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The Constitution is designed to empower the people not the government. Though today it is stretched and interpreted to give the government the power to do whatever it wants whenever it wants originally it was constructed to limit government.

“I’ve been in Afghanistan. I know this enemy. … What you are telling to our men and women in combat, what you are saying to the enemy is that we are going to leave those men and women hanging … Why, in God’s name, do we want to repeat some of the horrible things that I saw my older brother go through in Vietnam where we restricted funding .. ” Rep. West asks his colleagues to strike down destructive cuts to Afghanistan National Defense Authorization Act.

“SUVs Suck In Combat” chronicles some of the war stories that Americans never heard about the readiness challenges facing our military. The Heritage Foundation chose author Kachejian as part of Protect America Month, which showcases why we must commit to protecting the United States in an increasingly dangerous world.

US officials warned of reprisals after the soldier went on a rampage in villages near a base in Kandahar. Nine children were among those killed. President Barack Obama phoned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai to express condolences. But Mr Karzai has said the massacre is “unforgivable”. – BBC News

Was Biden’s comment about the Taliban not being our enemy propaganda to set up the release of these terrorists? The Obama administration is quietly trying to release some of the worst terrorists at GITMO.

Liz Cheney called Barack Obama’s latest talking points “ludicrous” today on FOX News Sunday. Cheney also hammered Obama on his foreign policy, “The only reason his failed foreign policy is not being covered is because his performance on the economy is so abysmal.”

When it was all over Gutierrez had taken a bullet to the upper shoulder, triceps, left chest and lateral muscle causing two broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a softball-sized hole in his back.

Morally there is no difference between an environmentalist who bans DDT at the price of millions of malaria deaths, the Unabomber who selects his victims personally, the anarchist who smashes store windows and dreams of smashing structural steel, and a terrorist who rides a passenger plane into the World Trade Center. Each glories in destruction for its own sake, and each advocates death as the epitome of that destruction. It is no accident that they are all defined in terms of “anti-something.”

Instead of fighting undeclared wars we should have followed the Constitution and granted Letters of Marque and Reprisal which would have granted compensation and legal authority to private firms or individuals to exact retribution upon the perpetrators of the attack. Send in the military equivalent of Dog the Bounty Hunter. Let Blackwater do the job, and see what free enterprise can accomplish.

Just because those in the Middle East have the outward appearance of modernity, it is an illusion. This is a region of the world dominated by a warrior cult called Islam. As such it will remain an enemy of the West and of each other. It is a huge horror show.