May 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Chosin

Over at Rhino Den, Nick from Ranger Up was able to preview the documentary "Chosin" (which I had heard was FANTASTIC). Jimbo and I missed the GI Film Festival this year, unfortunately due to other business, and so the Army Rangers covered it...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Film

Follow the lie

CV has a good piece on different ideas about characterizing the service of wartime and war era vets. He is a thoughtful guy, and aside from that character flaw he brings up a number of things around this topic. He also mentions a story of one of the extremely...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Coddling terrorists

It is a tough call to pick the least competent member of the Obama team, but CT Chief John Brennan has to be a serious contender.We have the growing list of terrorist attacks in America on his watch, which he has failed miserably to prevent which absent...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 1:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

82nd ABN soldier profiled on Nancy Grace

Tonight on the Nancy Grace show they are going to spotlight SGT James Nolen, 1/C, 2-508, 4BCT, 82d ABN, killed in action on 22-NOV-09 in Afghanistan. SGT Nolen is in the same company as Armed Liberal from Winds of Change's son and reader Eric's...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 1:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Old myths about Vietnam resurface

In the wake of the Richard Blumenthal nonsense, Larry Pressler, former Republican senator from SD and a Vietnam vet writes a pretty good indictment of the deferment generation Blumenthal represents and how their thinking about war in general evolved from...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

At the intersection of irresponsibility and treason

The IMF suggests our national debt will surpass 100% of our gross domestic product in 2015. Also states that our debt began sharply increasing in 2006. Wasn’t that when our beloved Democrats took over both houses of Congress? At some point we must begin...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 3:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Military Roundup 18 May 2010

Photo of the Day: Leaflet drop over scenic Afghanistan North Korea: S.Korea finds "decisive evidence" that N.Korean torpedo sunk Cheonan Afghanistan: Five Americans among 18 killed in Afghan suicide attack Medic earns nation's second-highest...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 3:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Lying vet shares stage with lying vet

Un-freaking-believable. Lying crap weasel Blumenthal, lies on stage with another liar lying in wait among the line of his supporters on stage. TAH lies in ambush.

Published Tue, May 18 2010 10:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

What intel are the Pakistanis sharing from Mullah Baradar

We are seeing again how difficult it is to tell what the intentions and loyalties of the Pakistani Intel agency (ISI) and military are. Eli Lake is reporting about complaints from our intel folks about the info they are getting from interrogating Mullah...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 8:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

$100K reward for Mojave Cross

Let's get the word out! An anonymous veteran (silver star recipient) has offered a $100,000 reward to locate the criminals who stole the Mojave Cross. The donation was announced by Family Security Matters - for whom I am a contributing editor. From...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 5:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Walking the plank in the WaPo

OK things are getting a little surreal. yesterday I praised the NY Times for outing a poseur, today I am pleased with a piece by Anne Applebaum about the Russians and their expedient method of dealing with Somali pirates.What's next, kind words for...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 12:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

The return of smack-talking, blustery adventurer- Robert Young Pelton

As we have been talking about Mullah Omar and some of the other goings on in the Greater Hindu Kush not-very-metropolitan area, Tim Lynch of Free Range International and I have been cross-linking. He had a post today about the NY Times and it's distressing...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 12:04 PM by BLACKFIVE

NY Times outs poseur who wants to be a Senator

Hold on to your ass Fred, as I cite the NY Times approvingly. They have a piece pointing out that the Connecticut Atty. General who is running for the Senate also happens to be a lying POS poseur, and he's a Democrat. Have the end times come? Anyhow...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 11:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

NATO tries to remission itself into relevance

Being an old cold warrior, I certainly understood the relevance of NATO during the existence of the USSR and its European satellites. But once the wall came down and the communist East collapsed like a wet paper sack, I began to try to figure out what...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 6:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Muslim Hottie wins Miss USA

OK the only part of the title that matters is hottie. She is smokin' and since she has been parading around in public in a bikini, isn't that a good example and a knee to the nads of those burqa promoting wankers? More bikinis, fewer burqas. Muslim...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 4:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Chosin

Follow the lie

Coddling terrorists

82nd ABN soldier profiled on Nancy Grace

Old myths about Vietnam resurface

At the intersection of irresponsibility and treason

Military Roundup 18 May 2010

Lying vet shares stage with lying vet

What intel are the Pakistanis sharing from Mullah Baradar

$100K reward for Mojave Cross

Walking the plank in the WaPo

The return of smack-talking, blustery adventurer- Robert Young Pelton

NY Times outs poseur who wants to be a Senator

NATO tries to remission itself into relevance

Muslim Hottie wins Miss USA