Tag Archives: war

How’s that Arab Spring working out for you?

Source: Washington Post

Hundreds of protesters chanting “Death to America” stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Sanna, Yemen on Thursday. The protesters then burned the U.S. flag.

The Obama administration will provide Yemen $337 million in aid in the 2012 fiscal year, up from $147 million provided in the previous fiscal year.

Billions more  in aid has been given to middle eastern countries by this administration and the last. 

Is giving billions in aid to Arab countries a good use of our tax money when they want “Death to America” and murder people trying to help them?

By the way, here is the video that outraged these idiots. My review of it is two thumbs down. The plot line is weak and the director of photography should be fired. Don’t see it in theaters. Wait for it on Redbox. 

Sailors saying goodbye to their girls

Departure of the “Amerigo Vespucci”, Egypt, 1963.

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Sailors saying goodbye to their girls

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Afghan Military training

This seems to be going well.

Afghan Military training
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Easter Eggs for Hitler

"Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas...and Pfc. Joseph Jackson...will roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler's lawn." March 10, 1945.

Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas and Pfc. Joseph Jackson about to roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler’s lawn. March 10, 1945.

JSOC: The President’s Ace in the hole

The team of US Special Operations Forces who killed Osama bin Laden in a pre-dawn raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, were led by elite Navy SEALS from the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC, pronounced: JAY-sock). They basically serve as the president’s secret army, planning and executing the most dangerous, highly classified missions of the United States military. Somali pirates killing? Nabbing Saddam Hussein? Black Hawk Down? JSOC was involved in all of them.

The Command: Deep Inside the President’s Secret Army by Marc Ambinder and D.B. Grady is a new book that goes deep inside JSOC and gives us a look at why our military is badass. It is now available at Amazon.
JSCO book

mental_floss has a great article here on 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the President’s Secret Army. Here’s a few:

  • JSOC can reconstruct documents that have been burned.
  • The aircraft used in the Bin Laden raid were from Area 51.
  • There is a JSOC base in a major European airport.
  • When you hear “Delta Force” or “SEAL Team Six,” they’re talking about JSOC.

Click over to there to read about them and see the rest.

Flying robot thingys

This video is awesome and a bit freaky if you think of the implications. They call them A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors. I call them flying robot thingys. Future historians may damn us for not stopping them while we had the chance…


(via One Cool Thing A Day)

43+44

“I just don’t trust Barack Obama to keep us out of war with Iran.” – Things we weren’t saying five years ago. (via Long Story Short Pier)

Bush and Obama

Change people got hoodwinked on.

Why close quarters combat with the South Korean military is a bad idea

Here is a video of South Korea’s military displaying some unorthodox forms of fighting. I suppose being able to break concrete blocks with your head would come in handy if you ran out of ammo.


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“THIS IS NOT DRILL”

December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.

pearl harbor Radiogram

Radiogram to military installations.

On December 7, 1941, the U.S. naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, was attacked by Japan. In less than 2 hours, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was devastated, and more than 3,500 Americans were either killed or wounded. The incident triggered a mobilization for war. On December 8, the United States declared war against Japan; on December 11, Germany and Italy declared war against the United States.

This small, short document symbolizes and foreshadows the events and world climate that would define the last half of the twentieth century.
(via National Archives)

America isn’t the only country with drones

I think the general public might be a bit naive when they think of our mighty military. We might be able to kick some serious ass, we aren’t the only ones harnessing some dangerous technology. Today, more than 50 countries are using or developing unmanned aerial vehicles, or “Drones.” Here are a couple that make me nervous. See a more complete list here. (via Wired)

China’s Pterodactyl I

Iran’s Swallow

Iran's Swallow comes equipped with a high explosive warhead. Can they fly to the U.S.?