10 Things We Must Remember on Memorial Day

Memorial Day is the U.S. holiday commemorating fallen soldiers. As we picnic and play let’s try to remember these 10 things.

In Honor Of Those Fallen Soldiers

1000+ Dead In Afghanistan Since 2001; The List of Names

Guerilla Snipers Imperil U.S. Led Forces in Afghanistan

The Taliban have shown a side not often seen in nearly a decade of American military action in Afghanistan, the use of snipers.

Morning Joe: “What would President Ron Paul Do?”

Ron Paul is on MSNBC Morning Joe discussing Ben Bernanke’s 2009 Person of the Year and Afghanistan. Joe Scarborough asks “What would President Ron Paul Do?”

Over A Million Innocent People Perished In A War Based On A Lie

by Dennis Kucinich

This action is being done pursuant to the war powers act. The war powers act was passed in 1973, it was passed to claim congresses constitutional authority , under article 1 section 8. To be able to take our troops to war, and to stay at war.

Congress cannot remain at the sidelines in this matter. We have the lives of our troops at stake. We have trillions of dollars at stake. Congress must engage in this debate, we have a constitutional responsibility, to make a decision on these wars.

The Way Forward in the War on Terror

by RJ Harris

Somewhere between the events of 911 and the President’s Afghanistan “surge speech” we seem to have forgotten that what distinguishes us from the terrorists trying to kill us is our commitment to the rule of law. Terrorists and pirates care nothing about safeguarding individual liberty or fundamental human rights, but we do. Our commitment to these formalities is what makes us human and free and makes them the enemies of humanity. This commitment requires us to provide due process and equal protection to all persons, not only citizens, within our Republic’s jurisdiction regardless of where they were captured or where they are currently held.

Obama’s Afghanistan Speech at West Point, Video and Transcript

President Obama’s speech at West Point, plans to talk about efforts to turn over responsibility to Afghans and Afghan security forces while also bringing in more troops from the U.S. and its allies

Our Commander In Chief’s Christmas Crisis

by Chuck Norris

Alas, after nearly three months of military deliberations, our commander in chief is finally coming out of the closet with his Afghan strategy. But is his plan based more upon politics than national security?

In September, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, requested 40,000 additional troops on top of the 68,000 already there. This increase would allow the military flexibility to deploy 15,000 forces to the Taliban stronghold in the south, 5,000 to the eastern border with Pakistan and 10,000 as trainers for Afghan security forces. The other 10,000 would be deployed across the country in various overt and covert operations.

U.S. Veterans to Obama: Do Not Escalate in Afghanistan

President Obama plans to announce his decision to send up to 40,000 more troops to the middle east War. These U.S. Veterans are asking him to Re-Think Afghanistan

A Soldiers Dog Cries for His Return Home

WATCH: Watch This soldiers dog lose it when he returns from Afghanistan.