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GI Korea April 29th, 2008 at 8:48 am »
Comments (12)So what does everyone think about this statement from Barack Obama?:
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the Bush administration should have sought direct dialogue with North Korea earlier.
The Illinois senator said Sunday he felt disturbed to hear the North is likely to have helped Syria pursue a covert nuclear program. He said such […]
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GI Korea March 15th, 2008 at 5:11 am »
Comments (10)It appears the world’s bad actors are really counting on a Obama presidency:
The U.S. daily Wall Street Journal has reported that North Korea, Iran, Syria and other U.S. adversaries are readjusting their strategy toward the United States, dragging their feet in hopes that the next U.S. administration will shift from the Bush administration’s foreign […]
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GI Korea July 25th, 2007 at 5:21 pm »
Comments (12)Here is an interesting quote from Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama from yesterday’s YouTube debate:
Obama said he would be willing to meet individually with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea during the first year of his presidency. "The notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them, which has […]
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GI Korea May 24th, 2007 at 6:27 am »
Comments (11)Here is the latest attempt by the media and politicians to play politics with the military:
Independent ballistics tests commissioned by NBC News raise new questions about whether America’s fighting men and women really do have the best body armor available.
The Army insists the body armor troops are now wearing — called Interceptor — is the […]
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GI Korea May 20th, 2007 at 8:40 am »
Comments (28)UPDATE: Yonhap has an article on Katrin Fraser along with the Donga Ilbo. The Donga is reporting that Fraser will probaby have little influence with Korea policy it sounds like:
Meanwhile, the White House designated Katrin Fraser, a professional diplomat in her early 30s, as assistant for Korean and Japanese affairs to succeed the post […]
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GI Korea April 11th, 2007 at 7:51 pm »
Comments (10)So how does it feel to be a propaganda piece?:
The North Korea colonel who served as Richardson’s guide smiled as he told the governor the ship was an example of continued U.S. aggression toward his country. Richardson and his traveling companion, former Veteran Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi, were then shown bullet holes circled in red […]
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GI Korea March 24th, 2007 at 6:15 am »
Comments (14)This is how our US Congress supports the troops:
Lengthy delays in finalizing supplemental war funding could force Army leaders to extend some soldiers’ tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
Army officials are planning cutbacks in home-station training, cuts in repair of predeployment training equipment and delays in upgrades to barracks and […]
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GI Korea January 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pm »
Comments (1)HT: MM
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GI Korea January 24th, 2007 at 3:47 pm »
Comments (13)Yes you read that right, the answer to Iraq is to follow the Korean War model:
With respect to foreign policy, this country has patiently endured a mismanaged war for nearly four years. Many, including myself, warned even before the war began that it was unnecessary, that it would take our energy and attention away from […]
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GI Korea January 24th, 2007 at 3:33 pm »
Comments (0)OFK has a great write up on what the Democrats should have said last night. Very funny, but oh so true.
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GI Korea December 27th, 2006 at 1:32 pm »
Comments (17)UPDATE: The moonbats are saying that this picture is a right wing hoax and that the picture is not from the chow hall in Baghdad but actually England because of the British flag in the background. Well the moonbats are wrong again. I don’t expect them to admit though. I’m sure they come up with […]
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GI Korea December 6th, 2006 at 7:33 pm »
Comments (1)best UN ambassador in recent memory for the US has been forced to resign due to partisan politics:
Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday. Bolton’s nomination has languished in the Senate’s Foreign Relation’s Committee or more than a […]
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