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Preventing Another Ft Hood

Ethan — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:26:53 +0000

After a year of studying the incident—in which Muslim Army Major Nidal Hasan murdered a dozen fellow soldiers—and the events that lead up to it, the Army and Dept. of Defense have come out with their findings.

DC to Denver Flight Disrupted

Ethan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:43:22 +0000

A flight from Washington, D.C. to Denver was disrupted last night when a passenger lit a cigarette onboard, creating a disturbance that resulted in an F-16 escort and the attention of the TSA, BATFE, and FBI.

Israel Understands Gun Control

Ethan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:47:05 +0000

As in, gun control means hitting your target. There was another terrorist attack by a nutjob plowing a bulldozer through a couple police cars and into a bus full of schoolgirls.

Palestinians Not Serious About Peace

Ethan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:32:40 +0000

Though they do enjoy playing the victim card, Palestinians aren't at all serious about peace with Israel.

US Navy 1, Pirates 0

Ethan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:20:00 +0000

The US Navy has nabbed a group of pirates in the Gulf of Aden after receiving a distress call from the ship they were trying to commandeer.

EU Showing Some Spine?

Ethan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:40:38 +0000

In a rather surprising statement, an EU official lays the blame for the destruction in Gaza on Hamas rather than Israel.

Former Guantanamo Prisoner Now Al Qaeda Leader

Ethan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:49:20 +0000

Almost half the camp’s remaining detainees are Yemenis, and efforts to repatriate them depend in part on the creation of a Yemeni rehabilitation program — partly financed by the United States — similar to the Saudi one. ...moment, one of the gremlins formerly housed in our prison at Guantanamo Bay has turned into an al Qaeda leader in Yemen.

Media and U.N. Bias Against Israel

Ethan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:25:45 +0000

After days of fighting with Hamas in Gaza, we shouldn't be surprised that the mainstream media and the United Nations are primarily critical of Israel, almost entirely ignoring the terrorists who started this latest round in the ongoing Palestinian saga. ...After days of fighting with Hamas in Gaza, we shouldn't be surprised that the mainstream media and the United Nations are primarily critical of Israel, almost entirely ignoring the terrorists who started this latest round in the ongoing Palestinian saga.

India Hasn’t Learned a Thing from Mumbai

Ethan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:26:51 +0000

Instead of trusting the populace with their own protection (India has a virtual ban on civilian gun ownership) and fixing the problems with the existing law enforcement organizations (Mumbai police cowered outside while the attacks went on) you create a new government agency to deal with the problem.... Since it would be prohibitively expensive to put AMs on every US flight, it should be noted that the same would be true if we simply allowed people with concealed carry licenses to take their weapons with them onboard.

UN Again Demonstrates Its Uselessness

Ethan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:56:54 +0000

Of course even if there were, a UN force would do exactly what it has done elsewhere on the dark continent—nothing.... If the nations of the world were truly interested in peace they'd be willing to pony up the troops to not only keep real peace where it exists, but create it through force where it doesn't.