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Date: November 21st, 2004

Hybrid Hummer Replacement?

21 November, 2004 (19:55) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

This looks, frankly, too cool for words. It’ll be great if the performance measures up.

Jack Kelly On Fallujah, Media

21 November, 2004 (16:36) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

Jack Kelly of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gets it very right. :::::::: The rule of thumb for the last century or so has been that for a guerrilla force to remain viable, it must inflict seven casualties on the forces of the government it is fighting for each casualty it sustains, says former Canadian army officer [...]

Those Pesky Rules Of War

21 November, 2004 (15:52) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

I guess the media has been too busy wailing about a Marine who shot a wounded terrorist to carry this story too far: :::::::: In Fallujah, where U.S. Marines and soldiers are still battling pockets of resistance, insurgents waved a white flag of surrender before opening fire on U.S. troops and causing casualties, Marine spokesman [...]

Cronkite Wants New Elections; Voters Too Stupid To Vote Correctly

21 November, 2004 (15:45) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

Walter Cronkite was once considered the most trusted man in America. I remember listening to him myself as a boy. It wouldn’t be for several years that I learned of his infamous declaration that America could not win the Vietnam War in the midst of the catastrophic rout of NVA forces by American and South [...]