Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has announced the names of the two recent British Soldiers that have died in Afghanistan, on Friday “ Ranger David Dalzell, of 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment ”died in a operational accident. On Saturday “ Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Colin Beckett, of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment ” was killed by an IED. Our thoughts are with the families of Ranger Dalzell and Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Beckett. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 352 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 310 in combat action and 42 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

Israel NEXT hotspot in EGYPT?

Guardian: Reports on a suspected terrorists explosion at a Gas Terminal that provides gas to Israel. This is the downside to the popular revolt in Egypt folks, under President Mubarak the extreme Islamic elements in Egypt were never allowed to become a major threat to Egypt or the peace deal with Israel, now VP Suleiman wants to talk to the Muslim Brotherhood, from the NYT it seems that the Obama Administration has gone mad and wants religious parties in the new government. If US was to lose Egypt as an ally President Obama would be accused by his political opponents of losing Egypt to Iran. In the late 1940s the Democrats faced the charge that they has lost China, the Democrats have a weak spot when it comes to National Security, POTUS can not afford to morph in to Jimmy Carter for his sake and for the sake of the Middle East.

Mexican Stand off in Egypt

The New York Times: Reports that President Obama supports the plan for Vice - President of Egypt General Suleiman to take over from President Mubarak, while developing a road map for Democracy in Egypt. At present you have the Army on the fence, the Vice - President who is trying to avoid getting killed by God who knows, you have a President who is as stubborn as a mule. It seems from reports that the Government of Egypt wants Egypt back in business on Sunday, the problem is the protesters in Liberation Square, the Army has asked them to move as to get Cairo back to its routine but they are as stubborn as Mubarak. A Country cant come to a standstill, the Army has to tell the protesters they are getting what they want, but it’s a process not a sprint, they have to go home and become part of the political process, otherwise all the concessions could become worthless if Egypt falls apart.
　

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a British Soldier died yesterday in Afghanistan due to an accident, the Soldier was from the “ 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 351 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 309 in combat action and 42 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

Ronald Reagan, The Man the Myth

CNN: An interesting article that looks at how Republicans and Democrats view Reagan, how they cherry pick in some respects the Reagan record to attack the opposition. Regan was very pragmatic he would do deals with Democrats, he would go for a majority of a policy aim and then come back later to get the rest, thus Democrats argue that Reagan was willing to deal on policy, while modern Republicans just say NO. On the Republican side the Republicans point out that Reagan was a hawk on National Security, and called on President Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall when the State Department didn’t want to offend the USSR. But Reagan and Gorbachev came close to the removal of ALL nuclear weapons in 1986, they got to that level of trust, Reagan was willing to deal up to a point. The NYT and the Guardian would have jumped for joy if Reagan had accepted the USSR demand that SDI was restricted to the Lab. But Reagan could see the threat of a rogue nation getting the bomb thus his instance that the US had a missile defence. The greatness of Reagan was the ability to know when to be strong and when to deal, also to allow the US to believe in itself again, that was worth more than all the gold in the world.

Centennial of Ronald Reagan

The New York Times: Reports on the plans to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of President Ronald Reagan on Sunday. This kind of event must drive the liberal NYT up the wall, lets be honest folks, the extreme liberals like the NYT hated Reagan while he was in Office and cant understand why he still gets the attention, they are really annoyed that a great liberal President in the shape of LBJ cant even get a stamp, while Reagan gets one straight away, the point that liberals forget is that Reagan was a counter to LBJ and his Great Society, LBJ was all about Big Government while Reagan was the reverse, LBJ lost Vietnam while Reagan won the Cold War. All Presidents after Reagan wanted to be Reagan, no one wants run as the new LBJ.

US Senate Tribute to Ronald Reagan

The Hill: Reports on tributes to Ronald Reagan by both Republicans and Democrats. After the death of JFK, the Vietnam War, the political scandal of Watergate and the end of the Nixon Presidency, and the failure of the Carter Presidency the US got lucky, it elected Ronald Reagan, the Reagan Agenda cut taxes, increased military spending, cut government spending, on the international front, Reagan did not lose inch of ground the USSR. The Reagan Presidency saw the West push back the USSR in Afghanistan and in Southern America. Due to the Reagan Presidency the USSR gained a new leader in Gorbachev, with Gorbachev as a partner President Reagan ended the Cold War, with a few months of his leaving office in 1989 the Berlin Wall came down, in many respects Reagan gave freedom to Eastern Europe without a shot being fired by the US. Thus Reagan was a great President.