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The Coming Afghan Decision - How Much Is Driven By Politics?

Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club writes a very well done essay on the present Afghanistan decision making process. He compares Andrew Sullivan's apologia with David Kilcullen's concerns about the time involved in reaching a decision. You...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 1:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs
One more Burn Notice Photo with Someone You Should Know

Lt. Col. Mark Bieger (center left), the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment commander, stands with Spc. Peter Jank, a Chicago, Ill., native, while Bruce Campbell and Jeffrey Donovan, cast members from the television show "Burn Notice," hold...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 12:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week, Someone You Should Know - Radio
Burn Notice Iraq-Style

One of the few shows that I will DVR is Burn Notice (the others are the Amazing Race and Castle). I like Burn Notice because the main character describes how he actually goes about doing some of the super-cool spy stuff and the other characters are really...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 12:13 AM by BLACKFIVE
Lies, Damned lies....

and healthcare groups with an agenda, oh and BS stats to back it up. A report from Agence France Presse indicates that the number of American veterans who died in 2008 because they didn't have healthcare, is 14 times higher than the military death...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 12:06 AM by BLACKFIVE
SFC Pierce Williams - Someone You Should Know

The meaning of Never Quit...again, not sure where we find these amazing men and women, but I thank the Lord that we do. Soldier in Focus: Never Quit 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs Story by Staff Sgt. Nathan Hoskins CAMP TAJI...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:58 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know
Contractors outnumber troops in Afghanistan

(h/t Dawn Patrol) The ever vigilant and relentlessly under-informed Huff Po has pointed out the shocking statistic that the number of DoD contractors in Afghanistan outnumbers the uniformed forces. Holy sheep *** Batman, Halliburton and Blackwater gone...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:52 PM by BLACKFIVE
Firefight!

U.S. Army Pvt. John Stafinski fires his squad automatic weapon into an anti-Afghan forces location during a firefight in Waterpur Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 3, 2009. Stafinski is an infantryman assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Company...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week
The Nords Blow

[I'm sure that the Nordic Uncle Jimbo and Jonn Lilyea have blown the horn a few times...just not for the Vikes.] U.S. Army Capt. Dustin Snare blows the Ghallarhorn, a Nordic war horn, kicking off the game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:46 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week
Brits to start renting Taliban

The saying goes "You can rent an Afghan, but you can't buy him". It looks like the British Army is going to accept that conventional wisdom and see about leasing some Talibs to keep them out of the fray. Now while it is easy to crack jokes...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:35 PM by BLACKFIVE
MUST READ: BEST EXPOSE EVER

Go over to This Ain't Hell and see a decent book turned into Left Wing Propaganda and the USAF Major who showed his @$$... Must. Read.

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 4:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops
Lunch at the Australian Embassy

Apparently our friends from down under have sinned in an earlier life and must listen to me run my mouth during lunch this Thursday in DC. Thanks to B5 reader Mario for the invite. Dress is business attire. Monthly Meeting When - Thursday November 19...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 4:42 AM by BLACKFIVE
Periodic Declaration/Disclaimer

The ideas and opinions expressed by me are mine and mine alone. They do not represent the view of any other author, authority, or non-authority blowhard; any U.S. federal, state, or local government agency or administration; the Department of Defense...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 4:09 AM by BLACKFIVE
Overthinking Afghanistan

(h/t Greyhawk) Bob Woodward was doing his Washington insider thing on ABC this weekend and dropped a very telling piece of info that could explain President Obama's grotesque inability to make a decision about Afghanistan. This morning on the Roundtable...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 3:09 AM by BLACKFIVE
Cooking with the Wounded Phase II Kickoff

There is little better in this world than doing some good, and especially doing some good for the troops with a good group of people. Cooking with the Wounded is now a formal program, and Phase II kicked off in high style thanks to Katy and Molly of the...

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 11:52 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Soldiers' Angels, Free Republic, Boston Maggie, Blackfive, WLF, Concrete Bob, Laughing Wolf, Mary Ripley, United Conservatives of Virginia, SA, Warrior Legacy Foundation, Bakers without Borders, USNI, unitedconservatives, Yellow Bowl Bakery, Cooking with the Wounded, Walter Reed
Doing radio w/ Gordon Liddy

I guested on the G-Man's show and forgot to post a link to the audio. We talk Afghanistan and Ft. Hood for a goodly bit.

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 11:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

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The Coming Afghan Decision - How Much Is Driven By Politics?

One more Burn Notice Photo with Someone You Should Know

Burn Notice Iraq-Style

Lies, Damned lies....

SFC Pierce Williams - Someone You Should Know

Contractors outnumber troops in Afghanistan

Firefight!

The Nords Blow

Brits to start renting Taliban

MUST READ: BEST EXPOSE EVER

Lunch at the Australian Embassy

Periodic Declaration/Disclaimer

Overthinking Afghanistan

Cooking with the Wounded Phase II Kickoff

Doing radio w/ Gordon Liddy