Military Newsletter
Latest intelligence on the world situation, updates on US military capabilities, news that affects Military retirees,
and news that will probably never be reported by the "Liberal American Media!"
Edited by Lt Col Kent Vasby, USAF, Ret
After vowing to end two wars, Obama may leave three behind
President Obamas decision to expand the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Syria is a reflection of the conflicting pressures on a commander in chief.
US Troop Deployment to Syria Frustrates Anti-Assad Rebels
You'll help the Kurds but you won't help us? Did you work a deal with Putin?
ISTANBUL - Washington's decision to dispatch U.S. commandos to northern Syria to help coordinate the fight against the Islamic State terror group is roiling increasingly tense relations between the Obama administration and the main Western-backed Syrian political opposition, as well as Sunni Arab rebels whose priority is to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Talk is preferable to.............
China, Japan, S. Korea Agree to End Diplomatic Stand-Off
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - In Seoul Sunday leaders from China, Japan and South Korea met for the first time in three-and-a-half years to restart stalled regional cooperation and end their diplomatic standoff over the contentious issues that divide them.
President Park hosted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for talks that all three leaders described as in-depth and frank.
Turkey, Roiled by War and Insecurity, Votes Again for a New Parliament
For the second time in less than six months, Turks on Sunday began voting for a new Parliament in an election likely to harden deep divisions in a country facing challenges on many fronts
If Turkey chooses Erdogan at the polls this weekend, Isis will gain strength and the refugee crisis will worsen
Immigrants caught crossing border think they can stay in US and collect benefits
Thanks, Dave
Hundreds of immigrant families caught illegally crossing the Mexican border between July and September told US immigration agents they made the dangerous trip in part because they believed they would be permitted to stay in the United States and collect public benefits.
The interviews with immigrants by federal agents were intended to help the Obama administration understand what might be driving a puzzling surge in the numbers of border crossings that started over the summer.
The Death of the American Welfare State
The welfare state has been spending more money with an unsustainable demographic imbalance.
There are fewer working families supporting more elderly, immigrants and broken families.
The Russians invest money into increasing the native birth rate. Instead we fund Planned Parenthood because liberal economic eugenics dictates that we should extract "full value" from working women as a tax base to subsidize the welfare state while discarding the next generation.
Germany: "20 Million Muslims by 2020"
Muslims were angered at this depiction in a German carnival parade - Reality versus Cliche. As the saying goes, if the shoe fits, put it on!
"We are importing Islamic extremism, Arab anti-Semitism, national and ethnic conflicts of other peoples, as well as a different understanding of society and law." From a leaked German intelligence document.
"The migration crisis has the potential to destabilize governments, countries and the whole European continent. ... What we have been facing is not a refugee crisis. This is a migratory movement composed of economic migrants, refugees and also foreign fighters"
GOP Media Takedown: A Recipe for Victory
Thanks, Dave
A leader can gain power by rallying the people against a boogeyman. And it helps when that boogeyman is real.
Every candidate that joined Ted Cruz in the phalanx against the media Wednesday seemed like an anti-establishment outsider bravely fighting the powers-that-be.
Putin Says Global Warming Is A Fraud
Thanks, Dave
Putin believes there is no global warming, this is a fraud to restrain the industrial development of several countries, including Russia. That is why this subject is not topical for the majority of the Russian mass media and society in general.
Why Liberals Identify with Criminals
Thanks, Dave
Liberals hate cops, honest citizens with guns, and hard sentencing laws because liberals identify with criminals. When visiting a Federal prison Obama summarized the view of liberals when he said: These are young people who made mistakes that arent that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made."
Why California is a state of death
Thanks, Dave
Shortly after signing a bill allowing assisted suicide in California, Democrat Governor Jerry Brown signed another measure that forces pregnancy crisis centers to "offer information about affordable contraception, abortion and prenatal care."
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California Is Dying
The great American land of opportunity is devolving into something that resembles feudalism, a society dominated by rich and poor, with little opportunity for upward mobility for the states middle- and working classes.
VIDEO: This 7th Grader Was Forced to Deny God or Fail. What She Did Will Inspire You.
Thanks, Tom
Memorable football quotes throughout history
Thanks, Dave & James
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble the football."
John Heisman
"I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game."
Bear Bryant / Alabama
"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle, you can hear it!"
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money, and we don't have any."
Erk Russell / Georgia Southern
"After you retire, there's only one big event left, and I ain't ready for that."
Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it."
Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Norte Dame
"When you win, nothing hurts."
Joe Namath / Alabama
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."
Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Norte Dame
"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall."
Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
Woody Hayes / Ohio State
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation."
Bob Devaney / Nebraska
"In Alabama , an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant."
Wally Butts / Georgia
"I never graduated from Iowa . But I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's."
Alex Karras / Iowa
"My advice to defensive players is to take the shortest route to the ball, and arrive in a bad humor."
Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar except for my grades."
Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
"Always remember Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David."
Shug Jordan / Auburn
"They cut us up like boarding house pie, and that's real small pieces."
Darrell Royal / Texas
"They whipped us like a tied up goat."
Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me. "He said, "Well, Walt, we took a look at you, and you weren't any good."
Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel."
Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"Football is NOT a contact sport, it is a collision sport. Dancing IS a contact sport."
Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his post-game message to his team was, "All those who need showers, take them."
John McKay / USC
"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education."
Murray Warmath / Minnesota
"The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb."
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."
Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking."
John McKay
The Editor's Winter Soup Recipe
I make this soup throughout the winter months.
Usually have a pot of it on hand from November thru March.
Ingredients:
1 to 1 1/4 lbs of lean hamburger,
1 large onion - chopped.
2 large carrots - sliced.
2 large rib/stalks of celery - sliced thinly.
1 large potato - diced - about 1/2 inch pieces or 14 oz.can of Del Monte diced new potatoes.
1 inch wedge of cabbage - chopped - Optional
2 - 14 oz cans Redgold diced tomatoes.
1 - 14 oz can Swanson chicken broth.
1 - 14 oz can water.
3 shakes of Tabasco sauce - about a 1/2 tsp.
1/2 tsp black pepper.
1/2 tbsp salt - some might prefer less.
1/2 tsp dried basil.
1/4 tsp thyme.
1/4 tsp marjoram.
1/8 tsp garlic powder.
1/4 tsp ground bay leaf or 2 whole bay leaves.
Might need a TBsp of sugar or two if you find the soup too "tart".
I've found over the years that the ingredients listed in bold type are the best for the recipe.
Brown the hamburger in an 8 qt. stock pot, breaking it up so it cooks evenly.
When hamburger is about half cooked add the chopped onion. Cook until meat is done.
Throw in everything else and bring to a boil. Turn heat down and simmer for 20 minutes. Veggies get a little "mushy" if cooked longer than that.
Let soup cool and skim fat from surface - unless you want to leave it in.
Soup is usually better the next day and is great for lunch w/o a whole bunch of calories.
Takes about 45 minutes to prepare and serves 6 to 10, depending on size of your soup bowl.
Enjoy.
Married 50 years
Thanks, Robert
After being married for 50 years, I took a careful look at my wife one day and said, "Fifty years ago we had a cheap house, a junk car, slept on a sofa-bed and watched a 10-inch black and white TV. But hey I got to sleep every night with a hot 23-year-old girl!
Now ... I have a $750,000 home, a $45,000 car, a nice big bed and a large screen TV, but I'm sleeping with a 73-year-old woman. So I said to my wife "it seems to me that you're not holding up your side of things."
My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a hot 23-year-old girl and she would make sure that I would once again be living in a cheap house, driving a junk car, sleeping on a sofa bed and watching a 10-inch black and white TV!
Aren't older women great?
They really know how to solve an old guy's problems!
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