Category Archives: Afghanistan

What’s That You Say? The Taliban Attacked Afghanistan’s Parliament?

Posted on June 22, 2015 by John L. Work

The military invasions/occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan following the 9/11/01 attacks have cost America a lot of precious lives and limbs, in addition to the 3,000 lost during the World Trade Center/Pentagon devastation.  As the centuries old war of Islam … Continue reading →

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The West’s Grandiose Delusions About Islam – Middle East Mess Is Not All Barack Obama’s Fault

Posted on May 25, 2015 by John L. Work

My friend Diana West and talk-show host Sam Sorbo discuss the abject failure of the Iraq war and, beyond that, the folly of trying to impose Western style democracy on Islamic nations.

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The Endless War: Mona Charen Criticizes Obama – Defends Bush – All While Ignoring Islam’s History And Doctrine

Posted on June 30, 2013 by John L. Work

One of the greatest columns I ever read was one published by Mona Charen (photo above) in the days following the September 11, 2001 Muslim terror attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.  Her opening line was, “What we need … Continue reading →

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Obama/Biden: All U.S. Troops Out Of Afghanistan By 2014 — State Department: 25,000 Troops To Stay And Fight In Afghanistan Beyond 2014

Posted on October 16, 2012 by John L. Work

“To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against … Continue reading →

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For America The 1,400 Years War Enters Its 12th Year

Posted on October 7, 2012 by John L. Work

Today marks the day that the U.S.A. responded to the 9/11/01 attacks by invading Afghanistan, eleven full years ago.  In October, 2001, I was still a detective with a major Colorado metropolitan sheriff’s office.  I was 54 years old.  I … Continue reading →

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More Media Misdirection As Early Withdrawal From Afghanistan Surfaces – Reason: Green On Blue Killings – Cause? Not Islam

Posted on October 2, 2012 by John L. Work

Another headache coming on.  I can feel it.  How stupid do the members of the international press think we are?  Well, they think we’re pretty stupid. With thanks to Drudge, the UK Guardian has a story that brings up a … Continue reading →

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Bostom Weighs In On General John Allen’s Defense Of Afghanistan Culture: Child Abuse, Torturing Dogs, Raping Young Boys – And Murdering U.S. Troops

Posted on August 26, 2012 by John L. Work

Fortunately, there are men and women with much better command of the English language and more moderate temperament than I have.  Dr. Andrew Bostom presents an excellent essay, to accompany Diana West’s latest, on U.S.M.C. General John Allen’s sickening explanation … Continue reading →

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Four French Soldiers Blown Up By Burqa-Clad Suicide Bomber – Allahu Akbar – War Drags On

Posted on June 9, 2012 by John L. Work

More of David Petraeus’ COIN win their hearts and minds nonsense has taken the lives of four French soldiers.  Reuters has the story:

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Diana West: Continuing Refusal To Objectively Examine Islam’s Doctrines Will Be Our Undoing

Posted on May 16, 2012 by John L. Work

The incomparable Diana West posted another brain-buster today, in response to a NYT story about a March 1 attack by three Afghanistan military soldiers.  The results of the surpise assault were two American soldiers dead and one saved by his … Continue reading →

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General John Allen, USMC, Supreme Commander In Afghanistan, Makes Me Nauseous

Posted on March 27, 2012 by John L. Work

According to General John Allen, since 2007 no less than 52 American military personnel have been killed in Afghanistan by so called “green on blue” attacks.  That is to say that Afghanistan’s security forces, police or military, turned their guns … Continue reading →

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