Great Article by a young Soldier…serving in the Most dangerous place in Afghanistan….called “The Valley of Death” http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/08/living_life_in.html

You can have unmanned aircraft cruising the skies above looking for targets, high tech armored vehicles and tanks roaming the countryside but in the end it always comes down to a war weary twenty year old who is willing to grab a rifle, saddle up and put his life on the line each day!  Wars are always fought by our most precious possession our sons and daughters. The sacrifices they make, nor the scars they bear talked about Nor visible to the naked eye… but as real as the nightmares they share! My Generations valley of Death was  the Ahsau valley… and the Street of No Joy! In the end the final verse of the poem written long ago says it all.

Today, just like a ghost,
By that road on the coast,
Riding a buffalo, ubiquitous, ’tis a boy;
Yet there’s no signs either side,
Of the thousands who died,
Just memories, on the Street Without Joy.

To these Soldiers the debate back home about the war in Afghanistan means little. To them, it’s the brotherhood, born in combat, keeping these Soldiers motivated to stand shoulder to shoulder.

Living life in the Korengal valley

By The Armorer on August 22, 2009

090817-A-1211M-008: KORENGAL VALLEY, Afghanistan “ U.S. service members deployed to Kunar province, Afghanistan as Korengal Valley endure almost daily gun battles, and have seen some of the toughest fighting in Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Obamacare Movie to be based on the the Book and Screen production of Soylent Green  starring the “Elderly, the Sick and the Poor”

Page Hat Tip http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/07/good-news-abortions-and-assisted.html

425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?

• Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.

• Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.

• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.

• Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient’s health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.

• Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.

THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE AFTER 65 UNDER OBAMACARE

Obama sent a letter of Goodwill prior to the elections to Khamenei “

Barack Obama sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before this month’s disputed election calling for an improvement in relations, it was reported today. According to the Washington Times, the US president sent the private letter in May setting out the prospect of "co-operation in regional and bilateral relations" and a resolution of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. The message was passed to the Iranian foreign ministry by the Swiss embassy, which represents US interests in Iran.

Obama is also releasing Iranian Terrorists in Iraq in order to buy the good will of Tehran and inviting  Iranian Iranian government officials to spend the 4^th of the July at our embassies  To convince the Iranians to sit down with our representative Obama released the Terrorist leader who kidnapped and Murdered five of our soldiers in Iraq.  The five who were taken from a base in Basra and executed when the terrorists could not successfully escape to Iran.   Read this NRO excerpt from the Article http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODFkYTU2MjBmMTE5MDUzZTEzZWMyMTE5ZWZjNWI4Mjg=&w=MA== 

Excerpt

About two weeks ago, the Obama administration released Laith Qazali after extensive negotiations with the Asaib al-Haq terror network. That network has long been in negotiations with the fledgling Iraqi government, dangling the possibility of laying down its arms, renouncing violence, and integrating into Iraqi society, provided that its top members — particularly Qais and Laith Qazali, as well as Ali Mussa Daqduq — be released. Realizing, however, that these terrorists were responsible for kidnapping and killing American soldiers in gross violation of the laws of war, the Bush administration had declined to release them.

The Obama administration has not only released Laith Qazali, it has been in negotiations to release his brother, Qais Qazali, as well. The negotiations and release were carried out in flagrant disregard of the longstanding policy against exchanging prisoners for the release of hostages. Undermining that policy endangers all American troops and civilian personnel — as well as the troops and civilian personnel of our allies — by encouraging terrorists to kidnap them to use as bargaining chips.

PERSONAL COMMENT

Obama first Challenge during the elections by the Media and the Republican Party was his assertion that he would sit down with Iran without preconditions. The more he had to defend that statement the more insistent Obama became until it became a central part of his foreign Policy now it seems that regardless of how much blood is shed on the streets of Iran Obama seems incapable of admitting that he can no longer justify sitting down with the thugs, Mass murderers and fanatics In Tehran that  is deeply disturbing to a growing number of Americans.

20pm:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/jun/24/iran-crisis
An account from a medical student inside Iran. I am trying to find out where the medical student is.

I only want to speak about what I have witnessed. I am a medical student. There was chaos at the trauma section in one of our main
hospitals. Although by decree, all riot-related injuries were supposed
to be sent to military hospitals, all other hospitals were filled to
the rim. Last night, nine people died at our hospital and another 28
had gunshot wounds. All hospital employees were crying till dawn. They
(government) removed the dead bodies on back of trucks, before we were
even able to get their names or other information. What can you even
say to the people who don’t even respect the dead. No one was allowed
to speak to the wounded or get any information from them. This morning
the faculty and the students protested by gathering at the lobby of
the hospital where they were confronted by plain cloths anti-riot
militia, who in turn closed off the hospital and imprisoned the staff.
The extent of injuries are so grave, that despite being one of the most staffed emergency rooms, they’ve asked everyone to stay and help–I’m sure it will even be worst tonight. What can anyone say in face of all these atrocities? What can you say to the family of the 13 year-old boy who died from gunshots and whose dead body then disappeared?

This issue is not about cheating (election) anymore. This is not about stealing votes anymore. The issue is about a vast injustice inflected on the people. They’ve put a baton in the hand of every 13-14 year old to smash the faces of "the bunches who are less than dirt" (government is calling the people who are uprising dried-up torn and weeds). This is what sickens me from dealing with these issues. And from those who shut their eyes and close their ears and claim the riots are in opposition of the government and presidency!! No! The people’s complaint is against the egregious injustices committed against the people.

17 YEAR OLD TORTURED

http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/06/24/iran_photos/