Food for thought
The Captain’s Journal » The Swing of the Pendulum
Now that Marcus Luttrell’s book “Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10″ is a national bestseller, maybe Americans are ready to start discussing the core issue his story brings to light: the inverted morality, even insanity, of the [...]
A Must-See poetry slam
I can’t stand poetry slams. But this is required watching:
What Arabs think of the Palestinians
By Youssef Ibrahim:
Why is America trying to pour new money and more weapons into Palestinian Arab hands barely days after the Gaza debacle? It is an ill-considered policy, both premature and useless. The only sure result will be that warring gangs in the West Bank will use every new weapon to continue the mayhem and [...]
News You Won’t Hear: Terrorism Is Down Almost Everywhere
News You Won’t Hear: Terrorism Is Down Almost Everywhere
Good news is no news, at least when it comes to the war on terrorism.
On Monday evening, the State Department released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism showing a number of interesting findings, including steep declines in terrorist attacks and murders in many regions of the globe. [...]
War Never Did Anything Good Except Save 40,000 Babies In Afghanistan And 15,000 Babies In Iraq
War Never Did Anything Good Except Save 40,000 Babies In Afghanistan And 15,000 Babies In Iraq
INFANT mortality in Afghanistan has fallen dramatically since the demise of the Taleban, according to a new study, with 40,000 fewer babies dying every year.
Improvements in women’s access to medical care since the Taleban were ousted from power five [...]
Fred Thompson on US Lack of popularity
By Fred Thompson
Sticks & Stones
It bothers Americans when we’re told how unpopular we are with the rest of the world. For some of us, at least, it gets our back up — and our natural tendency is to tell the French, for example, that we’d rather not hear from them until the day when they [...]
A Truly Inconvenient Truth - We’re Winning
OPFOR: “What is happening over here”
All,I just wanted to let you know what is happening where I am in Iraq. I don’t want to say this is in response to Harry Reid, but his comments the other day are not in line with what we’re seeing.
We are winning over here in Al Anbar province. [...]
300 IED’s, 0 Deaths
New vehicles protect Marines
By Tom Vanden Brook
USA TODAY
In more than 300 attacks since last year, no Marines have died while riding in new fortified armored vehicles the Pentagon hopes to rush to Iraq in greater numbers this year, a top Marine commander in Anbar province said.
Brig. Gen. John Allen, deputy commander of coalition forces in [...]
“I got a quote for that douche, harry reid”
At Patdollard.com, an email from one of the boots on the ground:
yeah and i got a qoute for that douche harry reid. these families need us here. obviously he has never been in iraq. or atleast the area worth seeing. the parts where insurgency is rampant and the buildings are blown to pieces. we need [...]
Global incident map
Just in case you managed to feel complacent for, oh, say a nanosecond or two, here’s a map of the world, listing suspicious and dangerous incidents, in real time.