About me and this Blog
The reason I started this blog is so that I could have a forum to fight back against visceral, mealy mouthed leftists and Islamofascists and their supporters. With the vile nastiness spewed by the Democrats after the 2000 election I could no longer maintain the status quo,so I traded in my kid gloves for brass knuckles. I will also write articles and opinion pieces about current and historical events. In other words, I can practice my right to freedom of speech just like the anti-American, anti-military, anti-war crowd. I can actually be blunt and straight to the point without being censored by PC website owners.
Some Bio: Born and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio vicinity in a working-class family. Graduated from Lorain Southview High School in 1975. Diehard Browns fan. Joined the United States Army in 1976 as a member of the now disbanded Women’s Army Corps. Veteran of Desert Storm, Bosnia, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. I have been to Europe, Korea, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and all over the US. I also have an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science. Duty assignments included: 1st Armored Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd COSCOM, EUCOM, 101st Airborne. Retired from the Army December 2006.
HOOAH!
SFC Cheryl McElroy US ARMY (RET)
aka “GI JANE”
I know you. Welcome to the B’osphere, kiddo.
Comment by Jonn Lilyea — April 26, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
I think you will make a great blogger. I have always appreciated your input and perspective on RN. Good luck!
Comment by Claire — July 9, 2007 @ 1:56 am
Thanks, Claire! Come back and often!
sfcmac
Comment by sfcmac — July 9, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Hi,
I am guessing (based on Google) that you are the person who published a letter in the LA Times this past day.
I don’t think in the military, if something bad happened on your watch, you could say, “Well, gee, somebody else had my watch 9 months ago, it’s their fault.”
With respect,
Kim Iannone
Comment by Kim Iannone — July 23, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Kim,
I can guess by your signature that your letter was published simultaneously. As far as something happening on someone’s watch, consider all of the terrorist attacks on our soil and against Americans overseas on Bubba’s watch. It’s not just the terrorist act itself, it’s what a President does or does not do in response. While people were fixated on his perjury and Monica’s mouth-to-crotch recuscitation, he and ‘algore’ used the Oval Office as a conduit for treason (Chinagate), illegally obtaining personal files (FBIgate), and engaging in some highly questionable firing practices (Travelgate). All this and eviscerating the military and national security to boot. What happened on his watch set the stage for 9/11. You are aware that Army SF had bin Ladin in the crosshairs and Bubba said “no”, aren’t you?
And this statement of yours is a sidesplitter:
Really? And who pray tell were the bad guys on 9/11? The perfunctory “it’s all about oil”, blah, blah, blah…is hackneyed BS. If we wanted to take all the oil, and indeed had done so, we’d only be paying 3 cents a pop instead of 3 bucks. We weren’t in Iraq prior to 9/11 attacks, and in case you forgot, sources of al Qadea are throughout the Middle East. We went into this war for a multitude of reasons.
I’ve said this before and it bears repeating:
Let me make this simple:
The invasion of Afghanistan was prompted by its use as the major operating base for al Qaeda.
The invasion of Iraq was instigated by 12 years of nose thumbing on the part of a WMD-wielding terrorist-supporting megalomaniac. U.N. Resolution 1441 gave Hussein an ultimatum and us the specific authority to force compliance, by any necessary means. That included military force. I was an Intelligence Analyst and cannot discuss classified material, but there are plenty of open source publications available for your perusal. In case you didn’t know, we found a substantial amount of hidden WMD along with documents and recordings in which Saddam Hussein emphatically stated his intention to continue WMD development and deception.
Cutting off war funding will send al Qaeda and other terrorist groups the message that the elected officials of the United States don’t have the guts to stand up to Islamofascist tyrants who want to transform the whole planet into a Caliphate.
Afghanistan is never mentioned in anti-war commentaries. For the life of me, I can’t figure that out. It’s probably because our success in pounding the Taliban and al Qaeda into the sand in Kandahar doesn’t make for good press.
And what about our invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan don’t you get? Where do you think we should fight back? Hell, they’re just two of the countries I would have leveled on 12 September 2001. We were attacked by Islamic thugs supported not only by Iraq and Afghanistan but throughout the Middle East and they are two good places to start retaliation.
Had I been in power, I would have made William Tecumseh Sherman look like a Boy Scout. Four countries would have been carpet-bombed into asphalt parking lots: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Syria. That is how you fight a war. But I was a Soldier, not a diplomat.
President Bush has repeatedly stated that the war against Islamofascism will not be easy; it will not come without sacrifice. The problem is a great number of people like nice, neat, little sound bite wars. Well, wouldn’t we all? In reality, war is a brutal, often necessary endeavor.
No matter how badly some people salivate over the possibility of a “civil war” in Iraq, it ain’t happening. Most of the agitators are coming in from Syria and Iran, with the bulk of the violence taking place in specific areas around Baghdad. The rest of the 26 million Iraqis are too busy getting on with their lives to jump on the “civil war” bandwagon.
This is what the GWOT in Iraq and Afghanistan has accomplished:
Elimination of at least two of the ME terrorist operating bases and establishing influence and the spread of freedom right smack dab in the middle of an Islamofascist region. Iraq and Afghanistan are making great progress. For the first time in their existence, they have an opportunity to enjoy the freedoms we take for granted; they vote, run for office, run independent businesses, and speak through a free press. They are being prepared for the day when our mission is complete and theirs begins. They now have a representative Parliament and a military that is being trained to provide for the defense of an independent Iraq. You don’t hear about the good things, because, as the saying goes,” if it bleeds, it leads.”
By the way: one of the most important campaigns of this war is being waged as we speak. It’s called “Operation Arrowhead Ripper”. The United States Army and Iraqi troops are gaining significant ground and kicking al Qaeda’s ass in places like Baqubah. I guess in your view, that’s not as important as voting to cut off our funding and sniveling about all the reasons you think we shouldn’t have picked one of the terrorist/WMD havens as a target for retaliation.
Another ploy by critics is to assign the “Vietnam” mantra to every war it disagrees with. No matter how badly they want it to be another “Vietnam” it isn’t happening, and their historical amnesia kicks in every time this war is debated.
Here’s an easy scenario:
In spite of ominous indicators and turmoil that was contained on someone else’s turf, we remained complacent.
An enemy sends planes to bomb and crash into U.S. territory. The attack kills roughly 3000 Americans.
War is declared and retaliation begins against the perpetrators and their allies.
Sound familiar?
It happened 7 December 1941.
There’s your comparison.
You didn’t expect the bad guys to be very happy at the fact that we brought the war they started, back to them, did you? Of course they’re going to be pissed. Of course they’re going to fight back, not just with weapons but through media exploitation. 9/11 was the Pearl Harbor of the 21st Century and all the critics are capable of is spouting nonsense and being al Qaeda apologists.
In case you still don’t get it, they want to kill us. They made that pretty clear on 11 September 2001.
If you don’t understand that, maybe they didn’t hit close enough to your own back yard.
We’re what stands between your freedom and Sharia Law. Would a little gratitude be too much to expect?
You sure have a warped view on what constitutes “bad guys”.
SFC Cheryl McElroy
US ARMY (RET)
Comment by sfcmac — July 23, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
christian wingnuts are sooooooo cute when they’re going down in flames!
Comment by JimBimbo — July 28, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
JimBimbo:
Baseless ridicule is no substitute for a cogent argument.
Comment by Bill Smith — July 28, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
Bill, He’s incapable of a cogent argument. Take a look at his posts.
Comment by sfcmac — July 29, 2007 @ 11:48 am
Keep up the good fight.
Thanks paddio!
SFC MAC
Comment by paddio — July 29, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
And where did you get this Associate’s degree in applied science?
Comment by bluerat — July 30, 2007 @ 3:47 am
bluerat: Sorry for the late response. I obtained an Associates Degree (2 year) at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. Applied Science refers to a technical vocation. In my case, it was graphic arts (my major), but with all of the business courses I had to take as part of the ciriculum, it was more like a business major.
Comment by sfcmac — July 30, 2007 @ 11:54 am
the blog may be plain jane, but the content a+. keep up the good work!
Comment by rt — July 31, 2007 @ 11:36 am
Thanks rt!
Comment by sfcmac — July 31, 2007 @ 1:12 pm
Hey Sarge, here’s another old Airborne NCO’s take on Beauchamp:
Schlock Troops
The liberals say they support our troops,
Which they’ve a funny way of showing;
Like publishing false atrocity scoops
Bout which they’ve no way of knowing.
They’ll gleefully publish unverified crap
From the dark mind of a wannabe writer,
Hoping they’ve set another antiwar trap
With crimes claimed by a liberal fighter.
The troops that liberals truly admire,
Aren’t the brave who fight uncomplaining,
But deserters who flee, avoiding the fire,
And the misfits can’t handle the training.
But liberals save their true veneration,
Like front page at the New York Times,
For soldiers willing to attack their own nation,
Trumpeting charges of brutal war crimes.
This pattern was set during my own war
By a traitorous, vainglorious politician,
A treasonous, poisonous, political whore,
Feeding future presidential ambition.
Liberals back then sucked up his schlock,
Proving to the world that they’re dupes,
Establishing a pattern now become stock,
For these America-hating Schlock troops.
Russ Vaughn
101st Airborne
Vietnam 65-66
Comment by Russ Vaughn — August 9, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
Russ,
First of all, welcome home. I always say that to Vietnam Veterans. Although you earned it, you never got the respect and appreciation you deserved. I could go on about the fact that we had the NVA and the VC by the balls until a Democratic-led Congress cut off funding, we wasted time with diplomatic ass-kissing in Paris, and the Khmer Rouge did the very atrocity we tried to prevent while the Left remained silent. But, you already know that.
In anycase, your poem sums it up quite well. Beauchamp disgraced himself and brought undue emotional hardship on his unit. They’re doing a hell of a job, but the only attention they get is when one of their own fucks up.
The progress in Iraq and Afghanistan is sorely underreported. Fox News is the only channel that mentioned Operation Arrowhead Ripper, for instance. As I’ve said before, the leftwingnut media is so desperate for a defeat, they will jump on any negative story no matter how incredibly stupid.
Visit the site often, and feel free to comment whenever or wherever.
Duty, Honor, Country
SFC MAC
Comment by sfcmac — August 10, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
Glad to meet you, Sargeant!
We served together.
T.A. Gray, SCPO USN, Ret.
Comment by Tom Gray — August 22, 2007 @ 9:47 pm
SCPO T.A. Gray,
Thanks, and welcome to my blog!
Comment by sfcmac — August 22, 2007 @ 9:52 pm
Kim, when you return, leave your comment at the following post:
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/democrats-introduce-pro-islamic-resolution/
That’s where I’ve cut and pasted our conversations regarding islam/terrorism/the war, etc.
Thanks,
SFC MAC
Comment by sfcmac — October 12, 2007 @ 7:54 pm
Fair enough.
Comment by Kim Iannone — October 13, 2007 @ 3:02 am
Love the blog! Glad you took the time to pop over to ours and participate in our raking-over-the-coals of that sham artist. What is truly amazing to me is how they aren’t smart enough to think up plausible lies and then stick with their original story… but I guess that’s what trips up liars in the first place.
Again, great work on the blog… I look forward to reading more of it and having you visit ours more often.
Regards,
The Sniper
Comment by The Sniper — November 10, 2007 @ 12:55 am
Cheryl (GIJane) thanks for your service to our country. Posted info on one of your posts today on the ARRA News Service; “Demrats vote for ‘Omnibus Bill’ that guts border fence” http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2007/12/demrats-vote-for-omnibus-bill-that-guts.html with attribution and Hat tip back to your blog. Being an Arkansas Right-centered blog we noticed your posting addressing the pork proposed by Lincoln & Pryor.
Please check us out and if you wish to exchange links, let me know.
Dr. Bill Smith, Mustang” Major, USAF-Retired
Editor, ARRA News Service
Comment by Dr.Bill Smith, ARRA Editor — December 19, 2007 @ 7:54 pm
Thanks, Bill! Your page is now on my blogroll.
SFC MAC
Comment by sfcmac — December 21, 2007 @ 7:15 pm
HI
INTERESTING BLOG. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
MICKMCK707
82ND AIRBORNE
Comment by paratrooper — January 6, 2008 @ 5:26 am
MICKMCK707,
Hey there fellow Soldier! Thanks for the compliment. Come and view the sight often. I especially welcome miltary folks. Please know that wherever you go, you have my support and loyalty.
HOOAH!
SFC MAC
Comment by sfcmac — January 6, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
Hi Cheryl, I’m with you 100%, I am so sick of the anti-America, anti-Military and anti-Bush groups! I’m also tired of all these muslims from Britain that condemn America and its Military while pretending that they are really Brits. I was in the N.C. Army NG, US Airforce and worked for the US Navy as a civilian until I retired!! Thanks for your blog and please keep up the good work!
Comment by goodtimepolitics — April 3, 2008 @ 2:04 am
Hi…you are doing a nice job..i’m also a soldier but unarmed and surrounded by enemies.My only weapon is to express myself in whatever way I can while struggling for life being as an apstote in islamic barabaria pakistan. Here is my blog http://formyfreedom.wordpress.com
I wish I could be articulated ad you are but i’m trying to do my best to expose the agenda of forces of darkness.
Regards
Comment by formyfreedom — April 3, 2008 @ 8:17 am
Dear SFC McElroy, I’m adding your blog on to my “Freedom Fighters” blogroll at my brand-new Anti-Islamic Jihad blog. I see your comments at Michelle Malkin. You do a great job!
Comment by Madame Vengier — April 6, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
Madame Vengier,
Thanks for the addition to your blogroll. Let me know what your URL is so I may add you to mine as well.
Thanks for the compliment too!
SFC MAC
Comment by sfcmac — April 6, 2008 @ 10:34 pm
Oh great, thanks! I’m blushing. Um, okay here is my link:
http://talkinjihadblues.wordpress.com/
Don’t laugh at me though. I just started it today. Actually, I started it a couple weeks ago but I just switched it to WordPress today. I need to advance in my blogging efforts but I will get there.
Comment by Madame Vengier — April 7, 2008 @ 12:52 am
Hey Sarge
I’ve been reading your posts on other sites as well. You really give these idiot libs a run for their money. Thanks for speaking for many of us.
(I was the one who posted “SFC Mac for President!” recently)
Warmest Regards,
(Former)Spc Wayne Austin
US Army 82-86
Comment by Wayne — April 11, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
Hi, I briefly took a look at some of the contents of your blog and while I respect your right to express your own political views, I disagree with you. I am not an American citizen but I am anti-war and as is common knowledge, the invasion of Iraq was based on lies told by the US government. Please could you take the time to answer these questions.
1) Does being anti-war make a person anti-American or anti-military? If so, why?
2) What is your response to the New York Times story about news networks using military advisers to report favorably on Iraq? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
3) Why are US troops in Iraq? Please don’t make any reference to weapons of mass destruction as they were never found.
4) What are Islamofascists and how would you describe the policies of the neo-conservatives in the US government which have killed millions of people through military action?
5) Iraq as a country and society has been destroyed by the US and British invasion and an estimated 1 million people have been killed since 2003. What do you think the long term implications of this military occupation will be on the Iraqi people - people just like you and I who daily have to live in fear of being killed by either the US military or by the warring factions in Iraq?
Kind regards
Michael
Comment by michaelt74 — April 22, 2008 @ 2:03 am
Michaelt74:
1. If you’ve ever paid attention to the behavior, opinions, and political proclivities of anti-war movements, it’s obvious that anti-Americanism is at the top of the list.
Moonbats like Sean Penn, Ward Churchill, Sharon Stone, and idiots like Jimmy Carter, Nancy Pelosi, Jim McDermott, David Bonior, Mike Thompson, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and John Murtha, have schmoozed up to despots like Saddam Hussein, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, and Fidel Castro, and disgraced themselves with some of the most anti-American/anti-military hatespeech on record.
The Democrats who have visited and cavorted with enemies of the U.S. were in direct violation of the Logan Act, Article III of the U.S. Constitution, and are guilty of treason.
Here’s a few links to some of my posts in the “anti-war crowd” section:
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/anti-war-talent/
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/patriotic-dissent/
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/baghdad-democrats-trip-financed-by-saddam-hussein/
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/kucinich-kisses-up-to-the-enemy/
But don’t dare question their “patriotism”.
2. What is your response to rags like the New York Times sucking up to terrorists, undermining the war on Islamofascism, and basically serving as a shill for America’s enemies?
Links:
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print/
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/the-difference-between-victory-and-defeat-msm-style/
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/ap-reporter-who-embedded-with-terrorists-given-amnesty/
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/03/07/wapo-managing-editor-islamofacsists-misunderstood-media-to-blame/
There’s lots more in The Media category.
3. YES, WMDs were found:
1,500 gallons of chemicals believed destined for attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces and civilians.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/13/AR2005081300530.html
1.77 metric tons of enriched uranium and roughly 1000 highly radioactive sources.
http://www.energy.gov/news/1388.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3872201.stm
Warheads loaded with Sarin
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,124576,00.html
IEDs and artillery shells containing Sarin
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html
And:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060313-123146-7380r.htm
Those weapons were previously unknown to the U.N. inspectors.
And BTW, his terrorist connections:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/804yqqnr.asp?pg=1
4. Islamist by definition : often characterized by moral conservatism, literalism, and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life, ie: the cause of Islam.
Islamofascism: the ideological or operational characteristics of Islamist movements with European fascist movements of the early 20th century, neofascist movements, or totalitarianism. It has the same characteristics of fascism: authoritarian, oppressive, brutal. Combine those commonalities with the Islamic theocracy, and you have Islamofascism. Theocracy, by the way is the force of religious docrine by the state on its citizens.
Islamic, Islamofascist: a practitioner of the above.
I’d describe our policies as making sure they go no further. I’ve said this before, it bears repeating: Terrorists will cross borders no matter where we struck back, which is why I would have transformed Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan into asphalt parking lots on 12 September 2001. (for starters)
This war ain’t over by a long shot. Terrorism is funded, aided and supported throughout the Middle East. The Islamofascist vision of a world Caliphate will continue unless we kill them all off.
Our policy should be simple: you attack us, we annihilate you, your supporters, your country, everything. That’s how you fight a “jihad”. But, I’m a former Soldier, not a politician.
Clear enough?
5. You’ve been reading George Soros’ agitprop, haven’t you? He made the patently false claim that it was over 600,000.
Link: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/02/09/us-has-killed-655-000-iraqis-soros-funded-lancet-study-debunked
The greatest numbers of non-combatants were killed by the Al Qaeda and Taliban. We usually focus on the bad guys, you know, the ‘freedom fighters’ glorified by the EuroTrash and the New York Times.
You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. But Iraq ‘destroyed’? Hardly.
Links:
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/lets-surge-some-more/
http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/another-milestone-ignored-by-the-msm/
Just some of the progress in Iraq and, conspicuously absent from anti-war rhetoric, Afghanistan:
Establishment of Parliament/s, voting rights, pounding Al Qadea’s ass in Iraq and the Taliban’s in Afghanistan, rebuilding the infrastructures including the economies, businessess and neighborhoods.
The Iraqi’s lived in fear for about 40 years under Hussein’s brutal regime. They also lived in fear under the flood of Al Qaeda and resident terrorists.
The Afghans lived in fear of the Taliban’s oppression.
Going back through history, the Germans, Italians, and Japs lived in fear during our retaliations in WWII.
And your point is?
The long term implications will be a free Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as two less operating bases for Islamofascist threats.
Comment by sfcmac — April 22, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
short gray haired former infantryman turned engineer for better pay. 29-11-11 couldn’t get to 30
enjory your writing and just had to say so, more than slighly on the consertive, soldier, sailor marine and airman supportive patriot type, like to think you’d have to pry my cold lifless hand from my arms but I shoot well and it might have to be one of their only wounded friends who does the dirty work. Love my country and it’s citizens, but some not so much and am willing to extend funds for those to remove themselves from this land and I’ll do the site survey as to where they can do the rest of their time. most foloks in my former line of work simply judge countries by their toilet paper, charmin to that paper I got in first grade to write on, the type Bill Cosby refers to only corser. Kazakstan in Feb has to be experanced, and the government could teach those who swing at ours a wonderful civics lesson. No great pearls on the fight in the Hindu Kush, no words on the differance of desert dry heat to that of El Salvador tropic wet, it’s just hot. Just like your site and from one baggy green gullom to another, nice site enjoy your thoughts.
Comment by Klaude Miller — May 28, 2008 @ 10:08 pm
I just wanted to send you a hello, GI JANE! I’ve been reading your comments on Jonn’s blog, “This Ain’t Hell”. My wife is from Akron, OH and she graduated in 1975 from Kenmore High. I graduated in 1974 and was in the USAF four days later!
That video about Robin from IVAW was the first I’ve seen of her. I did have Rochester IVAW President TJ Buonomo post a comment to my blog (he’s posting as Dissenting Patriot):
A Message From Colonel Riley
The reason I posted the link to the pdf on her likely unit and the video is because the 98th distinguished themselves in Iraq. Members of their unit participated in the 140th Sunday Memorial Service at the Rochester War Memorial and Lt. Col. Crowe was the keynote speaker. That service honors veterans that have passed away during the previous year and my Dad was one of those honored. We Rochesterians are very proud of the accomplishments of the 98th. That Robin shouldn’t have been maligning her fellow soldiers like she did! I just don’t understand that crap, I really don’t! Here’s a link to my report on the Service:
140th Annual Sunday Memorial Service Rochester Community War Memorial
BTW, I was down in Washington DC standing with Colonel Riley, concretebob and the rest of the crew, standing for our troops at Eagles Muster:
Eagles Muster! RV’s After Action Report
It looks like we’re of like mind when it comes to blogging!
Have a Good One!
RV
Comment by rochester_veteran — June 10, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
I added your site to my blogroll. Could you do the same with mine?
Thanks!
RV
Comment by rochester_veteran — June 10, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
rochester_veteran,
Individuals like Robyn are a disgrace and make a jackass out of themselves blaming others for their own insecurities. According to her that’s only the “second time she’s spoken out against war”. Hell, in that case the war Islam declared on us should have her as busy as a 3-peckered goat. She opines about the term “hadji” when our Islamofascist adversaries use brutal methods in their quest for a world Caliphate; they behead, they blow innocent people to bits, they’re basically the scum of the earth, but she’s having a hissy fit over us calling them “hadji” because of their head wear. I’m so glad she’s out of my Army.
Comment by sfcmac — June 10, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
rochester_veteran,
You are now on my blogroll as well. Thanks!
HOOAH!
SFC MAC
Comment by sfcmac — June 10, 2008 @ 7:40 pm
very refreshing to hear someone speak the truth!Keep up the good work -from an old Ranger
Comment by dawg — June 29, 2008 @ 3:13 am