The Times Swings Its Hatchet at Bush … and Hits Mukasey
Even by low Gray Lady standards, a journalistic abomination.
Andrew C. McCarthy
Liberty and security are forever in tension, and never more so than in wartime. This is particularly true when, as in both World War II and the ongoing struggle against radical Islam, the nation has been subjected to a devastating domestic attack and is addled by the prospect of additional strikes.
These conditions always spark fierce controversy between civil libertarians and those whose first concern is national security. Thankfully, people of good will are abundant on both sides. Regrettably, the New York Times is, by contrast, the most juvenile type of libertarian: both doctrinaire and hyper-partisan — instinctively unreasonable when it comes to the most modest public-safety measures, and devoid of any self-correcting detachment if the word “Bush” has even the most attenuated association. ...
Iraq Veteran Details Horror and Heroism in Fallujah
James C. Roberts (Helmet tip: Rurik)
“The greatest generation had Normandy,” writes David Bellavia. “Generation X will have Fallujah.”
He knows well whereof he speaks. A former Army staff sergeant, Bellavia was a part of the Army-Marine operation Phantom Fury that liberated the Jihadist-controlled Iraqi city in nine days of heavy fighting in November 2004.
For his actions in Fallujah, Bellavia was awarded the Silver Star and has been nominated for the Medal of Honor. ...
State Dept and DHS agree: It’s someone else’s
responsibility to keep terrorists from getting visas
Bryan Preston
Your government at work, passing the buck.
The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) both are rebutting a Government Accountability Office report released last week that said the U.S. government is not adequately vetting immigrants, including those from terrorism-sponsoring countries, who win Diversity Visas (DVs).
Both agencies also disclaimed ultimate responsibility for that vetting process.
