It took the Dutch and the fabulous Brits to take down the Spanish Armada. Without the earlier Dutch victories, the Armada would have taken much longer to remove as the dominant force.

Interesting parallel to our present “allied” situation in the Gulf. Americans going to rhetoric -what is done under American ROE… hopefully this Iranian bullshit will change things for the future, and let them know some good ol’ Western rounds may be coming their way if they pull off any more illegal (have they disputed British GPS records yet?) crap. I wish there had been a fight, perhaps selfishly, because I was not there surrounded by bad guys.

I am American, have been to Gulf many times in US Navy. These buggers need some rounds sent their way when they break the rules. We used to do that to Iran when they screwed up. Why so chicken shit now?

I know all about Iranian “swarm” tactics. They are the best in the world at it, been doing it for over 20 years. Brit/US knows it in-depth. But we are still using cold-war big-asset tactics against cheap little boats full of punks. Unbelievable.

I am so tired of rhetoric.

BSC: ‘you people’?? Who is ‘you people’? Oh, and, the end of the story hasn’t been written.

The country that brought you Admiral Lord Nelson, The Duke of Wellington, the RAF pilots, the Knights of the Round Table is now exhibiting the rebirth of a Neville Chamberlain-like appeasement policy.
‘Peace in our time.’ Chamberlain declar…

As for the history of the ‘Irish Struggle’ I could bore you death with it all; that could be a decent thread on it’s own. For now lets hope this current situation ends soon, another front in the war on terror being opened is the last thing both our nations need.

BSC: Ted, I agree, none of us want another front in this war opened. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be up to us. THEY want it opened and are thumbing their noses at us. If their aggressions go unanswered it will only get worse. History teaches us that.

btw - no need to stand down. I’m just saying, we are on the same side. I’m ANGRY out guys hands are tied by what I perceive to be unreasonable ROE. It’s bad for their morale and it puts them in untenable situations with an enemy who knows they won’t/can’t fight back.

How people can live with such inner hatred and bitterness,  I will never understand.

And the scary thing is that this is fairly mild for the HuffPo, but still, how can anyone even go there? How can you make such rude and idiotic statements?&n…

I always publish retractions and corrections when I am wrong, and I was in my blog yesterday.  I said the House bill had over 6.4 Billion in pork spending.  I was wrong.

It is actually over 20 billion.  My bad.

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Condi has joined the ranks with her pansy leftist dribble about how disengagement means more peace .
Blah frikkin Blah.

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I don’t understand why liberals object to being called unpatriotic; after all, they hate everything that America stands for. Damn it, if you’re a traitor, stand tall and announce it proudly. …

Ted, don’t you think there is a possibility that we have had more casualties because we have more Troops in the Middle East? I don’t know what the stats are in terms of percentages, but I think that would be a more accurate assessment.

Friendly fire incidents happen in all wars, as you know. And they don’t just happen on the American side. No one wants that. Please also take into account that those friendly fire incidents occurred while American planes were providing air cover for the British and/or Canadian operations on the ground. Had the Brits or Canadians been providing air cover it could have just as easily been the other way around.

Ted, I NEVER said nor do I believe that the British are cowardly. I would never even think that. They, of all people, have a history of standing for good against evil. The British stood alone against the Germans in WWII for a very long time - and survived! There is nothing cowardly about the British. I have mostly British blood (and Scot-Irish, of course - but not Shanty Irish! lol).

What bothers ME is that those men were sent out without proper orders to protect themselves and without cover. That is what bothers me.

The rules of engagement are such that our guys (and even more so yours) are handicapped in fighting this enemy. They would not be so aggressive towards us if they knew we’d unleash our power against them. They are no where near as good Soldiers as our boys are. They know it, so they count on the fact that we value life and honor the decent treatment of fellow human beings. They use that against us.

You bring up the IRA and use the line ‘One mans freedom fighter is another’s terrorist. That’s the same ol’ argument the left always uses, which leaves me wondering if you are just repeating the talking points.

The difference is who are our enemies. I’m sure the SS felt that God was on their side. Every army does. But that doesn’t mean we have to choose that side.

I’m sure the jihadists are quite sure that allah wants them to fly planes into our buildings, push Israel into the sea and kill Americans and Jews (and British, btw). That doesn’t make them right.

Are they terrorists or freedom fighters? Who cares - they are my enemies. Sometimes you have to chose a side. Sometimes it really matters which side you chose.

Out of interest, the policy I so admire is that of intelligent warfare. By the way, I am a Royal Marines Commando, with 19 years of service including operational experience. Therefore, I do take offence to your use of the word ‘cowardly’. Which is a word I would use for the large number of so called Irish Americans, who financially supported the IRA armed struggle in Northern Ireland and main land Great Britain for over thirty years (One mans freedom fighter is another’s terrorist).

In addition, those captured are my own… Fellow Royal Marines, so believe me your use of word ‘Cowardly’ is a slur on those men (and woman) currently held by Iran.

Today’s winner is The New York Times….

Our doing nothing eventually led to all other attacks on America during Clinton’s “think before shooting” regime. That worked well for us, do you think?

Your clever “thinking before shooting” in 1979 led directly to almost 3000 American deaths. You are right. In that very instant when you surrender there might be, might be, some deaths; but the policy you so admire only leads to eventual, certain death in even greater numbers.

Hezbollah has been completely re-armed by Iran yet they hesitate to kidnap another Israeli soldier. Why not? I’m certain they would love to do it again. Could it be that the last disproportionate response is holding them back?

Believe it or not you don’t need a sledge hammer to crack an egg!!

Tonight on the Truth and Hope Report, I talk about:

-Why I decided to get a MySpace Account
-Why Mitt Romney is falling like a rock.
-Why Fred Thompson ought to come clean about his less than stellar past position on abortion
-The Religion of L…..

The widow of a man killed in the Madrid bombings attended the trial of Isl–amic radicals with a cartoon of the prophet Moh-am-med with a bomb on her T-shirt.
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big bragger have the small dick. but the ameriki soldier not so stupid for commit the suicide by resist the overwhelming force.

him wait for come home realize fight for nothing except master in tel aviv then him looking for the rope for end the guilty and the shame.

Yes, Liar!  On today’s show she said:
“But interesting with the British sailors, there were 15 British sailors and Marines who apparently went into Iranian waters and they were seized by the Iranians. And I have one thing to say: Gulf of T…