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"We don't make CINC's the way we used to":
http://members.aol.com/deawatch/daily.htm
I believe that it was just over two weeks ago that someone penned
something in DEA Watch about a possible DOD investigation into the
validity of John Kerry's Vietnam War medals... and what a big mistake
that would be... particularly during the election season. Well, it
appears another DEA Watch prediction has come true... the Navy IG has
received requests from none other than, guess who: Republican
complainers... to formally open an investigation into Kerry's war
medals.
The news media hasn't yet investigated the IG's political leanings...
but just as sure as flies swarm on s**t the media will eventually get
around to his complete political history... and whether or not anyone
in the White House was in anyway involved in getting the Navy to
launch this investigation now instead of waiting until after the
election in November.
Needless to say, the deck is stacked against Kerry having all of his
medals confirmed by today's Navy as valid since every top naval
officer was appointed by George Bush... it's kind of like having the
Republican majority on the Supreme Court judge a federal election...
Oooops! That's already been done.
Of course, if George Bush were smart he would pick up the telephone
and say to the Navy IG: "Do you recognize my voice... Good!... as your
Commander-in-Chief I am officially ordering you to terminate your
investigation into Senator Kerry's war medals. I am also notifying you
that I am issuing an order declaring the Navy's awards to John Kerry
30 years ago as final... not to be questioned by you or anyone in the
Navy in the future." Of course, Bush would never do that. But doing
that would require Kerry to stop bringing up Bush and Cheney's
cowardice during the Vietnam war.
Several years ago a grossly incompetent and sex-obsessed CINC didn't
think to intervene with executive action when the Navy CNO was accused
of wearing a decoration he was lawfully, but possibly mistakenly
awarded. Had Bill Clinton spent more time thinking about his duty as
CINC instead of chasing airhead p**sy he could have prevented the
suicide of Admiral Boorda simply by picking up the telephone and
exercising his privilege as CINC.
But, let's face it, because both Clinton and Bush were both wartime
cowards neither can be expected to think like true CINC's think... and
do the right thing.
Fifty years ago a REAL CINC named Ike told the wacko Republican
pushing the Communist witch-hunt in the Senate to shut up and go home.
Clinton and Bush are no Eisenhower! We just don't make CINC's the way
we used to.
POW faced brutality, fear of fatal disease
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17617735.shtml
Life as POW in US was better, but not free
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17587716.shtml
Notable music; POW/MIA tribute
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/travel/print/sfl-trweek0905sep05, 0,
2810145.story?coll=sfla-travel-print
VA to honor POW/MIA
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2004/09/05/news/local/news06.txt
Kerry Allies Take Shots at Bush, Cheney on Vietnam
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-security5sep05,
1, 228084.story?coll=la-news-politics-national
Military attorney reportedly recommends charging Vietnam War
http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4965679.html
Did Bush Miss Vietnam's Lessons?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62546-2004Sep4.html
Vietnam Wall Experience: Smaller scale, but big emotions
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4965206.html
Worcester's Vietnam memorial vandalized
http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040905/APN/409050566
Bush's National Guard File Missing Records
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9589920.htm
Vietnam vets rally to help `sick' Jack
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0, 4057, 10669905%255E2761,
00.html
Vietnam hoping to cash in on its painful past
http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040905025708.gs6ivalu.html
'The Wall' comes to the vets
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/9584208.htm
Dole's criticism
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-pbbr10sep05, 0,
4943115.story?coll=sfla-news-letters
NEWSWEEK: Kerry Furious With Cahill Over Not Attacking Swift Boat
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040905/nysu013_2.html
Vietnam vet to dance in Numaga Indian Days powwow
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/09/03/79605.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_
1st Cavalry hands first Silver Star
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/090504dnintiraqstar.17a45.html
A trying time of transition, military chief says
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/08/56945937.shtml?Element_ID=56945937
MILITARY NEWS
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/north_carolina/counties/catawba/9586094.htm
US abuse scandal widens
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/09/05/2003201707
A Daily Look at US Iraq Military Deaths
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V2856.AP-Iraq-US-Deaths.html
US Military Injuries in Iraq Reach Record Level, Post Reports
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a4wFd0RfryHo&refer=top_world_news
Fayetteville offers temporary respite from military regimen
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=military&Story=6513272
Military says it's winning Afghan hearts, minds
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2779593
School may add Junior ROTC
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/09/05/school_may_add_junior_rotc
Military might has failed to curtail terrorism
http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0, 1413, 86~10669~2382199,
00.html
Boy Scout builds veterans' memorial in Washington
http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=2261670
Military wives become Cinderellas for one night
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040904-9999-m1m04tfcamp.html
US warplanes pound Iraq's holy city
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0, 4057, 10681861%255E401,
00.html
Henry: September is 'Hire-A-Veteran Month'
http://ardmoreite.com/stories/090504/loc_0905040028.shtml
Peek into Civil War history
http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/0905-PeekintoCi-171979.html
DRBA enriches VFW with $6G gift
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1094379345294380.xml
Dolly honoured by American Legion
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=116586722&p=yy65874z8
Speech: Desertion: In the Time of Vietnam
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dfullschedule
Speech: Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dfullschedule
'It was a conspiracy all along'
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/09/05/fWorld175.raw.html
Carrier Lincoln gets early call to sail
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040905-9999-1m5ship.html
Starting Oct. 1, former military will have to pay to fly to routine
medical visits
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24189
The War Veterans Directory, Free
http://members.aol.com/veterans/freedir.htm
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=0913261a-e17d-4bf7-bebc-349ad1bf1aca
Canada's wartime protection of Antwerp marked
http://www.rhli.ca/historical/history-intro.html
RHLI The Toronto Star
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/09/05/pf-616629.html
Snowbirds smog watch
http://www.flightplanning.navcanada.ca:80/cgi-bin/Fore-obs/metar.cgi?NoSession=NS_Inconnu&format=dcd&Langue=anglais&Region=can&Stations=CYTZ&Location=
Wx Times Colonist
http://www.canada.com/victoria/timescolonist/news/story.html?id=badd1d76-6e07-44c8-ac43-fbe1bc85ec65
U.S. Marine injured in Victoria fall The Canadian Press
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=c10dce24-707e-478a-b5ad-cd5b7a0dbec6
Hams want to dump Morse code requirement
http://web.archive.org/web/20021231185142/
http://www.dnd.ca/inside/bio_crab_e.htm
Lieutenant-General Ray
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/westview/story/2184449p-2531477c.html
Prepare for the Worst
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/westview/story/2079182p-2406480c.html
Whither Defence?
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/books/story.html?id=8a903343-3073-4750-8978-ef3916c55a0c
Kill and tell by an embed in a Humvee
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Peter_Worthington/2004/09/05/pf-616436.html
War on terror right course Thane Burnett -- The Toronto Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Thane_Burnett/2004/09/05/pf-616438.html
Behind Sept. 11 blunders Eric Margolis -- The Toronto Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Eric_Margolis/2004/09/05/pf-616439.html
FBI painting ugly picture Bob MacDonald -- The Toronto Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Bob_MacDonald/2004/09/05/pf-616437.html
Awakening to danger at last John Gleeson -- Winnipeg Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Winnipeg/John_Gleeson/2004/09/02/pf-612329.html
U.S. prez a man of peace? !-- End Canadian Commentary -->
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-arkin5sep05,1,1750334.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions"
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Five Big American Blunders in Terror War
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1094335810017&call_pageid=970599119419
Why would Israel need a spy in Pentagon? Jim Hoagland -- The
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62543-2004Sep4.html?
Divide And Confuse: A Weaker France Changes Strategy
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1046072004?
The horror of second Sept. 11 with more suicide bombing to come Leader
-- The Sunday Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/09/05/dl0501.xml
Sympathy is not enough Oleg Gordievsky -- The Sunday Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/09/05/do0501.xml
Mr Putin will not be moved by this tragedy
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/graphics/2004/09/05/ixd05.gif
Trog Ian Mather -- Scotland on Sunday
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1045422004?
Dangerous streak of Russian leader can only lead to bloodshed
Editorial -- The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62535-2004Sep4.html?
A Wartime Campaign Alex Massie -- Scotland on Sunday
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1046052004?
Bush: Riding the wave Glenn Kessler -- The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62435-2004Sep4.html?
Invoking Sept. 11 Attacks May Temper Views on Iraq War Max Boot -- The
Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20040904-104656-6796r.htm
October terrorist surprise? Deroy Murdock -- The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20040904-104702-1184r.htm
Eagles in political aeries
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=101
F-15 Frank Gibney -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-gibney5sep05,1,2323998.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions"
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N. Korea Is Immune to 'Star Wars'
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20040904-104654-4723r.htm
IAEA in wonderland Lt. Col. David G. Bellon and Others -- Los Angeles
Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-warblogs5sep05,1,6310249.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions"
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Iraq: The View From on the Ground
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1046202004?
The non-negotiable path of hatred Leader -- Scotland on Sunday
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/leaders.cfm?id=1046002004?
Isolate the extremists !-- End International Commentary -->
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/09/05/fWorld175.raw.html
General claims conspiracy by army brass
http://www.nndb.com/people/657/000046519/
Karpinski The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040905-9999-1m5ship.html
USS Lincoln gets early call to sail The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GAME_SHOOTING?SITE=OHLON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Two Men Fatally Shot at NCSU Tailgate Party The Economist
http://www.economist.com/World/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3156456
Arms control: Don't trust, don't verify The Economist
http://www.economist.com/World/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3139077
A robot interpreter: 'Elevate your hands or I ignite'
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/05/wus05.xml
Pentagon to check Kerry war record The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/05nuke.html
Suffering Effects of 50's A-Bomb Tests The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AIRPORT_CLOSURE?SITE=OHLON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Incidents Close LAX Terminals
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1046402004?
Pilots who died in RAF crash named
http://www.bywat.co.uk/canframes.html
39 Sqn Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=577354§ion=news
Reid says UK faces terror attack BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3616464.stm
Veterans mark Arnhem anniversary
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0500lewisham/tm_objectid=145982http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/05/wuran05.xml
Italy blames France for Niger uranium claim The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61422-2004Sep4.html?
Russia Collects Dead at School Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=577352§ion=news
Russians bury siege victims The Sunday Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/05/wosse205.xml
Special forces failed in hour of need The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62459-2004Sep4.html?
Hostages Were Helpless in Face of Chaos
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61145-2004Sep4.html?
Putin Alleges 'Weakness,' Security Gap
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3168912
More The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/05russia.html
Putin Says Russia Faces Full 'War' to Divide Nation
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1046022004?
The women with death at their fingertips - martyrs or victims? The
Sunday Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/05/wsudan05.xml
Sudan 'hinders African mission to protect Darfur' The Associated Press
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/09/05/pf-616554.html
Soldiers battle Nigeria rebels Agence France-Presse
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20040904-114416-3557r.htm
Team to query Thatcher on plot The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALESTINIANS_MILITANT_PROTEST?SITE=OHLON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Gaza Militants Seize Government Building Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=577355§ion=news
Beheading video for sale in Baghdad The Sunday Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/05/wirq05.xml
Violent clashes claim 44 lives in Iraq as saboteurs hit oil pipelines
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62425-2004Sep4.html?
U.S. Troops in Iraq See Highest Injury Toll Yet The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62429-2004Sep4.html?
Blast Kills 15 Policemen in Northern Iraq
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_HOSTAGES?SITE=OHLON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Militants Seek Group Edict on Kidnappings The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62442-2004Sep4.html?
U.N.: Iraqi Drones Were No Threat Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=577285§ion=news
France hopeful for hostages Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=577360§ion=news
Top Saddam aide captured
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3628398.stm
Iraq extends ban on al-Jazeera TV Scotland on Sunday
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1045432004?
Iran threatens missile crisis in Middle East The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62427-2004Sep4.html?
Afghan Blast Has Alarming Implications The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PAKISTAN_BIN_LADEN?SITE=OHLON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Osama capture soon - U.S.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=577234§ion=news
Discord at Kashmir talks The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEPAL_IRAQ?SITE=OHLON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Nepal: Hundreds March for Peace The Sunday Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/05/wnkor05.xml
North Korea 'bred spies using former US soldiers' !-- End
International News -->
http://www.legionmagazine.com/features/canadianmilitaryhistory/01-05.asp
2nd Canadian Infantry Division in September 1944 Jeremy Watson --
Scotland on Sunday
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1045572004?
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