Archive for July, 2009

Back when I was here in 2007, I didn’t even care to blog about the 4th. We were so busy doing ground patrols, raids, and watching officers eat with Iraqis while we baked in the sun that I didn’t get the chance to enjoy it, let alone write about it.  In fact, I was probably asleep if I wasn’t on patrol.  It was hot, dirty, and nothing worth celebrating.

This weeks fabulous recap of tweets from the combat zone.

I dunno, I am no political analyst or super genius economist but could someone please explain to me exactly how Cap and Trade, Nationalized Healthcare, Bail Outs, etc is a good thing?  In my simple little mind, my simple mathematical ability doesn’t add up.  Here we are in a bad economy where the dollar only buys .68 Euros, people are losing their houses and jobs, and yet the government seems to think that taking more money out of already paltry paychecks to pay for these programs is a good thing.  Is there just no common sense left?  Its a simple formula: Little Money – Tax money = Less money/Spending.  In no way does Little Money – Tax Money = More Money/Spending except in the minds of the current leadership. I am actually getting worried that I won’t be able to pay my taxes, buy food, and keep the lights on after all this stuff goes through, and remember the Army pays my rent.

Ok, so June 30th came and went.  U.S. forces have finished moving out of major Iraqi cities.  We did not do it all at once, its been a more or less a phased withdrawl over the past several weeks unlike the media has led you to believe.  Iraq did not explode in violence when we left.  So far its been pretty much a non-event, although episodes of violence have risen just like expected.  The next few weeks will determine if the Iraqis were ready or not as the insurgents, Iran, and every other little group that controls some people or piece of land gears up and tries to see how far they can get against the new keepers of the keys.