Category: National Security & Defense
Responding to Mike's question about Iraq
Dec 12th
thanks to my friend Mike for a good comment, which I have reposted here, followed by my answer:
New comment on your post #674 "Sunday Morning TV and other thoughts."
http://rossputin.com/blog/index.php/a/2005/12/11/p674
Author: Mike DePinto
Comm… more »
Dems commit political masochism (and maybe suicide)
Dec 7th
see "Dean: US Won't Win in Iraq" (WOAI San Antonio, 12/6/05)
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=C36A87B9-63A0-4CDE-AA91-B41571AFD3AF
and "Obama: Iraq war splits Democrats" (Chicago Tribune, 12/6/05)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ne… more »
Murtha, Democrats, one step too clever
Dec 3rd
see "Murtha predicts U.S. withdrawal from Iraq within the next year" (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 12/2/05)
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/113352306669580.xml&coll=2
and "Senator Clinton Calls for Withdrawal From Iraq t… more »
Us and Them - US Soldiers can't be compared to the enemy
Jul 19th
While Amnesty International calls Gitmo a "gulag" and America-haters around the world try to attach some sort of moral equivalence to American soldiers in Iraq and the terrorists attacking them, the actions of the United States clearly demonstrate why th… more »
The LARK Program (terrorist retraining)
Jun 29th
[I don't know who wrote this originally...it wasn't me, though I wish I could take credit.]
LARK Program
A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the
treatment of a captive taken during the Afghanistan War. Below is a
copy of… more »
Hanson hits the nail on the head about the war in Iraq
Jun 28th
see "The Politics of American Wars" (Victor Davis Hanson, 6/24/05)
http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200506240756.asp
Karl Rove was excoriated by liberals for his characterization of their reaction to 9/11 and the war on terror.
Victor Da… more »
Ben Franklin spinning in his grave with new Patriot Act powers for FBI
Jun 8th
re: Panel approves expanded FBI powers in Patriot Act (Boston Globe, 6/8/05)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/06/08/panel_approves_expanded_fbi_powers_in_patriot_act/
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporar… more »
Flushing the Koran...a red herring given to our enemies by Newsweek
May 15th
re: Re: Afghan Protests Spread; Eight More Killed In Anti-U.S. Riots (Washington Post, 5/14/05)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051300301.html
To the Editors:
The recent news about Muslim reaction following t… more »
