his address to the nation, on our new strategy on Afghanistan...

Five Medals awarded for actions on this day, two of them posthumous, spanning from the Civil War to Vietnam, really bookmarking things, as the greats wars of the 20th century are not represented - yet. The biggest land battle of the Western Allies, the Battle of the Bulge, is a scant two weeks away.Civil WarBRUNER, LOUIS J. Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 5th Indiana Cavalry. Place and date: At Walkers Ford, Tenn., 2 December 1863. Entered service at: Clifty Brumer, Ind. Birth: Monroe...

Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. ************************** My take on the whole AGW thing mirrors that of the Pedant-General - if it's real, working on how to adapt to it makes more sense than spending all those gazillions of dollars that might not do anything to mitigate it. But I bring that up because he has a nice take-down...

I've been remiss. I rather expect someone will get this pretty quick. The winner will be the one with the most accurate and detailed answer.Extra points if you find the original pic!...

Heartless Lib reports from Afstan:Today, December 1st, is Romanian National Day, recognizing the unification of the provinces of Romania from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following WWI.Romania, with 23 million citizens, became a NATO member in 2004, and currently has 1200 troops deployed in Afghanistan.Most of the troops from the former Warsaw Pact countries haven't forgotten that the Afghans played a role in freeing them from Moscow.An amusing quote, from an anonymous Romanian officer...