This entry was posted by Dave Jackson (Scoop0901) on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 7:02 am (UTC), and is filed under Government, History, Iraq, Islam, Life, Military, Muslims, News, People, Religion, and Society.
The U.S. is bitterly divided over a small parcel of ground situated on the tiny island of Cuba. That parcel of ground, leased to the United States for eternity by a former government of the island, is known as Guantanamo, but is affectionately known as Gitmo by many in the military community.
It seems one idiot at Guantanamo, Osama bin Laden’s former "media manager" — media as in video, not public relations, and definitely not free, as in gas, not open-source software — Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul. Related to him, at least in terms of idiocy, is Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi, who was also held at Gitmo, but was released in 2005.
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This entry was posted by Dave Jackson (Scoop0901) on Monday, April 14, 2008 at 8:02 am (UTC), and is filed under Ethics, Government, History, Iraq, Islam, Life, Military, Muslims, Online, People, Politics, Random Thoughts, and Society.
While listening to the the Senate hearings last week on the conflict in Iraq, I became sick to my stomach by the way the politicians were demanding clear cut answers, but also by comments that were made.
Congress — both the Senate and the House — have responsibility to all U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and everywhere else U.S. troops are deployed. They, along with the president, should be holding the U.S. troops with higher regard than anyone else in this country, yet it seems just the opposite.
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