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Imaginary War

April 18, 2008 @ 01:04 pm by Chris McConnell

One hundred and thirty-three American soldiers have been killed in Iraq this year. 

Fighter pilot Captain Lance Sijan, a friend and Air Force Academy classmate of my father, was shot down over Vietnam in 1968 and died in captivity. His 1976 Medal of Honor citation reads in part: “Capt. Sijan ejected from his disabled aircraft and successfully evaded capture for more than six weeks. During this time, he was seriously injured and suffered from shock and extreme weight loss due to lack of food. After being captured by North Vietnamese soldiers, Capt. Sijan was taken to a holding point for subsequent transfer to a prisoner of war camp. In his emaciated and crippled condition, he overpowered one of his guards and crawled into the jungle, only to be recaptured after several hours.”

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The Iraq War

April 13, 2008 @ 09:04 am by Steven Garrett

To start with, props to the WWE for offering to settle the fight between Obama and Clinton. I would personally love to see these two wrestle for the nomination, and it'd save a lot of time. But, my money is that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin would 'stunner' them both to take the nomination.

In other news, I was pleasantly shocked by Bush announcing support for troop withdrawal in Iraq. This is very welcome news to me, not just as a Libertarian, but also as someone against the war in Iraq.

Since it began, I swore up and down we had no business being in Iraq. In my opinion, we were lied to in order to get troops over there to finish up our President's Father's work. And even Bush Sr. was against the war.

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