Audio from Frank Gaffney's show

Posted By Uncle Jimbo • [May 01, 2013]

With Andrew McCarthy, Matthew Brodsky, Claudia Rosett, Jeremy Scahill. Jim Hanson of BlackFive.net guest hosts.

Former special prosecutor ANDY MCCARTHY goes over the reasons for why the Obama administration is choosing to try the surviving Boston bombing suspect in a US criminal court rather than as an enemy combatant.

MATTHEW BRODSKY, Director of Policy for the Jewish Policy Center, explains the dangers of the US appearing weak-willed in response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons.

CLAUDIA ROSETT, writer at Forbes.com, reports on the way the United States is breaking its own laws by funding UNESCO.

JEREMY SCAHILL, author of the book “Dirty Wars”–released as a documentary film this year–discusses the legal and ethical questions raised by Obama’s drone campaign against terrorists in the Middle East.

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Cakebread Cellars Tasting

Posted By Laughing_Wolf • [May 01, 2013]

The wines to be tasted

Recently, I was invited to Marietta Wine Market for a tasting of Cakebread Cellars wines.  Located just a block off the square in downtown Marietta, the Wine Market has a very nice selection of wines, along with local beers, a variety of cheeses, and more.  They do wine tours, and in fact the owners had just gotten back from conducting a port tour in Portugal.  Their tasting events are also built around having the participants make a donation to go to a local charity. 

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Bin Laden is still dead

Posted By Blackfive • [May 01, 2013]

Ranger Up has a limited run of their "We Will Not Falter.  We Will Not Fail" t-shirt.  That is all.

Photo: Sunset Run

Posted By Blackfive • [May 01, 2013]

A U.S. sailor runs on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during sunset in the Atlantic Ocean, April 26, 2013. The Bush is conducting training operations. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis

Guest hosting Frank Gaffney's show tonight

Posted By Uncle Jimbo • [April 30, 2013]
You can hear the show tonight at 9pm on WRC AM 1260 http://www.1260wrc.com/ . Guests are Andy McCarthy of National Review, Matthew Brodsky of the Jewish Policy Center, Claudia Rossett from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and author/filmaker Jeremy Scahill. We talk about Boston bombers lack of interrogation, Syria, the UN and America's Dirty Wars.

Photo: Best Ranger 2013

Posted By Blackfive • [April 30, 2013]

A soldier touches the Ranger tab after completing the rope crawl portion of the water confidence obstacle during the final day of the 30th annual Best Ranger Competition on Fort Benning, Ga., April 14, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright

Defense, Security, and Intelligence pieces from Brookings

Posted By Blackfive • [April 30, 2013]

Thought you might appreciate some or all of these posts by the good folks at Brookings.
Below are some of the latest news and views from scholars at the Center for 21^st Century Security and Intelligence at The Brookings Institution:

Are All Bets Off?  

With reports of the use of chemical weapons in Syria,Brue Riedel says that President Obama has a big decision to make…  

   

The Triple Crown 

In an interview with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research,Peter W. Singer discusses what Gulf monarchies can do to increase defense cooperation and ride herd on local troublemakers…

 

Time to Pony Up

With a post-2014 civil war not out of the question, Afghan officials must stop horsing around and face the country’s deteriorating governance – made worse by its illicit economies – writes Vanda Felbab-Brown…

 

How (Not) to Throw a Nuclear Derby Party

Bruce Riedel details the Israeli decision in 2007 to attack a Syrian nuclear facility and the politicization of American intelligence, which can often put the cart before the horse...

 

Jockeying for Position

It’s unclear why Russia needs so many nonstrategic nuclear weapons, notesSteven Pifer, but the U.S. and NATO want to put these tactical devices out to pasture…

 

The Pick Six

When deciding strategy,Paul Pillar says you need to know your advisors’ true areas of expertise, if you don’t want to end up backing the wrong horse…

 

Down the Home Stretch

With Hamid Karzai’s presidency rounding the curve to its end,Michael O’Hanlon and Michele Flournoy think the U.S. must set expectations now for Afghanistan’s upcoming elections…

The Most Fun You've Ever Had With Your Clothes On

Posted By Blackfive • [April 30, 2013]

U.S. Marines exit the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter while conducting a parachute operation during exercise Eagle Reslove over Qatar, April 26, 2013. The helicopter crew is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Q. Stone

First Amputee Graduates from the Air Assault Course

Posted By Blackfive • [April 30, 2013]

Wow.  Just wow.

Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson has become the first amputee to complete Army air assault school, a course so grueling his prosthetic leg broke twice over the 10 days spent rappelling down ropes, navigating obstacle courses and completing strenuous road marches...

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Looking for photos of fallen vets

Posted By Uncle Jimbo • [April 30, 2013]

There is a wonderful memorial near where I live to Rocky Versace, an Alexandria VA native, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism while a POW in Vietnam. There are also inscribed the names of other Alexandria area vets who gave their lives while serving. The folks who run the memorial are asking for some help.

  As the "Friends of Rocky Versace" prepare for the Memorial Day Ceremony at Rocky's Plaza in Alexandria, wanted to ask you if you have any ideas about "spreading the word" concerning the fact that the FoRV still are without a photo for 30 of the 67 men whose names are chiseled intop stone below their Gold Star?

 

  One of those men, SFC David Warczak, was in B-50/5 SFGA when he died in 1969.  Earlier this year, a fellow SF medic provided the FoRV with a photo of SGT Ray B. Brown, A 416/D/5 SFGA (Jan '64), and we were grateful for that.

 

  Here is a link to a story about missing photos:

 

   

http://delray.patch.com/articles/program-seeks-photos-of-alexandria-vets-who-died-in-vietnam-war

Thanks in advance for any thoughts/help on the matter.