Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a Royal Marine has been shot and killed in Afghanistan, the Marine was from “ 42 Commando Royal Marines ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 370 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 326 in combat action and 44 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

A Good Man Goes To War - Doctor Who Review- Spoiler Alert

The Doctor Who News Page: Reports that in the overnight ratings the good Doctor had 5.5 million viewers and was the top BBC programme of the day. It should be noted that the figures should go up when you take in to account those that recorded the programme. As to A Good Man Goes To War, what a great mid season break episode, the Doctor went all Dirty Dozen, and even then he managed in way not to win, who would have thought that the baby was a double for the real baby, but of course you have to follow the Doctor in detail, at the start of the season the child was shown to be a Time Lady or is that Time Lord and had regenerated. Amy had the shock of her lives to find that River was her daughter, but since River is human Time Lady which Regeneration is River, are there 13 Rivers running around the place!! Rory the Roman will be wanting words with the Doctor, kissing River, are his intentions honourable!! Also you have both Amy and River in many ways in Love with the same man. If one is reading the clues then River will be the next companion of the Doctor, so does Amy never get her child back, does Doctor tell Amy and Rory that River is dead in their future!! Who is the eye patch lady, how come Captain Jack was not dragged back in to the War. Also when Amy asked the Doctor if he had children or ever had, he lied, he told Rose he was a parent, why did he lie, he never lied to Rose. So many questions, cant wait for second half of the season.

Death Toll in Afghanistan

Thus folks with the latest death in Afghanistan the total of UK Armed Forces Personnel killed in theatre has reached 369. Of that total 325 have been killed in combat and 44 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. The UK timetable for the withdrawal of UK Armed Forces is 2014, how many good men and women will die for a War that can never been won, the UK has never had a good time in Afghanistan, the badlands of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan give refuge to the Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda, they can wait us out and declare victory after we leave. The PRIZE is stable and secure Pakistan, but the Government of Pakistan is under threat form the Pakistan Taliban, they are using the death of OBL as their latest PR weapon against the Western supporting Government of Pakistan. If Pakistan falls and the terrorists gain control of the nuclear arsenal of Pakistan, this would make the last ten years in Afghanistan look like happy hour at your nearest pub. One wishes would could say one sees a happy and peaceful end in Afghanistan, but history is against that, just more sad deaths.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has announced the name of the UK Soldier that was killed on Friday in Afghanistan, the Soldier was “ Corporal Michael John Pike from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS) ”. Our thoughts are with the family of Corporal Pike.

John Edwards Indicted = Hero to Zero

CNN: Reports that former Senator, VP Nominee in 2004 and Presidential Candidate in 2008 John Edwards has been indicted on campaign violations that include giving money to his mistress while running for President. It will be interesting to see how the liberal media deal with this case, before President Obama, Edwards was the golden boy of the American left. That it was not the New York or LA Times that broke this story tells you how out of touch these papers are, if Edwards had been a Republican you can bet your last dollar they would have been all over the story. That Edwards wife Elizabeth was ill and would later die while the scandal broke should if Edwards is found guilty add a few more years to his prison sentence. On the whole this blog does not make personal moral judgements, but Edwards is 1st class creep, he deserves time in jail for what he did to his heroic wife.

US Unemployment = 9.1%

Guardian: Reports that unemployment in the US rose from 9% to 9.1%. As wise campaign manager once stated its “ the economy stupid ” in other words it does not how much the main stream media cover for President Obama the people on main street know that Obama’s economic policies are not working, his vast spending in the first two years has not created jobs or bought down the health costs. The only idea to come out of the Oval is to raise taxes, typical tax and spend liberal. One has to be blunt for a bright guy POTUS is an economic idiot, in his Liberal Hollywood world, you raise taxes on the rich and then everything is okay, problem, if you tax the rich at 100% why should they bother to create jobs, the PUBLIC SECTOR does not create jobs, it does not lead to a booming economy, it has the reverse effect, think the Cuba and the Soviet Union, if people cant make money they will no nothing, you have decline and fall, does Obama want a post imperial American, where the powers are China, India, at least JFK had RFK and Reagan had Nancy, people who told the President the unvarnished truth, TRUTH that can HURT, Obama can be beaten folks, in 1997 UK election Sir John Major had on the whole nice encounters with the voters, the reason they voters had decided to vote for Tony Blair, Obama should not mistake big crowds for the idea he is going to win, it could mean the reverse, but it’s a long road to 2012 folks.

Yemen Civil War

BBC News: Reports on the latest fighting in Yemen, between the Government forces of President Saleh and Hashid tribe, it is reported that President Saleh has been hurt in an attack. Yemen does not have any oil, but its strategic importance comes from its location, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, also in the fighting mix is the Al Qaeda, this franchise is seen as the most serious threat to Western security. Thus the Obama Administration faces tribal infighting in Yemen but also the terrorist threat, POTUS can not afford for Yemen to become another Afghanistan. As noted recently Al Qaeda took over a Southern town in Yemen, thus its in Western interests for there to be stability in the rather limited Government, it would not surprise this blog if there were US Special Forces in Yemen looking to get some stability in the area and keep Al Qaeda in check.