For the record, mainiac's ideas in his last post get a strong nod of approval from me.
Here are the articles, things went quicker than I had anticipated! The second one is a tad short, though; I tried increasing its length, but everything I added felt tacked on.
MILITARY ARTICLES
CONSERVATIVE
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VICTORY (I wish there had been enough room for 'Mission Accomplished'. Alas!)
(random city) - Speaking from the aircraft carrier (carrier) in front of a banner displaying the message "Let Freedom Ring! US of A is #1!", President (current president) proclaimed the end of major combat operations in (foreign country) today. He was quoted as saying "Just as our forefathers took the greatest sacrifices upon them to achieve victory against Nazi Germany, we have defeated the evil regime oppressing the people of (foreign country), bringing freedom and peace to them forever." The President later suggested that the brief peacekeeping effort would require a slight adjustment in the defense budget and the active troop levels, so as not to negatively affect other U.S. commitments around the globe.
(carriers)
USS Abraham Lincoln
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
USS Ronald Reagan
USS Theodore Roosevelt
(foreign countries)
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
Venezuela
France
LIBERAL
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QUAGMIRE
(random city) - Yesterday's devastating suicide bombing of an American check point sends the death toll of the (foreign country) operation above the psychologically important mark of (high number). Though the White House has denied its significance, stating that "[it's] just another number, emphasized only by the usual assortment of radical leftists and die-hard terrorist supporters.", experts say that the ever-increasing body count without any discernible hope for improvement is symbolic of the ill-organized state of our military as a whole.
(foreign countries are the same as for the conservative issue)
(high numbers)
5000
6000
7000
etc.