A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a compound in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing four suspected militants in an attack that comes as Washington is running out of patience with Islamabad’s refusal to reopen supply routes for NATO troops in Afghanistan.

The latest strike took place in Datta Khel Kalai village in the North Waziristan tribal area, said Pakistani intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Parliament also demanded an “unconditional apology” from the U.S. for killing its troops. The Obama administration has expressed regret but is not willing to tender an apology out of concern that it could open the president up to attacks by Republicans angry at Pakistan’s lack of cooperation on the Afghan war.

The Us drone campaign has been the equalizer in the conflict in Afghanistan. Drone strikes take care of some of the business that the Pakistanis refuse to handle when it comes to the terrorists hiding within their borders.

The US should not halt the drone campaign under any circumstances regardless of what the Pakistanis say or how they percieve it.

I believe that the actions of our government in using the drones have saved the lives of countless numbers of our troops. www.militaryringexpress.com

The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that experts based at the State Department swapped al-Qaida ads on Yemeni websites bragging about killing Americans with ones showing the deadly impact of al-Qaida tactics on Yemenis themselves.

“Our team plastered the same sites with altered versions of the ads that showed the toll al-Qaida attacks have taken on the Yemeni people,” Clinton said.

In response, “Extremists are publicly venting their frustration and asking supporters not to believe everything they read on the Internet,” she said.

There is no doubt that this has been going on all of the time that the war has been ongoing and before. We are just getting a taste here but there is no doubt in my mind that the scope of cyber warfare runs much deeper than what the State Department is acknowledging here.

Warfare has evolved into something that is much more complicated than two groups on individuals slugging it out on a battfield with rifles. Modern warfare is a total concept that involves most facets of our day to day living. www.militaryringexpress.com

We know that memorial day is a holiday and most of us look forward to the bar b que and the day off with pay but lets not forget the real meaning of memorial day. It is set aside as a time to honor our military for the service that they have given to this country.

The average US citizen has absolutely no idea of the conditions that our servicemen and women have to endure in order to protect this country and to perserve our way of life.

Most times our front line troops serve under conditions that most of us would find too deplorable to even think about. Many of our veterans have given their very lives to protect us and others live with crippling disabilities that they have incurred. Many times these disabilities are painful nd the pain that they have to endure is a daily reminder of the job that they have done.

Please remember our troops this Memorial Day holiday. If you know someone who has served be sure to thank them out loud for their service and the hardships that they have endured in the service of our country. www.militaryringexpress.com

Since the war on terror is winding down there will have to be some reorganization of the military and military tactics. Military tactics change according to the circumstances of the war that we happen to be fighting at the time. Military conflicts are like snowflakes in that there are no two of them which are ever alike.

The Army is looking to adapt its tactics along with the Marine Corps. In the case of the Army they are considering deploying Special Forces units with conventional fighting units wheenever there is a conflict.

Conventional and Special Warfare troops had to operate together during the war in Afghanistan which had to have obvious benefits. The Army finally hit on this as one of many different combinations of forces and equipment that would actually work during combat.

For future conflicts there is a very high probability that we will need greater numbers of Special Forces. The chances of a large conventional war where more regular infantry troops will be needed are less than in the past. www.militaryringexpress.com

The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons this is nothing new. I’m sure that there have been plans in place for quite a while. I think that the biggest issue is that any plans must be meticulously prepared and will have to effectively do what they are intended to do.

We must be careful that we take out all of the retailatory assets that the Iranians have also because if we don’t they will definitely use them. If we leave the wrong thing untouched they will hurt somebody.

Dan Shapiro’s message resonated Thursday far beyond the closed forum in which it was made: Iran should not test Washington’s resolve to act on its promise to strike if diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to abandon its disputed nuclear program.

Shapiro told the Israel Bar Association the U.S. hopes it will not have to resort to military force. President Obama has also made it clear that the US means business with Iran and I for one don’t think that he is bluffing.

The problem is that the Iranians are not willing to step back from their committment to pursuing nuclear weapons. They have been claiming that they are pursuing nuclear energy but the US and Isreal has evidence to the contrary. This is going to be an interesting situation and the resolution will be tricky to say the least. The Israeli’s are ready to attack but the US is persuading them to hold off and wait to see if sanctions will work. www.militaryringexpress.com

 When you look at the rings shown on the right you will see that each one has a design in the stone. these are called laser vue designs.

Laser vue designs are designs that are etched into the stone of your military ring which are designed to help you to tell the story of your time spent in military service.

When you order your new military ring you will see a place on the order page for your ring style that tells you to click on it to display these designs. When you do you will see that we have several hundred of these designs available for you to choose from. Not all of these designs are military. There are some that you can choose to tell the world about other aspects of your life and personality.

You can choose any one of them to add to your military ring along with the other custom design work that is available to you. The large quantity of these designs gives you the option of more flexibility when you design your military ring. Click the following link to go to the web site where you can view all of the available designs that we offer you. What are Laser Vue Designs?

 Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs.

Mexico’s organized crime groups often abandon multiple bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals, and authorities said at least a few of the recent victims had tattoos of the Santa Muerte cult popular among drug traffickers.

The bodies of the 43 men and six women were found in the town of San Juan on the non-toll highway to the border city of Reynosa at about 4 a.m. (5 a.m. EDT; 0900 GMT), forcing police and troops to close off the highway. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said at a news conference that a banner left at the site bore a message with the Zetas drug cartel taking responsibility for the massacre.

Domene said the fact the bodies were found with the heads, hands and feet cut off will make identification difficult. The bodies were being taken to Monterrey for DNA tests.

De la Garza said the victims could have been killed as long as two days ago at another location, then transported to San Juan, a town in Cadereyta municipality.

Mexican drug cartels have been waging an increasingly bloody war to control smuggling routes, the local drug market and extortion rackets, including shakedowns of migrants seeking to reach the United States.

Cases of dead bodies being found are not new to Mexico. This incident is just one of many and the end of the matter is nowhere in sight. As long as there is money to be made from these illegal activities drug cartels will continue to ply their trade of intimidation and violence. www.militaryringexpress.com