COOL F35 VID

STORMBRINGER presents: the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-generation, single-seat, single-engine, stealth-capable military strike fighter, a multirole aircraft that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air defense missions.

It is designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin with Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems as major partners.

WE OWE THEM NOTHING.

President Obama gave a speech to the 'Muslim World' today at Cairo University. He repeated the same "Blame America First" themes we heard during the "America Apologizes" European tour, predictably enough, and threw in some exaggerations. He compared the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews to the Palestinian refugees' (read: terrorists) situation - they serve as a willing foil to the Arab states against Israel.

Will somebody please remind me; why is it we need to reach out to the Muslim World? Why do they hate us? What are our transgressions against Muslim people?

A little review is in order:

We gave aid, arms & training to the Mujahadeen, gave them the edge required to liberate Afghanistan from the Soviets.

Millions of Muslims were liberated when the Soviet Union collapsed; entire Muslim nations emerged - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - thanks in no small part to U.S. efforts during the Cold War. Thousands of Americans died in this forty-year endeavor.

In Kuwait we liberated millions from the rape & rampage of Saddam Hussein's forces. We took casualties along the way.

We fed the starving people of Somalia. American soldiers were killed and dragged through the streets.

In Bosnia we halted the brutal slayings of Muslims at the hands of the Serbs and the Croats, when the United Nations proved unable to do anything except accommodate the Serbs in the massacre of Srebrenica.

We liberated the Kosovars from their Serb oppressors. American soldiers came under fire; Americans were captured and brutalized by former Communists in Belgrade.

We liberated millions in Afghanistan, and Iraq, at great cost of American lives and treasure.

The United States is directly responsible for any and all advancement the Palestinians have made toward statehood over the past thirty years. And yet when the Twin Towers crashed to the ground killing thousands of Americans, the Palestinians danced in the streets.

WE OWE THEM NOTHING.

ANN-MARGRET . . .

. . . is BEAUTIFUL; and she's A CLASS ACT as well ! ! !

Ann-Margret seen entertaining the troops:



There's a story about Ann-Margret speaking up and showing her support for Vietnam Veterans making the rounds on the Internet:
According to Snopes, the story is true!



This is a good counter-balance story to the Jane Fonda Woman Of The Year story -



We like Ann-Margret here at STORMBRINGER ! ! ! She brings HONOR to the Viking traditions ! ! !

DID I CALL IT OR WHAT???

Aerial view of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in Livermore California

A couple weeks past I asked "What's next - the launch codes?" Well, maybe I didn't call it quite on the money but danger close:

Nuclear Sites Posted Online Accidentally

These are the same people who are going to run the auto business from now on . . .

ON AMERICAN SOIL

Deadly homegrown Fundamentalist Moslem terrorist strike against uniformed American soldiers ON AMERICAN SOIL. Suspect captured alive; an American prison convert to Islam, went over to Yemen to get his jihad on, they sent him home so he guns down 2 American soldiers in Little Rock . . . not too much coverage in the mainstream left-wing media outlets about the two young soldiers he gunned down; apparently Pvt. William Long, 23, and wounded Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, were just back from Basic, visiting their recruiters & doing the hometown recruiting gig before going on to their eventual assignments.

MEANWHILE, the late-term abortion doctor gets gunned down by a crazy and it’s the fault of right-wing conservative media (just like the Oklahoma City bombing, remember?)

The first place I detected this theme was here . . . a milblog called Ace of Spades HQ picked up the ball and ran with it . . . by yesterday afternoon it still wasn't a talking point at the Whitehouse Press Room . . . as I left the team room late last night I saw it all over Bill O'Riley on the flatscreens . . .

Of course, we wish a speedy recovery for Private Quinton Ezeagwula.

Rest in Peace, Private William Long.

A SPECIAL FORCES ENGINEER . . .

. . . should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly.”

- Robert A. Heinlein


This piece of wisdom was included in a class on Bridge Design, when I went through the academic phase of the Special Forces "Q" Course for 18C (Engineer).

THE MAGIC BAG

This story comes from India.

A long time ago, there was a small, weak kingdom in Northern India that bordered on a very powerful one. The king of this land was worried about what to do if one day the big kingdom attacked. So he shared his concern with his ministers.

It so happened that in a faraway city there was a powerful guru who knew many wonderful magic tricks. The king’s Astrologer suggested they ask this wise man for some magic. The king decided to go, and he brought with him four cabinet ministers, the astrologer, and the queen. The trip took many days by horseback.

The guru welcomed them. He was very kind and gave the king a magic bag, telling the King, “Keep this bag with you. Any time you are faced with danger, open it and you will see a piece of paper giving you instructions.”

The king thanked the wise man, and the group went home. But during the long journey home, they became lost in the jungle. After several days of wandering aimlessly, the astrologer reminded the king of the magic bag.

The king opened the bag and withdrew the piece of paper. The instructions said that the ministers should stand at the four corners of a rectangle, the queen in the center, and the astrologer and the king on each end. And in a chorus they should recite, “I become a tiger.”

Suddenly the whole group became a tiger. They were no longer afraid of starving, because the tiger could catch any small animal to eat. But they couldn’t recover their human form. They lost their human consciousness, and forgot about finding a solution for the kingdom.

That is exactly the case of the Obama Administration. The stimulus bill, bailout packages, and other programs - healthcare, energy cap-and-trade, etcetera – are the magic bag. The rationale is that this will save the American economy, but once put into place these programs will consume individual finances and freedom. The Government becomes the tiger; the small animals it feeds upon are the individual citizenry - you and I.

Socialism has no human conscience; individual freedom of choice is subordinate to the government’s priorities. Once implemented, it is nearly impossible to remove. It is unfortunate for America that Mr. Obama does not know the lesson of the Magic Bag.