The Rhetoric v. Reality Game: Military Readiness Here’s one of my favorite games for a snowy weekend: Rhetoric v. Reality! Simply compare things that Bush said while campaigning to the…

…voted for the 2002 AUMF – the Authorization for the Use of Military Force against Iraq. Even they would have some things to explain and ask forgiveness for, because after…

…first effort at a foreign military action is much greater than .first reported, as reported by Juan Cole. Right from the start we heard that people in the military were…

…the Commander-in-Chief of the military as well as being in charge of the judicial system based on Shia Sharia, as the proper translation of his official title as “Supreme Jurisprudent”…

…caused the military not to be paid and shut down the government. Click on the link or view the Youtube. With three “I objects,” to Senators introducing bills on the…

…of such neighbors as Saudi Arabia and UAE that Iran is “threatening” them. KSA has the third highest level of military spending in the world, but somehow Iran is “threatening”…

…down by an escalating series of acts of political violence, from murders to organized political mobs, to private legions, to four military marches over a period of 40 years on…

…Liars. This post (of his), I find interesting as he discusses the history and legitimacy of statues honoring Confederates and US military bases named after Confederate military leaders. History needs…

…and against the treaty are coming to blows. The populace is afraid. The military-industrial complex feels betrayed. And the president’s approval rating has sunk to 29 percent. And General Scott…

…less “relative value.” Studies have found that patients treated by military doctors “got fewer procedures but had better outcomes,” Kellermann also explained. Importantly, he wrote, “the military health system does not have the…