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Monthly Archives: June 2010

General Petraeus Questioned By Democratic Congresswoman On Using Solar Panels in Afghanistan

» by June 24th, 2010 at 10:50 pm » Comments (34)

With this year likely to be the bloodiest yet in Afghanistan and the US war effort on shaky ground and Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is wondering what General David Petraeus ...more »

So Is General McChrystal A Racist for Comments About President Obama?

» by June 24th, 2010 at 4:51 pm » Comments (16)

I was checking out the Marmot's Hole comments section on a posting on the General McChrystal issue and of someone is already throwing out a claim that General McChrystal is ...more »

Picture of the Day: Consulate Korean War Flag Raising

» by June 24th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Marine Pvt. 1st Class Luther Leguire raises U.S. Flag at American consulate in Seoul, while fighting for the city raged around the compound. September 27, 1950. ...more »

Why Detained American Aijalon Mahli Gomes Is Being Used As North Korean Bargaining Chip

» by June 24th, 2010 at 10:22 am » Comments (19)

Unsurprisingly the North Koreans are using the detained American English teacher in North Korea as a bargaining chip: North Korea may consider a tougher punishment for a jailed American citizen ...more »

Former Ft. Irwin Soldier found guilty in infant son’s death

» by June 24th, 2010 at 8:54 am » Comments (3)

Segieray Cooper was absent without leave when his son died. A jury found a 22-year-old Fort Irwin soldier guilty of the 2007 murder of his infant son on Wednesday afternoon. Segieray ...more »

Times Square Advertisement Thanking Korean War Veterans

» by June 24th, 2010 at 6:52 am » Comments (3)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes this image of an advertisement put up by Korean PR guy Seo Kyoung-duk in Times Square to thank countries that participated in the Korean War: Well ...more »

Korea Finder 21-10

» by June 23rd, 2010 at 11:57 pm » Comments (17)

So who knows what this is a picture of? Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard: Mark – 8 Leon Laporte – 4 Lemmy – 3 The Korean – 1 Sonagi – 1 Kushibo – 1 Dr. Yu ...more »

So Where Is World Outrage at North Korean Human Rights Violations During the World Cup?

» by June 23rd, 2010 at 5:31 pm » Comments (20)

I actually watched Invictus just yesterday, (good movie by the way) and then I read what I thought was a very insightful comment made by Robert Koehler over at the ...more »

Picture of the Day: USS Boxer During the Korean War

» by June 23rd, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="F4U's (Corsairs) returning from a combat mission over North Korea circle the USS Boxer as they wait for planes in the next strike to be launched ...more »

Obama replaces McChrystal with Petraeus

» by June 23rd, 2010 at 11:18 am » Comments (31)

I'm not surprised by this news. After an Oval Office meeting with McChrystal in the morning, Obama huddled with his war advisers and planned to announce his decision on ...more »

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