Politics

Since I am a retired military member perhaps my loyalties lie more with my country then someone who was raised in some foreign nation that is notably unfriendly to the US. With Obama's recent idea to appease the liberal elements within our society as well as the Muslim fraction it did not take him long to close the gates to Cuba's Guantanamo Bay detention facility. He was quick to issue orders to close this jail area down however he failed to consider where he would place the 250 terrorist suspects after he does so. More then likely the ultimate location will be either upon American soil or even worse by letting them go. If he so chooses the later we can be assured of continued damage as they further develop their anti American activities which are meant to harm our servicemen and perhaps our fellow countrymen. Granted that this was Obama's efforts to capture the American voters eyes and have them applaud his compliance of a campaign promise but I certainly feel that prior ...

Iraq War opponents use inductive fallacy in their arguments. One of their fallacies is the myth that the Iraqis won't greet our troops with open arms and celebrations. To make their point, they refer to scenes of U.S. Troops parading down European streets. They invoke images of European women smiling at our troops and Europeans greeting our troops with celebrations. "Not Iraq!" they argue as they point to the insurgents that fought against our troops. The problem with this imagery is that the comparison is irresponsible. They try to compare liberation images from a newly liberated France; with post liberation images in Iraq. However, if they want to make a responsible comparison, they'll have to compare liberation day in France with liberation day in Iraq. For the Iraqis, U.S. troops liberated them in April 2003, when they toppled Saddam's Regime. That day, Iraq celebrations and looting images flooded living rooms around the world. Iraqis greeted U.S. troops with ...