I Was Sniffling Over This Story When major dad Found it On Fox This Morning

The video is a killer.

Thanks to Dave in Texas for that. Read the background on this ever so SCHWEET surprise here.

Marine reunited with dog he handled in Afghanistan in surprise ceremony

DES MOINES, Iowa – When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he’d look her up when he returned home.

“I promised her if we made it out of alive, I’d do whatever it took to find her,” Gundlach said.

On Friday, he made good on that vow with help from some sentimental state officials in Iowa who know how to pull off a surprise.

God bless Iowa and the Elks.

The WWII Invasion Of US Soil

Via Ace, we find that the “staff planners whose-wisdom-shall-not-be-questioned” as usual couldn’t plan their way out of an empty field but the troops once again pulled it off

“The cold, damp Aleutian weather was far different from the warm California beaches they had just left. Because of shortages in cold weather equipment, moreover, most of the men would enter combat wearing normal field gear. While senior commanders realized that the troops would suffer from the weather, most believed that within three days the fight for Attu would be over, particularly since the assembled naval support for the landings included three battleships along with several cruisers and destroyers.”

Underestimating the weather, the enemy and the terrain ended up costing many American casualties during the 18-day assault.

God bless ‘em.

He Had It On “Vibrate”

Musta missed that 3 a.m. call, thinking it it was Michelle’s snores shaking the bed. Didn’t she know he had a big fundraiser in Vegas next day?

The big Benghazi mystery: Where was Obama while 4 Americans perished?

…The Benghazi consulate was totally unsecured and unprepared, despite area terrorist attacks and months-long urgings of security personnel and Stevens himself.
In fact, a month before 9/11 when two security personnel used their weapons to fight off terrorist carjackers, most of the Special Ops security forces were ordered out of the country.

The first and last contact Hicks in Tripoli had with Stevens that night was an interrupted cellphone call in which the ambassador said, “Greg, we’re under attack!” No mention of any protest demonstration.

A special joint team of FBI-CIA-Defense-State crisis experts was ordered not to deploy to Benghazi.

Twelve hours after the U.S. Embassy wall in Cairo was stormed, no contingency military forces were prepared to assist there or anywhere else in the region. The nearest F-16′s in Italy were not even on alert and had no refueling tankers nearby.

As the four remaining Special Ops troops in-country boarded a Libyan C-130 to rush to help in Benghazi, someone ordered their colonel to stand down.

…What we don’t know is where the hell was the commander-in-chief all-night while two former SEALs, a communications specialist and the first U.S. ambassador in three decades were being murdered on-duty six time zones away.

We do know that then Secy. of Defense Leon Panetta claims Obama instructed him in the early evening of 9/11 to do everything necessary to protect Americans and embassies abroad.

We also know now that “everything” wasn’t really anything at all.

On This Day In History, 1781, Begins the “Battle of Pensacola”, Where Unheralded General Bernardo de Gálvez of Spain

…throws a monkey wrench in the works and darned if he didn’t wind up saving us.

On to Pensacola
His next target was Pensacola, the capital of West Florida. However, due to several hurricanes and storms, he had to wait until the next March to attack this target. Pensacola had a narrow entrance to its bay, and this entrance was guarded by a British fort. The first Spanish ship was fired upon and ran aground. The rest of the fleet retreated back to sea. Gálvez was head of the ground forces, but for this campaign Havana had sent Admiral José Calbo de Irazabel to be in charge of the navy. Gálvez kept urging the admiral to press the attack, but the admiral kept making excuses.

Gálvez knew that the British fleet was on its way, so he decided to take the matter into his own hands. He took his own four ships, hoisted his personal flag in the lead ship, stood on the prow with his sword raised, and ordered a 15-gun salute fired as he led his ships through the pass.

When the rest of the fleet saw this daring move, they urged the admiral to give the order to follow. Still, Irazabel hesitated. Finally he told the other captains, “Do whatever you want.” The other ships followed Gálvez. Irazabel returned to Cuba and was never heard from again.

After two months of fighting, the British finally surrendered in May 1781. The Battle of Pensacola was one of the longest battles of the American Revolution; yet, it rarely appears in our history books.

In July 1781 British troops began to arrive in Yorktown, the final engagement of the war. Think how much impact Gálvez and his troops had. Not only had he kept the British occupied on a second front throughout the war, but also imagine how much impact the loss of Pensacola had on the number of troops and ships the British could send to Yorktown. Imagine what course the American Revolution might have taken without the help of this able Spanish general.

They Had a Team Ready to Go in Tripoli and a C-130* on the Ramp

Then they let them die.

Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told “you can’t go” to Benghazi during attacks

The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden from doing so by U.S. Special Operations Command South Africa.

The account from Gregory Hicks is in stark contrast to assertions from the Obama administration, which insisted that nobody was ever told to stand down and that all available resources were utilized. Hicks gave private testimony to congressional investigators last month in advance of his upcoming appearance at a congressional hearing Wednesday.

According to excerpts released Monday, Hicks told investigators that SOCAFRICA commander Lt. Col. Gibson and his team were on their way to board a C-130 from Tripoli for Benghazi prior to an attack on a second U.S. compound “when [Col. Gibson] got a phone call from SOCAFRICA which said,

‘you can’t go now, you don’t have the authority to go now.’

And so they missed the flight … They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it.”

Obama’s “bumps in the road”, remember?

And there’s more in my fearless girl Sharyl Attkisson’s report. I cannot STRONGLY ENOUGH urge you to follow her on Twitter – she is doing amazing work, and needs ALL the support she can get. Send her some LOVE.

ths note: Dan Collins has a great, personal “Thank You” to Sharyl up over at Conservative Commune. She’s thinking of leaving CBS and THAT would be a tragedy.

*Fixed my fat finger in the headline to C-130. Had KC on the brain when they were talking about the refuelers coming out of Aviano and it bled over.

Good God

*update see below*

ths update redux: In my comment, I (with Ebola’s “pithy” assistance) clarify WHAT the Courts Martial order seems to be in response to, which is what I suspected when Bingley first emailed me. Breitbart is indulging in a shameless bit of revolting flamethrowing without any thought for the facts this sprung from.

And this has been by NO MEANS limited to evangelical influence in the Air Force, although they seem to have been the most egregious abusers. For instance, Marine Commandant Gen Krulak started “voluntary” prayers breakfasts at Headquarters Marine Corps when he arrived…and no one went. Guess what became “MANDATORY”?

Do you think the local Sgt. Druid would dare complain?

It’s wrong, plain and simple. Not “ANTI-GOD, Christ, Mary, Joseph, or the mules” they road in to Bethlehem on.

But it is desperately WRONG to COMPEL someone’s attendence at YOUR RELIGIOUS SERVICE/MEETING/handholding ceremony through dint of your SUPERIOR rank and/or position, if they have no wish nor religious fervor to be there, or do not believe as you do.

As far as enforcement, sure, sure, it’ll be mostly the “Christians” thrown to the lions ~ you betcha. But there’s two things that don’t worry me about that right now. First and foremost, it HAS BEEN THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS who have been the thugocracy, so consider them warned. After ALL these years of harrassment complaints litigation, they are STILL wielding their cabal-like power in insidious ways with impunity, so weed them out and clean it up. Secondly, until there’s another religious strain that congeals enough to take hold through ALL the rank and file, I can’t see where you’d have anyone, BUT the current bunch standing tall. They’ve got the numbers and nobody else comes close.

ths again: One more thought: NEVER forget that, in the military, there are potentially DIRE CONSEQUENCES for grudgingly obeying that order to show up at the prayer breakfast/praying before your shift, or snapping and finally telling that superior to “blow it out his posterior”. This isn’t the corner grocery store, where you can walk away, and file a lawsuit. That “shirt”, or stripe, or set of bars above you OWNS YOUR ASS. LITERALLY.

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We are beyond doomed

Breaking: Pentagon Confirms May Court Martial Soldiers Who Share Christian Faith

The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted for promoting their faith: “Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense…Court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis…”.

The statement, released to Fox News, follows a Breitbart News report on Obama administration Pentagon appointees meeting with anti-Christian extremist Mikey Weinstein to develop court-martial procedures to punish Christians in the military who express or share their faith.

(From our earlier report: Weinstein is the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and says Christians–including chaplains–sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in the military are guilty of “treason,” and of committing an act of “spiritual rape” as serious a crime as “sexual assault.” He also asserted that Christians sharing their faith in the military are “enemies of the Constitution.”)

Being convicted in a court martial means that a soldier has committed a crime under federal military law. Punishment for a court martial can include imprisonment and being dishonorably discharged from the military.

The Left wants to completely destroy the fabric of this country. I don’t see how one can even argue this point.

15 year-olds can give themselves abortions without notifying their parents, but don’t you DARE talk to a 25 year-old fellow soldier about God.

**UPDATE**: here are what are purported to be the latest regulations. If this is true than frankly I don’t see what Breitbart is getting all excited about:

AFI1
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1 7 AUGUST 2012
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2.11.
Government Neutrality Regarding Religion.
Leaders at all levels must balance constitutional protections for an individual’s free exercise of religion or other personal beliefs and the constitutional prohibition against governmental establishment of religion. For example, they must avoid the actual or apparent use of their position to promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion. Commanders or supervisors who engage in such behavior may cause members to doubt their impartiality and objectivity. The potential result is a degradation of the unit’s morale, good order, and discipline.
Airmen, especially commanders and supervisors, must ensure that in exercising their right of
religious free expression, they do not degrade morale, good order, and discipline in the Air Force or degrade the trust and confidence that the public has in the United States Air Force.
2.12.
Free Exercise of Religion and Religious Accommodation.
Supporting the right of free exercise of religion relates directly to the Air Force core values and the ability to maintain an effective team.
2.12.1.
All Airmen are able to choose to practice their particular religion, or subscribe to no
religious belief at all. You should confidently practice your own beliefs while respecting
others whose viewpoints differ from your own.
2.12.2.
Your right to practice your religious beliefs does not excuse you from complying
with directives, instructions, and lawful orders; however, you may request religious
accommodation. Requests can be denied based on military necessity. Commanders and
supervisors at all levels are expected to ensure that requests for religious accommodation are
dealt with fairly.

If these are the current rules then I have no problem with them whatsoever.

An Exceedingly Rare Historical Snapshot

Six active-duty Marine Corps four-star generals…just hangin’ out. Together, for once.

Dressed in their desert camouflage uniforms the six Marine four-star generals share coffee in the Home of the Commandants in Washington, D.C., April 19, 2013. From left to right:John F. Kelly, James N. Mattis, Joseph F. Dunford, James F. Amos, John R. Allen, and John M. Paxton Jr. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Sgt. Mallory S. VanderSchans)

Marines Have Six Four-Stars — But Not for Long

With its emphasis on its enlisted troops and its creed that every Marine is a rifleman, the Marine Corps is the military service that keeps the smallest ratio of brass to troops. But for a brief moment —actually only until Wednesday—there are, for the first time, six four-star generals in the Corps.

Earlier this month [April 19], the officers gathered at the Home of the Commandants at the Marine Barracks Washington, the only time six active-duty four star generals have gathered together, according to the service. Except for a handful of five-star admirals and generals in American history, four-stars is the highest attainable rank in the military. And for the Marines it is unusual to have four or five, much less six.

The Corps thinks of the gathering as historic. But for the generals, the April get-together was simply a reunion of a group of men who have worked with each other and off for four decades.

What a scene.

Damn.

A Courageous Fighting Marine With More Than Your Average Allowance

…of common old Horse Sense: SSgt. Reckless

Knocked the SNOT Out of Him

Oh, yes.

U.S. female sailor beats Dubai rapist bus driver into submission

An off-duty U.S. navy sailor wrestled a Dubai bus driver to the ground and beat him into submission after he tried to rape her at knifepoint on Jan. 19, a courtroom heard Wednesday.

…He then stopped where several other buses were parked and tried to kiss her. After she refused, he pulled out a knife and tried to rape her.
Prosecutors said that she knocked the knife from his hand, broke it in two, bit him in the hand, forced him to the ground and locked him between her thighs, the Daily Mail reports.

Skyler Just Sent This Along

…and I just want to throw up.

CHANGES TO THE MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE WEARING OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL ITEMS AND GROOMING REGULATIONS
Date Signed: 4/17/2013
MARADMINS Active Number: 207/13
R 171701Z APR 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 207/13
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/CHANGES TO THE MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE WEARING OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL ITEMS AND GROOMING REGULATIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/-/YMD:20030331/CMC WASHINTON DC MCUB//
AMPN/REF IS MCO P1020.34G, MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS.//
POC/MR. BILL MCWATERS/-/UNIT:MPO/-/TEL:(703)784-9386//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS MARADMIN IDENTIFIES CHANGES TO PARAGRAPHS 1004.6 AND 1004.7 OF REFERENCE (A), WHICH ADDRESSES THE WEARING OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL ITEMS AND GROOMING REGULATIONS.
2. CHANGE PARAGRAPH 1004.6 TO READ AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN QUOTE: 6. SUBJECT TO TEMPORARY REVOCATION DUE TO MISSION REQUIREMENTS, MARINES MAY WEAR RELIGIOUS APPAREL ITEMS AS FOLLOWS:
A. ARTICLES OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL WHICH ARE NOT VISIBLE OR APPARENT WHEN WORN WITH THE UNIFORM.
B. VISIBLE ARTICLES OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL WITH THE UNIFORM WHILE ATTENDING OR CONDUCTING DIVINE SERVICES OR WHILE IN A CHAPEL OR OTHER HOUSE OF WORSHIP.

C. WITH CMC APPROVAL, NEAT AND CONSERVATIVE VISIBLE ARTICLES OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL WITH THE UNIFORM WHICH DO NOT INTERFERE WITH OR REPLACE REQUIRED UNIFORM ARTICLES OR INTERFERE WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF A MEMBER’S MILITARY DUTIES.

(1) ALL REQUESTS FOR WEAR OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH 1004.6C WILL BE FORWARDED VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (DC M&RA) FOR DECISION.
(2) THE NAVMC 10274 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION (AA) FORM WILL BE USED FOR REQUESTS FOR WEAR OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL. END QUOTE.
3. INSERT THE FOLLOWING NEW SUBPARAGRAPH 1004.7A: BEGIN QUOTE. A. REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO GROOMING REGULATIONS BASED UPON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WILL BE FORWARDED VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO DC M&RA FOR DECISION, USING THE NAVMC 10274 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION (AA) FORM. END QUOTE. RE-LABEL THE OLD PARAGRAPH 1004.7A AND SUBSEQUENT SUBPARAGRAPHS OF PARAGRAPH 1004.7 OF THE REF ACCORDINGLY.
4. DC M&RA WILL CONVENE A STANDING BOARD TO REVIEW REQUESTS FOR WEAR OF RELIGIOUS APPAREL OR EXCEPTIONS TO GROOMING REGULATIONS BASED UPON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
5. COMMANDING OFFICERS, SERGEANTS MAJOR, AND OTHER MARINE CORPS LEADERS WILL ENSURE THEIR MARINES FULLY UNDERSTAND THE POLICY CHANGES PUBLISHED IN THIS MESSAGE.
6. THIS CHANGE IS EFFECTIVE THE DATE TIME GROUP OF THIS MESSAGE AND WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT REVISION OF THE REF.
7. THIS POLICY IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
8. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN W. J. WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, MARINE CORPS STAFF.//

Despicable. Show your religious affiliation under your uniform blouse and on your own damn time.

You’re a Marine when you’re on duty, representing the United States of America ~ NOT the Presbyterians, the Jews, the Atheists, Muslims, Pastafarians or Venusians, and religious bric-a-brac has no place on that uniform. Period.

ths notes: Last I HEARD, your religious preference (or lack thereof) is ON YOUR DOG-TAGS. WEAR them and SHUT UP.

Not a Good Time Nor Place

…to have a bird go down.

US military claims helicopter ‘hard landing’ near N Korea border
The US military claimed one of its helicopters carrying Marines executed a hard landing near the North Korean border “while conducting routine flight operations”.

A statement said the US Marine Corp. CH-53E Super Stallion had 21 people on board including five crew members, all of whom were taken to hospital.

How you phrase what happened is everything…

And They Call It “Puppy Love”

…for a reason.

Change Is Not Always Hard

Sometimes it’s adorable.

OO-rah, Sgt. Chesty! Thank you for your service, may there be fire hydrants aplenty in retirement and I know Panetta’s dog was a P-word.

SEMPER-FI!

More Bad News

Marine kills two at Quantico base, takes own life

An active-duty Marine shot dead two fellow service members at a base at Quantico, Virginia, then barricaded himself in a building and killed himself, prompting a brief lockdown of the base, the Marines said on Friday.

The shootings took place late on Thursday near the Officer Candidate School at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, and all three people who died were identified as Marines, Marines spokesman Sergeant Christopher Zahn said.

At first glance, the sparse details are sort of shrieking a tragic, horrible “triangle”…

…The Marines did not name the service members who died, pending notification of their families. ABC News quoted a military official as saying the suspect had been identified as a staff member at the cadet school, as was one of the victims.

ABC also said that the second person killed was a female Marine found dead in the barracks, but gave no further details.

…aren’t they?

Oh, man, oh, man.

Awful. Just awful. Sick to my stomach awful.

Oh Lord

Those poor souls

Reuters) – Seven Marines were killed and seven others were wounded in an explosion that occurred during a training exercise at a military facility in western Nevada, a military spokesman said on Tuesday.

The blast at Hawthorne Army Depot, a military ammunition storage facility, took place late Monday during a Marine training exercise.

Pop Quiz

According to the Current Administration in Washington, one of the following is entitled to Due Process and the other you’ll just have to trust them on:

1) You

2) Osama’s Son-In-Law

Lawnmowers Of Death Over America

But it’s ok because we trust they won’t abuse their power.

Our Favorite Marine Corps General

…says what he wants, because that’s what he needs to DO THE JOB.

U.S. commander discloses Afghan troop recommendation

A top U.S. military commander said on Tuesday he has recommended keeping 13,600 American troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when the NATO combat mission ends and most Western troops withdraw.

General James Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee he believed that properly designing the residual force would be “critical” for a good outcome to America’s longest war.

“I have made my recommendation,” Mattis said in response to a question from Republican Senator John McCain. “That recommendation is for 13,600 U.S. forces.”

The figure provided by Mattis, who leads the U.S. military’s Central Command, is above the range of troop levels U.S. officials have said were being considered by the White House and discussed by NATO defense chiefs last month.

…U.S. officials have said in the past that the White House was considering up to 9,000 troops, a lower range than put forward initially last year by the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen.

Awkward for the administration now. Don’t even TRY something with THIS guy, Obambi. Mattis is a GOD in our house, with Ebola putting frequent Mattis funnies up on FB, just because the very OLD CORPS Marine Corps looking Mattis is a take-no-prisoners…um…”blunt” speaker and man o’ ACTION, spawning his own unique brand of sayings, dubbed “Mattisms”.

Here’s a few gems from the Mattis vault if you’re unfamiliar with him:

“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”

“I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all”

“When Gen. Abrial arrived to relieve me as the supreme commander, only don’t ask, don’t tell kept me from hugging and kissing him”

“I don’t get intelligence off a satellite. Iraqis tell me who the enemy is.”

I’d Laugh If I Wasn’t Crying

Chuck Hagel’s first day at the Pentagon. twitter.com/ExJon/status/3…

— Jon Gabriel (@ExJon) February 26, 2013

So, Say You’re An Army DI, Who Gets Handed a Note By a Recruit

Weird enough, eh? That’s nothin’.

Wait’ll you read the note:

(looney82 via imgur)

Cleverness of the joke at the end not-withstanding, I think they might oughta leave the lad to be an “Army of One”, looking from the OUTSIDE in, capiche?

It’s a Shame He’s Not in Such a Pissy Snit About the Taliban’s Behaviour

Them being the perfect, hairy, chivalrous gents they are universally acknowleged to be.

Afghan president to expel U.S. special forces from key province

(Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has given U.S. special forces two weeks to leave a key battleground province after some U.S. soldiers there were found to have tortured or even killed innocent people, the president’s spokesman said on Sunday.

The decision by Karzai could further complicate negotiations between the United States and Afghanistan over the presence of Americans troops in the country once most NATO forces leave by the end of 2014.

Speaking at a news conference in Kabul, Karzai’s spokesman Aimal Faizi said villagers in Wardak province had lodged a series of complaints about operations conducted by U.S. special forces and a group of Afghans working with them.

“Waaaah! The Americans were mean to me, ” sure makes the mundane, every day executing of women in soccer stadiums or lopping hands off in the village square pale in significance.

Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue

65 years ago.

Semper Fi, Marines.

Kim Jong Nuke

But DON’T WORRY! Secretary of State Waffles is even now writing them a strong letter telling them how angry we are.

Drones Can Murder You If Obama Wants To

But it’s ok because we trust him and he’s not Bush.

An excellent column by Glenn Greenwald.

Thanks to Obama, America Might Well NOT Be a “Global 911″ as the Despicable General Dempsey Cravenly Put It

…but they DAMN WELL SHOULD STILL BE AMERICANS’ 911, no matter WHERE they are, especially if your little sovereign AMERICAN diplomatic operation is getting overrun by terrorists NOT TWO HOURS FLIGHT TIME from a MAJOR AMERICAN MILITARY BASE.

(The flight time major dad and I figured from NAS Sigonella, Italy to Benghazi at screaming speed of heat, intent on laying death and destruction.) (That’s assuming there wasn’t a Marine Corps MEU floating on boats somewhere even CLOSER, armed to the TEETH and ready for a rumble they could have called.)

The FACT that an officer of the AMERICAN military would do EVERYTHING in his power to WEASEL DICK his way out of responsibility for launching a rescue mission for the lowliest citizen, less mind OUR AMBASSADOR and his staff, in a time of HORRIFIC NEED, is a sorry indictment of both the majority of top echelon of Army culture and the politics they answer to.

DESPICABLE.

And do you know who we HAVEN’T heard from?

The ONE Army general who said “we’re going in”, General Carter Ham:

heard a story today from someone inside the military that I trust entirely. The story was in reference to General Ham that Panetta referenced in the quote below.
quote:

“(The) basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on; without having some real-time information about what’s taking place,” Panetta told Pentagon reporters. “And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation.”

The information I heard today was that General Ham as head of Africom received the same e-mails the White House received requesting help/support as the attack was taking place. General Ham immediately had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready.

General Ham then received the order to stand down. His response was to screw it, he was going to help anyhow. Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now relieved of his command.

The story continues that now General Rodiguez would take General Ham’s place as the head of Africom.

I suggest we start a movement ~ maybe a White House petition:

FREE GENERAL HAM!!!!

They STILL have not answered the “WHO GAVE THE STAND DOWN ORDER?” (Was it even asked?)…and now all of the players are gone.

Convenient, n’est pas?

George Bush didn’t hesitate to send the Marines into Lebanon to pick folks up (including Anthony Bourdain, who sure changed HIS tune concerning the military).

But Obama and his brilliant Secretary of State, had they bothered to rouse themselves from their slumber and CareBear dreams, mind you, couldn’t scramble a couple of late night navy F-18s to buzz the field and scare the bad guys? Make themselves heros for the day?

To paraphrase our defensive, fiery fisted Secretary of State ~ WHAT a DIFFERENCE that day would have made.