By AmericanElephant on May 13, 2009
Finally, the White House has done the right thing on something, and reversed its decision to release detainee photographs.
Posted in Elephant Watch | Tagged afghanistan, barack obama, iraq, Support our troops
By AmericanElephant on October 17, 2008
The following is a blog entry written by Army Specialist Stephen Fortunato on August 30, 2008. His mother forwarded this blog entry to the Boston Globe. Specialist Fortunato was killed serving his country Tuesday, when an IED exploded near the vehicle he was in. May he rest in peace.
Posted in Blog | Tagged afghanistan, Support our troops
By AmericanElephant on October 1, 2008
New Vets for Freedom Ad, “Skipped”.
Posted in Blog | Tagged afghanistan, barack obama, iraq, Support our troops
By AmericanElephant on September 27, 2008
Can we afford to elect a Commander in Chief he says troops are dying in vain when it serves his political purposes and then changes his tune on the national stage? Is it too much to ask that our next President have some integrity?
Posted in Blog | Tagged afghanistan, barack obama, hypocrite, iraq, military
By AmericanElephant on September 27, 2008
Joe Biden agress, Barack Obama was playing politics by voting to cut off funding for American troops during war. American soldiers are not pawns in a game of politics. There is no place for a Commander in Chief who values his own political gain over the strength of our military or the support of our troops.
Posted in Blog | Tagged afghanistan, barack obama, iraq, john mccain, Support our troops
By AmericanElephant on July 13, 2008
This week, Iranian Islamist Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad tested his new ballistic missile, the Shahab-3—range 1,250 miles. Next door in Iraq, 550 metric tons of “yellowcake” uranium ore, which Saddam intended to weaponize for use in his non-existent WMD program, were removed from Tuwaitha. (That’s enough for more than 100 medium-sized nuclear boomers.) And while al-Qa’ida [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged 2008 election, afghanistan, barack obama, commander-in-chief, iraq
By AmericanElephant on June 30, 2008
From the Frontlines was a huge success. Instead of raising $500,000 for care packages to send to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, Move America Forward raised over $1.5 Million! And if you haven’t contributed its not too late. Care Packages start at just $15.99, and there’s still time for you to [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged afghanistan, iraq, move america forward, Support our troops
What Happened to the Great Orator?
By AmericanElephant on December 2, 2009
Our troops need the support of the Commander-in-Chief. Yet this guy can’t muster any excitement or passion for anything other than himself. So last night’s speech fell flat.
Posted in Commentary | Tagged afghanistan, military, speech, Support our troops