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...Staunch Soldiers "Under the Gun" [may 9], on the severe problems of the Philippine military, was timely. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (A.F.P.) need a miracle to overcome the problems you described?"corruption, bad housing, woeful medical care"?but I do not agree that the A.F.P. has a morale problem. Poor equipment, yes, but not low morale. I was in the A.F.P. for 30 years, and I know that the Filipino soldier is highly motivated and fights without grumbling, even if he is short of equipment. Sad to say, the revolving-door policy of the President in appointing...
...moving four-wheel-drive vehicle on a deserted rocky track south of Taraka Gorge, a steep-sided valley about 130 km southeast of Kabul. Their task was to set up an observation point overlooking a village suspected of harboring Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters. Intelligence reports suggested there were gun emplacements and bunkers on the mountainsides and that the enemy were using part of the area as an escape route to Pakistan. The patrol was to observe for one or two days and then remain in place while the rest of the squadron patrolled openly through the valley...
...disgraced talk-show host; JJ, a failed rock musician; Jess, a teenager who just got dumped by her boyfriend; and Maureen, a middle-aged shut-in with a severely disabled son. Momentarily distracted from self-destruction, the four get to comparing notes. (Maureen is immediately judged the top gun, misery-wise. "Oh, yeah," says Jess. "That's a no-brainer. Don't change your mind. You'd only regret it.") They decide to put off jumping and instead form a bickering, wary, ad hoc fellowship. It's like The Breakfast Club rewritten by Beckett...
Cottle seems to think that criminals have more rights than an individual defending his person and property. The gun-control crowd claims that a Wild West shootout will break out if people have the right to carry a firearm. But if the government cannot protect its citizens, then they have every right to defend themselves. When confronted by a criminal, the law-abiding citizen should not be required to run-with the possibility of getting a bullet in the back...
...play a gun-toting rapper protecting the hood and rescuing your homies (for PlayStation 2 and Xbox). It makes Grand Theft Auto seem like Pong