Marking 10th anniversary of Spann's death, foundation helps fallen officers’ children

November 25, 2011 marked the 10^th anniversary of the death of the first American killed in combat in Afghanistan. CIA officer Johnny Michael Spann was killed at Mazar-e Sharif when hundreds of prisoners who had supposedly surrendered chose instead to attack.

An official account at the CIA website said Spann’s “last act…was to warn an Agency colleague of the imminent danger.” Spann was interviewing some detainees when the attack began.

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Al Qaeda’s new hit list, ‘Lone Wolf’ and the southern border

Updated on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 8:59PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Al Qaeda has once again used the Web as a front in its war on the West, publishing a hit list complete with names and pictures of US business people, think tank leaders, media and military contractors. Many other issues factor into this latest news. Media will probably not bring them up.

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Did Soros’ media influence impact wars in Iraq, Afghanistan?

Remember the vicious behavior the left displayed whenever the topics of Iraq, Afghanistan and President George W. Bush came up? From Code Pink to Democrats like Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came accusations that Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction. Anti-war protests were common. Legacy media picked up the meme. And one of the Democrats’ most influential benefactors devoted some of his wealth to elections in the U.S., with a key goal of limiting Bush to one term.  

George Soros is in the news again, not for politics or wealth, or for attacking a US president’s war policy, but for his ties to more than 30 major news organizations. Those ties are explained in an article at Fox News about Soros’ connectivity to US media. Soros isn’t just known for his wealth—he’s also known for influencing politicos around the world.

A thought occurred to me as I read about those ties—did this wealthy man’s influence, especially with media and leftwing Democrats in the U.S., help to prolong the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

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Yon says Rolling Stone committed ‘literary crime’; boycott called for

Updated on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 2:57PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

War correspondent Michael Yon files dispatches from around the globe. Yon is a widely published correspondent who has authored several books about his experiences.War correspondent Michael Yon said Rolling Stone magazine committed a “literary crime” and he’s called for a boycott of advertisers in the publication long associated with the entertainment business.

The magazine also does sporadic investigative journalism about issues like the foreclosure epidemic, a piece that was well-written and documented.

On other occasions the magazine does political hit jobs. Yon’s criticism was sparked by a cover story ‘The Kill Team: How US Soldiers in Afghanistan Murdered Civilians for Sport.’

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Michael Yon to return to Afghanistan

Band-e-Amir in Bamyan Province is Afghanistan's first national park; it consists of six spectacular turquoise lakes separated by natural dams of travertine. [CIA World Factbook; photo and caption.]Michael Yon just wrapped up a series of dispatches from Nepal, Afghanistan, Thailand and Burma, and he will return to Afghanistan in February. It’s been almost a year since he was last embedded with troops there, but he hasn’t exactly been away from action. He left Afghanistan in 2010 and headed to Southeast Asia. Then he returned to Afghanistan alone.

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Déjà vu for Democrats in the Egyptian civil unrest

The Muslim Brotherhood, originally referred as The Muslim Brothers, impacted the politics of various countries in the Middle East since the group’s founding in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna. Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower, said Banna’s goal was “turning Egypt into an Islamic state.”  Wright credits the Brotherhood for “planting the seeds of the coming Islamic insurgence.” [pg. 16]

Banna was assassinated in 1949.

At the moment Democrat policy towards the civil unrest in Egypt can be described as Déjà vu.

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