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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

In light of a recent dispatch from Michael Yon, “Stuck in the Mud,” 24September 2012, http://www.michaelyon-online.com/stuck-in-the-mud.htm, I am reminded of what I wrote back in March, 2012:

“Time to Rethink Afghanistan” by Kevin E. Dayhoff March 28, 2012

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5001

Time to rethink Afghanistan

Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5001

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/03/time-to-rethink-afghanistan-by-kevin-e.html http://twitpic.com/92a7wz

So far, 2012 has not been a good year for the war in Afghanistan. Just last Monday a New York Times/CBS poll quantified what most Americans already know in their gut: support for the war is dropping sharply among both Democrats and Republicans.

According to the Times’ article, “Support in U.S. for Afghan War Drops Sharply, Poll Finds,” “the survey (a copy of which may be accessed here,) found that more than two-thirds of those polled — 69 percent — thought that the United States should not be at war in Afghanistan. Just four months ago, 53 percent said that Americans should no longer be fighting in the conflict, more than a decade old.”

Inadvertently, the Times article explained part of the problem when it quoted “Michael E. O’Hanlon, a military expert at the Brookings Institution, who is close to American commanders in Afghanistan, said that the opinion polls reflected a lack of awareness of the current policy…”

Yes, Mr. Hanlon, you are correct. Ten years of war and at this point in time, most Americans cannot tell you why we are still risking the lives of our young men and women.

The rest of the quote from Mr. Hanlon reads: “…the current policy, which calls for slowly turning over portions of the country to Afghan security forces, like the southern provinces, where American troops have tamped down the violence.

“I honestly believe,” said Mr. Hanlon, “if more people understood that there is a strategy and intended sequence of events with an end in sight, they would be tolerant…”

Here’s the takeaway: “The overall image of this war is of U.S. troops mired in quicksand and getting blown up and arbitrarily waiting until 2014 to come home. Of course, you’d be against it,” said Mr. Hanlon.

Bingo. Increasingly the overall image of this war has become the feckless foreign policy of sending young men and women into quicksand to get blown-up arbitrarily.

The additional context of the troubled mission-drift approach to the war may be found in a recent telling interview with the top commander in Afghanistan, detailed by Jennifer Hlad and Chris Carroll in Stars and Stripes.

U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen was quoted as saying that “he believes the majority of non-commissioned officers; staff NCOs and young officers are ‘extraordinarily well-trained.’

“Repeated tours in Afghanistan, and prior to that, in Iraq, don’t inherently reduce the effectiveness of the force or reduce the effectiveness of small-unit leadership… I’m confident the institution is solid,” said General Allen in the article, “Allen: Investigation of Afghan killings to look at leadership climate.”

Anecdotally and unscientifically, all intuition and instincts indicate that General Allen has unwittingly responded to what has been, heretofore, only whispers in the hallway… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5001

Time to Rethink Afghanistan by Kevin E. Dayhoff March 28, 2012 The Tentacle http://tinyurl.com/8a4emqm

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/03/time-to-rethink-afghanistan-by-kevin-e.html

Labels: Anti-war movement, Dayhoff Media The Tentacle, Iraq War, Military, Military noncommissioned officers, Military veterans, World Middle East Afghanistan

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Michael Hastings vs Philippe Reines, State Dept flack

Oh my - can't we all just get along... Michael Hastings vs Philippe Reines, State Dept flack http://tinyurl.com/8zsgvam

http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/32269378183/motherjones-felixsalmon-michael-hastings-vs

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felixsalmon:

Michael Hastings vs Philippe Reines, State Dept flack

We call non-BS.

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Articles on Westminster's Matthew Seidler in the Baltimore Sun

Articles on Westminster's Matthew Seidler in Explore Carroll in the Baltimore Sun

Labels: Military Fallen Hero, Military Fallen Hero Carroll Co, Military Fallen Hero Cartwright C I, Military Fallen Hero Seidler Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, People Tributes

24 search results for Seidler http://www.baltimoresun.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Seidler&target=adv_article

Westminster's Matthew Seidler among honorees at Memorial Day observance
May 26, 2012

...was less than six years ago that MatthewSeidler accepted his diploma as a member of Westminster...less than six months ago that Matthew Seidler was healthy, happy and pursuing a job that...Monday, May 28, Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler will be remembered on the first Memorial...
BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM
Westminster's Matt Seidler 'knew his calling was in the Air Force'
May 28, 2012

...Carroll County 's own Matthew R. Seidler, 24, an Airman First Class in theU.S. Air Force 21st Engineer Squadron. Seidler, a 2006 graduate of Westminster ...killed in the blast. At the time,Seidler was working as part of an elite Air Force...
BY BOB ALLEN
Seven Marylanders honored in Memorial Day ceremony
May 28, 2012

...30, of Woodsboro, Air Force Airman First Class Matthew R. Seidler, 24, of Westminster; Air Force Senior Airman Julian S...Dec. 11, 2011 ?Air Force Airman First Class Matthew R.Seidler, 24, Westminster ; killed by an IED in Helmand Province...
BY MATTHEW HAY BROWN, THE BALTIMORE SUN
Remembering duty, service and 'lost human potential'
May 28, 2012

...Aug, 3, 2011). ? Army Spec. Ronald Wildrick Jr., of Woodsboro, (Dec. 11, 2011). ? Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, of Westminster (Jan. 5, 2012). ? Air Force Senior Airman Julian Scholten, of Upper Marlboro (Feb. 18, 2012...
BY BOB ALLEN
Towson Legion Post and Dulaney Valley offer pair of Memorial Day events
May 23, 2012

...Aug, 3, 2011). ? Army Spec. Ronald Wildrick Jr., of Woodsboro, (Dec. 11, 2011). ? Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, of Westminster (Jan. 5, 2012). ? Air Force Senior Airman Julian Scholten, of Upper Marlboro (Feb. 18, 2012...
BY JIM JOYNER, JJOYNER@PATUXENT.COM
Friends, family celebrate life of Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
January 17, 2012

...respects to Airman 1st Class Matthew RyanSeidler, a Westminster man killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 5. Seidler's flag-draped coffin waited in front...said Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro. Seidler, 24, a 2006 graduate of Westminster...
BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM
Airman from Westminster is killed in Afghanistan
January 7, 2012

...Saturday. Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler died Thursday in the attack, which killed...Kalyn Masek, who last communicated with Seidler on Tuesday, his birthday. "I was really...and the man that he'd become." Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal technician...
BY STEVE KILAR, THE BALTIMORE SUN
Funeral services Jan. 17 for Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
January 12, 2012

...Afghanistan. Airman 1st Class MatthewSeidler, 24, of Westminster, had been assigned...FE Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal technician...Base. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt...
BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, CARROLL EAGLE AND STEVE KILAR, BALTIMORE SUN,KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM
Mourners remember Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
January 17, 2012

...Mourners of Airman 1st Class Matthew RyanSeidler said the Westminster man had followed...been in his life," his father, MarcSeidler, told the more than 500 mourners who...He loved the Air Force." Matthew Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal apprentice...
BY MATTHEW HAY BROWN, THE BALTIMORE SUN
Westminster airman killed by explosive device in Afghanistan
January 7, 2012

...Afghanistan . Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, 24, of Westminster, had been assigned...Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal technician...released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt...
BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

Maryland Guard travels dangerous road in hopes of Afghan peace
January 28, 2012

...pursues the possibility of peace talks with the Taliban , Afghanistan remains deadly. Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal apprentice from Westminster, was killed Jan. 5 when the vehicle in which he was traveling...
BY MATTHEW HAY BROWN, THE BALTIMORE SUN

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Bob Woodward talks to Howard Kurtz about the secretly filmed Mitt Romney video

Woodward On Romney Tape http://reliablesources.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/23/tale-of-the-tape/

Legendary reporter Bob Woodward talks to Howard Kurtz about the secretly filmed Mitt Romney video and the 24/7 nature of the modern campaign.

From around the web

Tale Of The Tape http://reliablesources.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/23/tale-of-the-tape/

After a secretly filmed tape emerges of Mitt Romney making controversial comments at a fundraiser, Peter Baker, Lynn Sweet and Howard Kurtz discuss the media fallout.

Obama, Romney courting key states, constituencies Daily Witness

The Truth Behind the Romney “Gaffe” The Daily Reckoning

10 Worst College Majors for Your Career Kiplinger

15 Black Celebrities Who Are Republican Or Who Are Affiliated With The GOP MadameNoire

Ann Romney Wears Gobstopper Pearls Life Goes Strong

Colbert: There's Definitely No Proof Obama Was Born In 'Amercia' Rolling Stone

Ann Romney Wears Gobstopper Pearls Life Goes Strong

15 Black Celebrities Who Are Republican Or Who Are Affiliated With The GOP MadameNoire

Why Barack Obama Will Win the Election Easily The Fiscal Times

Obama gets a rise out of a Fla. supporter The Mesh Report

‘The Real Crash Is Coming,’ Warns Financial Experts Moneynews

Thomas Edison Did Not Invent The Lightbulb (and Other Things You Should Know) Qualcomm Spark

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Louis Pope, Maryland delegate: Why are you a Republican?

Published on Aug 28, 2012 by postpolitics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zob7ZsS2nQ

Why are you a Republican? Maryland delegate Louis Pope shares his answer at the RNC as part of The Washington Post's socialcam project:http://wapo.st/OrhmiX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zob7ZsS2nQ

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Monday, September 24, 2012

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Carolyn Seabolt has a new welding sculpture in her back yard

Evening falls upon the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster Maryland

We gave the 4H Therapeutic Riding horses an evening snack of corn at the Ag Ctr

Carroll Co Ag Ctr Civil War corn maze starts 28Sept2012

Theme for this year's Carroll Co Ag Ctr corn maze is the Civil War. Opens Friday

Working on getting this Carroll County Ag Center corn maze ready to be opened

The 'library tree' is getting ready for Fall.

Eagle Archive: Founded 145 years ago, Grace Lutheran Church has roots in Gettysburg

By Kevin Dayhoff, September 22, 2012

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0923-20120918,0,6828283.story

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church is celebrating its 145th anniversary this weekend. The historic church, at 21 Carroll St., Westminster, was chartered Sept. 20-23, 1867, according to various accounts — including a history of Grace Lutheran published in 1967.

The history traces Lutheranism in Maryland back to the years 1747 and 1748, "when a small number of Lutherans and German Reformers met and held union services at member's homes. ... History relates nothing further of Lutheranism in Westminster (since those late 1740s references) until Nov. 14, 1842, when Rev. Philip Willard, Pastor of Manchester … organized a Lutheran congregation (in Westminster)."

At that time, church services were held in the West End School House. Then, "On May 9th, 1863, a call was extended to Rev. H.C. Holloway, then a student at the Gettysburg Theological Seminary. His salary was $500.00."

"On July 16th, a white canvas-covered spring wagon left Gettysburg" to bring Holloway to Westminster, according to current Grace Lutheran Pastor Kevin Clementson, who serves the church with his wife and partner, Pastor Martha Clementson… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0923-20120918,0,6828283.story

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In 1905, the steeple at Grace Church was lowered after being struck by lightning. (The second time lightning struck the steeple was when I joined the church Oct. 25, 1998.)

Grace Lutheran will celebrate its 145th anniversary at all four worship services this weekend. And from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, the church will have an open house and conduct tours of the historic church.

"In this day and age when so many congregations are struggling for survival, our congregation truly is blessed with many faithful members of all ages," said Pastor Martha Clementson, who urged guests to "please come and be part of the celebration."

The public is welcome to attend. Bring a friend. For more information, go to http://www.gracelc.org

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0923-20120918,0,6828283.story

Eagle Archive: Founded 145 years ago, Grace Lutheran Church has roots in Gettysburg

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

A September rain shower has visited Westminster while I work at Off Track Art

Earlier this afternoon the weather was perfect for #McDaniel College football

Dump Internet Explorer until Microsoft issues patch, security experts warn

By Ian Paul September 18, 2012 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010031/dump-internet-explorer-until-microsoft-issues-patch-security-experts-warn.html#tk.nl_pcwbest

If you use Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 or 9 as your default browser on a Windows PC, security experts are advising you to use a different Web browser until Microsoft patches a critical vulnerability in IE. Microsoft on Monday confirmed that hackers were actively exploiting an IE vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over your PC. The exploit does not affect users running IE10 on the Windows 8 Release Preview.

[...] http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010031/dump-internet-explorer-until-microsoft-issues-patch-security-experts-warn.html#tk.nl_pcwbest

The exploit was made public on security firm Rapid7's Metasploit Project and first discovered in the wild by security researcher Eric Romang. Metasploit is advising users to dump IE until Microsoft issues a security update. The new IE security flaw was developed by the same group that created the recent Java zero day flaw, according to Metasploit.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer makes up about 48.75 percent of active Web browsers worldwide, according to Net Market Share…http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010031/dump-internet-explorer-until-microsoft-issues-patch-security-experts-warn.html#tk.nl_pcwbest

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Friday, September 21, 2012

Lacrosse under the lights at McDaniel College stadium

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Airlines ’playing chicken’ with passengers, charging ’you-get-to-sit-with-your-kid’ fee

Airlines charging you to sit with your kids

Airlines 'playing chicken' with passengers, charging 'you-get-to-sit-with-your-kid' fee

http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/18/13921681-airlines-playing-chicken-with-passengers-charging-you-get-to-sit-with-your-kid-fee?lite

By Bob Sullivan September 18, 2012

You know about airline change fees, baggage fees, premium seat fees and food fees. But how about a "you-get-to-sit-with-your-child" fee?

http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/18/13921681-airlines-playing-chicken-with-passengers-charging-you-get-to-sit-with-your-kid-fee?lite

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Monday, September 17, 2012

I'm here for the Willis - Smith lecture on their book at McDaniel College

#McDaniel stadium progress photo

History of course is not the past but

Looking forward to Herb Smith John Willis lecture MD Politics & Gov't this eve

I'm such a geek I'm walking McDaniel track reading Willis Smith MD politics book

Sunday we took the opportunity to walk Union Bridge Little Pipe Creek Trail

Morning Digest: Japanese firms shut China plants, U.S. urges calm in islands row and other news from Reuters

Japanese firms shut China plants, U.S. urges calm in islands row

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Major Japanese firms have shut factories in China and urged expatriate workers on Monday to stay indoors ahead of what could be more angry protests over a territorial dispute that threatens to hurt trade ties between Asia's two biggest economies..

Protests erupt in Afghanistan as Muslim anger over film simmers

KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Afghan capital on Monday, setting fire to cars and shouting "death to America", the latest in demonstrations that have swept the Muslim world against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad..

Stock index futures signal lower Wall Street open

Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 falling 0.1 to 0.3 percent..

UK royals ready criminal complaint against photographer

LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife are to make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took topless pictures of the duchess and against the French magazine that published them, their office said on Sunday..

Giants post first win of season as Patriots lose

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw a career-best 510 yards to lead the reigning Super Bowl champions to their first win of the NFL season on Sunday..

Libya attack victim was a key player in online game

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online gamers around the world took to the web on Wednesday to mourn the death of Sean Smith, an avid gamer who was one of four Americans killed in a U.S. consulate attack in Libya..

Shuttle Endeavour embarking on new mission to Los Angeles museum

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept 16 - The space shuttle Endeavour, built to replace NASA's lost ship Challenger, prepared for a final flight this week, heading not into orbit but west to a Los Angeles museum..

Deaf gerbils hear again with human stem cells

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have restored hearing to deaf gerbils using human embryonic stem cells in an advance that could eventually help people with an intractable form of deafness caused by nerve damage..

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