Patriot Paradox

AFP – Iran’s growing influence in Latin America is a “potential risk” to the region, the newly-appointed head of the US Southern Command, General Douglas Fraser has warned. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – As recently as a year ago, it would have been unimaginable to hear an American soldier voicing sadness on leaving Sadr City, but Captain Christopher Clyde says he enjoyed his time here. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US troop pullback in Iraq next week will serve as a test for the United States, which wants to move from a warlike to a diplomatic footing with Baghdad despite fears of militants and Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The 550.4-billion-dollar defense budget approved by US senators includes a plan to reform the controversial military tribunal process at Guantanamo Bay, the Armed Services Committee chairman said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A senior US lawmaker said Thursday that he hoped a recent wave of deadly attacks in Iraq would not affect the planned US troop draw-down next week and said it appears the withdrawal is “on track.” Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Defying a possible presidential veto, the US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a 2010 defense spending bill that would continue to fund a weapons program targeted by the Obama administration. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Iran’s growing influence in Latin America is a “potential risk” to the region, the newly-appointed head of the US Southern Command, General Douglas Fraser has warned. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Senior military commanders on Thursday said they had chosen five locations in the restive northern city of Mosul where Iraqi security forces will work with US soldiers after June 30. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Sipping tea and smoking from a water pipe at Shahbander, a favoured haunt for Baghdad’s intelligentsia, Jafaar Bairga neatly summed up the contradictions of Iraqi views of the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Join Move America Forward, the nation’s largest troop-support organization, and an impressive list of celebrities, including former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Buzz Aldrin, General David Petraeus, Jon Voight, Ann Coulter, Dennis Miller and others, as they hold a live 8-hour “Troopathon” broadcast from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Thursday, June 25th from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Pacific time).

The goal: to raise enough money to send a record-setting number of care packages to our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in time for the 4th of July holiday. As they swelter in the oppressive summer heat, often reaching more than 120 degrees, we want to remind them that we haven’t forgotten that they’re there, and we appreciate the sacrifices they are making that enable us to celebrate with our families and friends.

This is the second annual Troopathon sponsored by MAF. Last year’s event was so successful, it generated more than One Million Dollars for care packages for the troops serving in blistering desert heat. We’re hoping that this year’s event will break that record.

You can watch the troopathon live right here! 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Pacific