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
Chris Harper-Mercer: Shooter who killed 10 was BRITISH and an IRA-supporting Nazi fanatic
EXCLUSIVE: THE shooter who killed at least 10 people at a US college has been identified as 26-year-old Briton Chris Harper-Mercer, who appeared to have bought Nazi paraphernalia online and supported the IRA. IRA NOT NRA!
On his dating profile on the website Spiritual Passions, he wrote that he "doesn´t like organised religion". His username on the dating site was ironcross45 a possible reference to the Iron Cross, a German military symbol reintroduced by the Nazis. A user with the same name spent almost £100 on a Nazi SS officers´ cap on a different website
Obaba: Never Let a Good Mass Shooting Go To Waste
Obama voices anger over Oregon shooting, urges gun control
At least it changes the subject from my screw-ups in the Middle-east!
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/260325/obama-never-letting-good-mass-shooting-go-waste-matthew-vadum
Russia, US Open Deconfliction Talks
A day after Russian jets began strikes in Syria, the US and Russian militaries opened discussions about deconflicting air operations but it is unclear when, or if, a solution will be sorted out.
US Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, blasted the talks as a muted response of pitiful pleas in the face of Russian actions.
US Urges Russians to Focus Airstrikes on Islamic State
Pentagon officials urged the Russian military on Thursday to focus its airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State fighters rather than opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. administration officials said.
The war in Afghanistan has so far cost $33,000 per citizen. And will not end well.
Like the Russians before them, NATO appears to have squandered lives, resources and a surprising degree of goodwill and with little left to show for it.
Syrian rebel says Russia air raids mean longer war, seeks anti-aircraft missiles
He also said that even Russian air power could not settle the four-year-long war on Assad's terms, and said Moscow runs the risk of another Afghanistan in Syria - a reference to the Soviet Union's defeat there in the 1980s.
Hands up - Don't shoot
U.S. Admits: We Can't Protect Syrian Allies From Russia's Bombs
Putin's warplanes are targeting the CIA's rebel friends. And the U.S. doesn't know yet if there's any way to respond.
As Russia enters war in Syria, conflict in Ukraine begins to wind down
At a highly fortified separatist position near the village of Peski outside Donetsk, the pro-Russia fighters have been getting used to an unusual sound in recent weeks: silence.
What U.S. Retreat Looks Like
Syria reveals the chaos of a world without American leadership.
A friend of ours quipped amid the Iraq debate of 2003 that the only thing Europeans dislike more than U.S. leadership is a world without it.
Well, we are now living in such a world, and the result is the disorder and rising tide of war in the Middle East that even the Obama Administration can no longer dismiss.
But it will blame somebody else - Bush?
White House: Russia tensions 'not at all' a new Cold War
Russia's military actions inside Syria in no way signals a return to the Cold War and will ultimately backfire on Moscow, a White House spokesman insisted on Thursday.
Islamic State gaining ground on Golan border as moderate rebels wither
Spokesman says Free Syrian Army on verge of collapse in southern Syria; units squeezed by Islamists and Assad's forces running out of arms and funds
http://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-state-gaining-ground-on-golan-border-as-moderate-rebels-wither/
New Patch for U.S. Troops Fighting ISIS… Looks Like ISIS Logo
Believe it or not, American soldiers fighting against ISIS in Syria and Iraq will actually be wearing the emblem of ISIS the infamous crossed-swords logo. Well, almost.
'Obama handshake' triggers anger in Iran parliament
Tehran (AFP) - The Iranian foreign minister's reported handshake with US President Barack Obama triggered chants of "Death to America" in Tehran's parliament Wednesday and a warning against "another kind of spying".
The Obama-Zarif handshake would be the first known between a US president and a top Iranian official since the two countries severed diplomatic ties in the wake of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
Overheard At The Pentagon: "Right Now, We Are Putin's Prison Bitch"
Now, the only thing left to do is either stand down and let Moscow do as it pleases in support of the Assad regime, or else get on board and acquiesce to the inevitable.
The end of the Green Service Uniform: 1954-2015
Out with the old, in with Army blue?
The green service uniform has finally been laid to rest after 61 years of approved wear, the vast majority of that stretch as the service uniform that defined the Army.
US Army tests remote controlled weapon towers
To free up personnel for more important duties, the Army is testing the Tower Hawk System, which uses tower-mounted, remote-controlled weapons for base perimeter security.
Germany to mark reunification day; East and West became one 25 years ago
On Saturday, Germany will commemorate its Day of Unity to mark the 25th anniversary of the unification of East and West Germany.
The War on America Turns 50
Townhall, by Ann Coulter - Thanks, Dave
Half a century ago, Democrats looked at the country and realized they were never going to convince Americans to agree with them. But they noticed that people in most other countries of the world already agreed with them. The solution was obvious.
So in 1965 -- 50 years ago this week -- Ted Kennedy passed an immigration law that has brought 59 million foreigners to our shores, who happen to vote 8-2 for the Democrats.
Democrats haven't won any arguments; they changed the voters.
We've already taken in one-quarter of the entire population of Mexico, most of whom seem to live in Los Angeles.
Continue: http://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2015/09/30/the-war-on-america-turns-50-n2059403/page/full
Russia and Iran are fighting in Syria - Syria is next door to Israel
God reveals a fascinating and detailed prophecy about a future war campaign against Israel in the book of Ezekiel. This war is known as the "Gog and Magog War" because the people of Magog and their leader Gog will lead the attack against Israel.
New York Jets NFL team bring 350 rolls of toilet paper to London because British variety is too thin
When the New York Jets take to the field at Wembley on Sunday, the US players should feel right at home.
Answers to Exam Questions Written by History Students
The following sentences came from actual essays written for history exams in today's schools. It may be just as well that I'm not a teacher anymore. This is what you get when too many history teachers go by the first name of "Coach." Hopefully nobody reading the history papers on this site will be writing sentences like the ones below.
1.Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.
2.The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children, Cain, asked, "Am I my brother's son?"
3.Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.
4.Solomom had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines.
5.The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.
6.Actually, Homer was not written by Homer but by another man of that name.
7.Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
8.In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled the biscuits, and threw the java.
9.Eventually, the Romans conquered the Greeks. History calls people Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long.
10.Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: "Tee hee, Brutus."
11.Nero was a cruel tyranny who would torture his subjects by playing the fiddle to them.
