Allen West / Hearts & Minds / Middle East / Politics / The Iraqi War / War On Terror

Is It Better to be Lucky? [Reader Post]

One of my first meetings with Iraqis in early 2003 was at a town hall meeting in Al Dujayl. I was a medical service corps officer. As such, I wear a caduceus on my collar. We are sometimes mistaken for doctors by non-military types.

My interpreter and I were making our way through a crowd of Iraqis outside of the meeting hall. One man was very persistent. He actually took hold of my wrist and thrust a handful of papers in my face. I didn’t want to be late for my first meeting. (At that time, I was on US time, not Iraqi time.) My interpreter carried on a fast paced conversation with the man. As he did, I looked at the papers. They were yellow legal sized with two columns of Arabic on both sides. There were 7 front and back pages.

Barack Obama / Liberal Idiots / Media / Politics

Say What? March 6, 2011 Edition [Reader Post]

Congressman Charles Rangel: “Collective bargaining is something that is so close to slavery in terms of abolishing it, that it is not an American concept to tell people that they cannot discuss their economic position.”

Michael Moore, at a recent and smaller rally in WI: “Madison is only the beginning.  The rich have overplayed their hand.”