18 August 2007
What Petraeus has wrought
By RALPH PETERS
[Great run down of Gen Petreaus' work so far and the results we are seeing]
In defense of Dick Cheney
The Cheney Imperative
The surveillance and interrogation programs he helped implement have prevented further attacks.
On the brink with Iran?
[I don't know where this mythical brink with Iran is but I welcome it's arrival- 1979 would've been better but better late than never]
Washington is a wonder with Iran
by Michael Ledeen
"There are many reasons for the respect of Iraqis for our fighters, starting with the fact that the military is currently the best institution in America, and our military men and women are several notches above the politicians, intellectuals and journalists in moral fiber and bravery. You can see that in the way the military deals with the Iranian intrusion in Iraq and Afghanistan. The politicians, diplomats, and spooks downplay the Iranian role, reshaping the facts to fit their desire for a “negotiated solution” they know in their heart of hearts will never be accomplished. But our military officers, whose troops are being blown up by Iranian explosives or Iranian-trained suicide bombers or gunned down by Iranian-trained snipers, are laying out the facts for anyone who cares to know what’s going on. Happily, at least some folks are listening (thank you, Senator Lieberman). Most Iraqis know the truth; it’s the Americans who need the education."
Why the Democrats hope we fail in Iraq
Successful Surge Is Dems' Dilemma
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
"Democratic senators visiting Iraq have seen for themselves that President Bush's surge strategy is working. But their party has so much invested in losing this war, they're muffling the good news."
Foolish myths about al-Qaida in Mesopotamia
Fighting the "Real" Fight Foolish myths about al-Qaida in Mesopotamia.
By Christopher Hitchens
"Over the past few months, I have been debating Roman Catholics who differ from their Eastern Orthodox brethren on the nature of the Trinity, Protestants who are willing to quarrel bitterly with one another about election and predestination, with Jews who cannot concur about a covenant with God, and with Muslims who harbor bitter disagreements over the discrepant interpretations of the Quran. Arcane as these disputes may seem, and much as I relish seeing the faithful fight among themselves, the believers are models of lucidity when compared to the hair-splitting secularists who cannot accept that al-Qaida in Mesopotamia is a branch of al-Qaida itself."
Peggy Noonan predicting 9-11
"Bill Clinton's last speech? We can only hope.His second point, and a long one it was, was that global poverty "requires more than compassion." I think a deconstruction of this thought is: It requires programs, i.e., liberal programs. In other words: When Osama bin Laden and his henchmen blow up an American city, it won't be my fault, it will be President Bush's. "
10 August 2007
Inside Iraq
{awesome article from Bill Kristol pointing out the obvious (to us) about how our military are and will be in the future the best leaders of our nation. The Greatest Generation produced a long line of real leaders in our communities, state, and nation and you just know this generation will do the same.}
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1651505,00.html
Inside Iraq
By William Kristol
I spent a week in Iraq recently, and here's what impressed me most: the Americans. In particular, the quality and character of the American soldiers and Marines who are fighting there and trying to help rebuild the nation. I don't mean to slight, in some ethnocentric way, the steadfastness and courage of the Iraqi people. But it was meeting and watching the American soldiers at work that I found most interesting.
I've served in government, and I'm familiar with Washington, and I'm not an uncritical cheerleader for the American military. Indeed, I'd say that some of our general officers--until this past year, when General David Petraeus and Lieut. General Ray Odierno took over--haven't particularly distinguished themselves. But the brigade and battalion commanders and the company and platoon leaders I saw in Iraq are really impressive.
'Get It Done'
This is a really "Paul Harvey" type of story about Gen Petraeus
http://opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010448
How the media promote false pessimism about the economy.
How the media promote false pessimism about the economy.
{ Of course this is what happens when the stupidest kids in college find their way to "Journalism". I would be willing to bet that your average Junior Acheivement kid could outperform these dolts when it come to understanding business }
NARCO-INSURRECTION
NARCO-INSURRECTION
By RALPH PETERS
August 9, 2007 -- IMAGINE if our country were so ravaged by drug cartels that the president sent the military into a third of the states to break the terror.
That's where Mexico is today. We all pay the price.
Home Searched In Probe of Wiretap Leak
Report: Home Searched In Probe of Wiretap Leak
Under every leak to sabotage our national security you'll find a liberal bureaucrat/lawyer doing what socialists always do - weaken our Nation.
Jan Mickelson vs. Mitt Romney video
It goes on for 20 minutes but worth it.
Rational Optimism on Iraq
Max Boot - 8.7.2007 - 4:06PM
The evidence of gains being made on the ground in Iraq continues to pile up.
That doesn’t mean it’s prudent to wash our hands of Iraq, or give up on the surge. Cordesman’s report, making the case for "strategic patience," has it right. But even the most ardent backers of General Petraeus should not let their hopes run out of control. Given how bad the situation was by the time Petraeus took over, there is still a possibility he could do everything right and fail.
GRAY LADY HEDGES
By RAPLH PETERS
August 1, 2007 -- SOMETIMES where a thing is said is bigger news than what was said. That happened on Monday, when The New York Times ran a guest op-ed detailing the progress in Iraq.
The hinge of fate in Iraq
By Tony Blankley -
On June 25 the following resolution was tabled in the House: "That this House, while paying tribute to the heroism and endurance of the Armed Forces... in circumstances of exceptional difficulty, has no confidence in the central direction of the war." That would be June 25, 1942. The House would be the House of Commons in London, England. And the government in which no confidence was expressed was that of Winston Churchill.
02 August 2007
"What we still don't understand is why you Americans stopped the bombing of Hanoi. You had us on the ropes. If you had pressed us a little harder, just for another day or two, we were ready to surrender! It was the same at the battles of TET. You defeated us! We knew it, and we thought you knew it. But we were elated to notice your media were definitely helping us. They were causing more disruption in America than we could in the battlefields. We were ready to surrender. You had won!"
- General Giap, North Vietnam (memoirs)