Archive for the ‘The War’ Category

A Liberated Military?

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Conventional thinking from the MSM is the loss of Rumsfeld is a blessing to those wearing the uniform. While I'm sure plenty of soldiers have a problem with the man, this story suggests the discontent isn't as widespread as the Media thought (or should I say hoped?). Half of America ...

The Pelosi Doctrine

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Yeah, I'm trying to hold off judgment until she actually does something, but statements like this aren't helping my digestion this evening. Here's the Pelosian take on Iraq. ‘It isn't a war to win. It is a problem to be solved.’ So what does this mean? Bring the troops home ...

Reserving A Chopper

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Rumsfeld is out. John Bolton was a recess appointment to the UN, so he's going to be gone too. Is Bush going to start serving up whatever the new Congress wants? If I were an Iraqi who cooperated with America, I'd be camping out on that embassy roof right ...

Hamas Feeling Frisky

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Hamas - truce with Israel now over. Good timing, guys. And the Israelis are a little nervous over "the beauty and genius of our democracy."

Seeing The Unseen

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

An absolutely great essay over here.  Long read, but at the end I was (am) envious that I did not write it.

Assimilation Of Islam

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Yeah, this weekend has been pretty much nothing but Islam. I'll move on eventually. As I noted in an earlier post, France is 'observing' the one-year anniversary of the incident that prompted unprecedented rioting (and it should be noted the rioting never really ceased, with 100 cars per night torched ...