Recent content by MikeGolf

Sigh. I take it you are not old enough to remember the events of the 1980's and 1990s? Chemical weapons were used by Iraq and Lybia in the 1980's. Chemical weapos were used in a terrorist attack in the 1990's. The world's first bioterror attack occurred in Oregon in the 1980's. Mount...

I served two tours as a 1SG and during those times I was directed by the CO to inspect the platoon leaders during formal inspections on many occasions. BTW - another thing we did was get all the officers and senior NCOs in a room immedeatly before the inspection and carefully check each...

The Laws and Customs of War apply to partisans and guerrilas as long as they meet the requirements. Terrorists - by their very nature cannot ever meet the requirements. Here are the requirements to be covered under these conventions: REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND...

Ford was a 'caretaker president.' He had not been elected to either the Presidency nor the Vice Presidency and was selected by Congress because fewer people objected to him than they did the alternatives. As a result he had no mandate and had inherited a damaged Presidency. This meant that he...

Because Obama lied about wanting bi-partisanship. He wants a debate - not cooperation.

Come on - you know how the liberals hate to have it pointed out to them that the only people willing to protect them - are the people they hate.

Court martialed for what? Can you name the law that you think was broken?

Waste of time and money. So far I have yet to see anybody provide evidence that the annual external audits that the Fed gets are not adequate. Besides - do you really think that the anti-Fed people will accept any audit that determines that the Fed's books are accurate? The only thing that...

Yes, there are many private schools that do not regard public school curriculum as adequate preparation for the (typically higher) level of classes they teach.

The military commissions are better because all members of the court (attorneys and jurors) will have security clearances and as a result information developed from classified sources can be presented at the trials. Civilian trials create the issue of our inteligence services refusing to...

Sorry, your people need to learn how to act befopre you get any sympathy from me.

After completing an enlistment under 'honorable' conditions you become eligible for various veteran's benefits. There is a VA program that will gurantee part of a home loan (giving you a lower interest rate). In addition you can get life insurance through VGLI (but you can get better rates if...

O'Rielly. Simply because every time I have been in a situation where I could compare news reporting with 'ground truth' (Iraq and Hurricane Katrina) FOX news turned out to be the most accurate.

An attacker will typically choose the most crowded cars. However - they frequently will go with the flow of the crowd when entering cars to plant the bomb because their main priority will be to avoid being noticed. The really sad thing is that the NYPD screwed up the investigation and tipped...

Can you provide some sort of a reference? Your 'case number' does not check out. Either you are making this up or you have been taken in by a hoax.