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Eric Weider is a publisher at one of my favorite military magazines Armchair General. He wrote an article about the Ardennes Offensive, more popularly known as "The Battle of the Bulge" and what some of the headlines might have been had we had the 24/7 news coverage coupled with the expert analysis we have in this day and age.

The Battle of the Bulge was a suprise counter attack against the Allied advanced in Western Europe. This was cultivated by Hitler's mesmeric belief that he could be the winner of a long drawned-out struggle. The "offense is the best defense" statagey was Hitler's last attempt to regain the initiative and decisively alter the course of the war.

The facts are....

over the course of a six week span the Allies suffered 77,000 casualties

the Germans suufered 120,000

Gen Einsenhower had advanced warning of the possibility for the German offensive

Gen Einsenhower not reinforce the Ardennes forest in preprartion of the German Offensive

Within five months of the Battle of the Bulge World War II was over

Here are some of the Headlines Eric Weider has came up with:

12/16/1944

American Troops Overrun in Massive German Attack in ArdennesForest

12/19/1944

Eight Thousand American Soldiers Captured; 3,000 Killed or Wounded in Dark Day for America

12/24/1944

Eighteen Thousand American Soldiers Surrounded at Bastogne. Low on Ammunition and food, Experts predict worse

12/25/1944

Bitter Infighting reported between, Bradley, Patton, Montgomery, Experts Questions Ike’s Leadership

12/27/1944

Toll Mounts in German Ardennes Blitzkrieg. U.S Casualties exceed 50,000

01/07/1945

Leaked Secret Memo Suggest Ike had Advanced Warning of German Offensive

1/25/1945

Congress Calls for a Special Battle of the Bulge Inquest; What did Ike Know and When?

1/26/1945

New Poll shows 48 percent of Americans Question Involvement. In European War

This is what I think Michael Moore's Movie would have been titled WORLD WAR (NEIN) II

Or a Moveon.com headline would have read THERE ARE BUSHES IN THE ARDENNES FORSET or IKE IS HIDING BEHIND A BUSH

Sound off if you have any creative headlines

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WMD's

by bnlowkey on Tue 31 Aug 2004 07:27 AM EDT

The Media’s WMD

   (This was written June 1st 2004)

   I would have thought that the recent discovery of a chemical artillery shell with the presence of the nerve agent sarin in Iraq generate the type of press the media was dying for. Especially when the insurgents used the same rig sarin shell as a roadside bomb or what we like to call them IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). From the looks of things and according to my sources that are familiar with this particular situation, those same insurgents apparently “didn’t know what they had”. My intuition tells me that they (the insurgents) now know what they have and may try to figure out how to use it against the coalition forces. Oddly enough, the media has been reporting about the WMDs in Iraq. You say? “Demond a few lines ago you were complaining about lack of press being generated with the sarin find”. You are absolutely right. However, the WMDs ole Demond is talking about are those Wretched Military Dummies (WMDs) at Abu Ghraib prison. I wanted to use the word dumb plus the equivalent of a donkey, but this is a family oriented newsletter so dummies will suffice.

    I was extremely appalled with the actions of the WMDs (Wretched Military Dummies) and those pictures that were shown presented an anathema to the quest of winning the trust of the Iraqi people. The media treated this as if it was some sort smoking gun by broadcasting those images repeatedly. After several apologies from the administration condemning this repugnant behavior and the first of several Court Martial’s why are we still talking about this? As bad as it was, it is worse for the thousands of us service members who are doing the right thing day in and day out. Those mistakes that were made are an aberration of the highest order compared to the daily acts of kindness the military show to the Iraqi people on a day in and day out. Keeping this in perspective, I am awfully concerned about the discovery of the nerve agent sarin in Iraq. But what really scares me the most is the new WMD that I’ve discovered………

Woeful Media Demagogues.





God Bless

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Monday, August 30

A Tale of Two Teams

by bnlowkey on Mon 30 Aug 2004 07:24 AM EDT

It was the best of times............

It was the worst of times...........

Congrats are in order to the USA womens basketball team. Unlike the men they were able to put it together on the court. Unlike the men they played with a sense of pride, passion and purpsose (My 3p's)

There is no excuse for the USA men not to win the gold. Maybe they are so caught up in the hype of wearing platinum that gold is simply beneath them. We have the best basketball players in the world. Imagine if the US military took the same approach as the Dream Team. Surely we have the world's greatest military but if we don't have what I describe as my 3 p's (passion, pride and purpose). Just like the Dream Team we will be another P word................. Pitiful.

I am against affimative action but......... Where was the diversity on the Dream Team?

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Tea Time in Bahgdad

by bnlowkey on Mon 30 Aug 2004 03:58 AM EDT

Tea time in Baghdad



    The Vietnamese Buddhist monk and philosopher, Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced Tick-naught-han), writes about enjoying a good cup of tea. The other day in Iraq, I had gone to the Airport formerly know as Saddam International. I was with a few contractors plus one other soldier with whom I work with. As the rest my group left to do a little shopping, I chose to stay in the terminal area and smoke a cigarette (yes you can smoke inside) and look out the window at the Iraqi Airline planes that seem to be perfectly intact and ready to fly the clear blue skies.    Afterwards I sat down in the lounge chair to finish off my cigarette. When suddenly 3 older Iraqi gentlemen sat in the seats adjacent to me. At first I started to move but my instincts told me to remain seated. I noticed one of the Iraqi gentlemen was carrying a tray with 4 small glasses of hot tea. Since there was an extra glass it was offered to me.   Of course I accepted because it would have been offensive in their culture if I chose the contrary.   The tea was good if you might have asked. We finished our tea with a cigarette followed by an enjoyable conversation. The only problem I had was the fact that I am left handed (the left hand is considered unclean in Islam) and in the past I had struggled mightily when using my right hand to hold a cup to drink tea or coffee from. I managed and if I can say so I did a good job. I left the airport feeling good about myself and rightly so. The group that I was with jokily said that I have a future as an Ambassador. I would say I agree.

     Finally, I could have easily fallen towards my comfort zone and used the left hand. However life is all about sacrifice. I am willing to change what I am comfortable with to make a difference and so are the hundred of thousand other men and women who the media ignores. Therefore it truly pains me to read and hear about the bad things that the soldiers are doing. The disdain for the media is what fuels me work harder and furthermore, ensure that the peace is won. It was probably the spark I needed to flawlessly use my right hand to drink that tea.

Life is truly like a good cup of tea.

God Bless

Demond S. Hunter 2004

This Article was written back in April of 2004 click here to see the printed wersion

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Friday, August 27

Priceless

by bnlowkey on Fri 27 Aug 2004 02:55 PM EDT

Deployment Orders: $ FREE

Plane Ticket to Iraq: $ FREE

Waiving the The American Flag in front of one of Saddams old Palaces.......

PRICELESS!!!!!!

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Bring it on Olie

by bnlowkey on Fri 27 Aug 2004 02:26 PM EDT

Oliver North has written a stunning piece(Bring it on John) over at townhall.com which takes aim at John Kerry and his Vietnam exploits. I for one don't question John Kerry's selfish um I mean selfless service in fact I commend the man. Yet it makes me wonder why he is making what he called in the past a "thankless war" a centerpiece of his campaign

Col North succintly states

I talk to a lot of vets, John, and this really isn't about your medals or how you got them. Like you, I have a Silver Star and a Bronze Star. I only have two Purple Hearts, though. I turned down the others so that I could stay with the Marines in my rifle platoon. But I think you might agree with me, though I've never heard you say it, that the officers always got more medals than they earned and the youngsters we led never got as many medals as they deserved.

You damn right Sir! ((Pardon my french).  and it is still happening today. Imagine if John Kerry would have picked Jessica Lynch as his running mate (Band of Bronze Star Buddies)

All jokes aside. Sen Kerry can't have his cake and eat it too. He has truly done a diservice to the 2.5 million that he has defamed.

Last but not least

As Col North  puts it

  One last thing, John. In 1988, Jane Fonda said: "I would like to say something ... to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I caused to deepen because of things that I said or did. I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm ... very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them and their families."

Even Jane Fonda apologized. Will you, John?

Semper Fi Sir Hoooooah!

Hopefully we will get an apology from Michael More 25 years from now

Until then. Dude my country needs me

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A horse with no name?

by bnlowkey on Fri 27 Aug 2004 09:42 AM EDT

The other day I was listening to a song by a group called America titled "A Horse with No Name"

On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound

I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
’cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

Part of the song I can relate to but...

To be honest the horse that I am riding on is called "Freedom's Passion" While I am here I will represent my country in an honorable way and do my part to make a brighter day for the Iraqi's and continue to fight for freedom.

Only if it would rain.

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Thursday, August 26

It's Official!!!

by bnlowkey on Thu 26 Aug 2004 08:04 AM EDT

At last the "Hunter's Herald" is on the net. For those of you who had the luxury of receiving my electronic periodical from Baghdad you can rest assure that I will still continue to provide the brighter side to the War on Terrorism.

SIC VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM

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Wednesday, August 25

The Hunter's Herald is Here

by bnlowkey on Wed 25 Aug 2004 01:34 PM EDT

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