Thursday, 11 September 2008
 

Never forget. Never forgive.
Contributed by Bill Faith

Elsewhere on the web:

• Psalm 9/11

• Seven years, seven verses

• 911 at NORTHCOM - The Marines and the Babies Seven Years Ago

• Obama And 9/11

• A reminder of Obama’s compassion…for jihadists

• Lorie Byrd: Never Forget

• James T Hooker: A Songwriter's Weapons

• Seven years later: Remembrance and resolve

• “What Do I Tell the Pilot?”

• Michele Catalano: Remembering Not to Forget 9/11

• Amir Taheri: The Lessons Of 9/11

• Video: 102 minutes that changed America

• Debra Burlingame on 9/11

• What If The September 11 Attack Was Thwarted?

Contributed by Bill Faith on September 11, 2008 at 11:59 PM in Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Friday, 18 January 2008
 

Help needed: Official Taliban Websites Hosted in US
Contributed by Bill Faith

Got a few minutes to send an email, or maybe make a phone call? The Chief Jawa needs your help.

Contributed by Bill Faith on January 18, 2008 at 05:30 PM in Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Sunday, 22 July 2007
 

2007.07.22 Long War // Dhimm Perfidy Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

Killing a Career
Chuck Colson (Hat tip: Russ Vaughn)

have what some might consider the macabre habit of reading the casualty reports from Iraq every day in the New York Times. This may reflect the fact that I served in the military or that I worked in the White House during Vietnam.

But there’s one name that hasn’t yet appeared in the casualty reports: the name of General Peter Pace, the first Marine—and I say this with pride as a former Marine—to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Why am I looking for Pace’s name on the casualty list? His distinguished military career was recently ended by the crudest kind of politics. ...

Below the fold:

• Some words about Iraq and Iran from Gen. George Patton
• Aide to Iraq's Top Shiite Cleric Fatally Stabbed
• Turkey Faces The Polls
• Which way, Turkey? Update: 17 hurt in election violence

See also:

• An Army of George Galloways

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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 22, 2007 at 12:25 AM in Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Friday, 13 July 2007
 

2007.07.13 Long War // Dhimm Perfidy Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

A call to action
Scott Johnson

Peter Hegseth is the Minnesota native and Princeton alumnus who served as an officer with the 101st Airborne in Iraq. He now heads up Vets for Freedom, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans group dedicated to supporting the troops and their mission in Iraq. They will be heading en masse to Capitol Hill on July 17, and deserve the support of all of us. If you’re an Iraq or Afghanistan vet, please consider joining them. If not, please consider supporting them. In a message this morning, Pete makes the following points:

1) We have the support of numerous other vets organizations — American Legion, Troops Need You, Gathering of Eagles, Appeal for Courage, Move America Forward, Troop Talk, and more.

2) If we do this right, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans —- and the blog and talk radio communities -- could transform the Iraq war debate, much like they did for immigration. And this event could be a starting point.

3) We need vets to show up — despite time constraints and financial constraints...it’s too important.

Pete's "Call to Action" can be seen in its entirety here. Here are excerpts:  ...

See also: The "Win the War" movement takes another step

Below the fold:

• The New York Times Surrenders
• 'They' still have no plan
• Deserting Petraeus

See also:

• Video: Reid ducks reporter’s question about genocide in Iraq;
  Update: Warner, Lugar want new AUMF; Update: Anti-war attack ad added
• The Petraeus Betrayal
• Bush asks for more time
• House approves April troop pullout
• A Firm Bush Tells Congress Not to Dictate Policy on War
• Lag the dog

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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 13, 2007 at 07:06 PM in Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Sunday, 01 July 2007
 

Bless the Beasts and Children
Contributed by Bill Faith

Another Michael Yon masterpiece you need to just go read for yourself.

Contributed by Bill Faith on July 1, 2007 at 04:54 PM in Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
 

Petraeus Unleashes the Dogs of War
Contributed by 72nd TCS

Yep.  Now that the final contingent of the surge is in place as of last week, it seems that Harry Reid was a bit off in his announcement that Gen. Petraeus is "out of touch."  Evidently, while awaiting the full buildup, the man in command has been palpating the worst tumors in the patient's belly, and is now going in with axe and hacksaw.

The story of the first major offensive of the new campaign is front page, above the fold, in the NYT of Tuesday June 19, 2007.  Big stuff.  The sequel presents a brief excerpt, but the article must be read in full.  It needs no comment here, except to point out that the report is sober and factual.  There are no ripe clusters of adjectives such as "misguided, reckless, indiscriminate, appalling" and the like selected from the Gray  Lady's thesaurus of condemnation. Is "editorial judgment" no longer an oxymoron? Excerpt follows, with the standard admonition.

The report begins as follows:

June 19, 2007

Military Strikes Insurgents’ Positions East of Baghdad 

By MICHAEL R. GORDON and DAMIEN CAVE

BAQUBA, Iraq, Tuesday, June 19 — The American military began a major attack against Sunni insurgent positions here in the capital of Diyala Province overnight, part of a larger operation aimed at blunting the persistent car and suicide bombings that have terrorized Iraqis and thwarted political reconciliation.

The assault — by more than 2,000 American troops in Baquba and more than 10,000 in the overall operation — is unusual in its scope and ambition, representing a more aggressive strategy of attacking several insurgent strongholds simultaneously to tamp down violence throughout the country.

It reflects an acknowledgment that as fresh infusions of American troops focused on Baghdad in recent months, insurgents moved their bases outside the city. Commanders said the goal of the operation, which is called Arrowhead Ripper, was to break the cycle of sectarian killings and retribution that has swept Iraq.

The fighting is expected to be hard. By daylight today, attack helicopters and ground forces had killed 22 suspected insurgents in and around Baquba, the military said in a statement.

You already know the admonition: RTWT.

Webmaster's note: It looks like John was the victim of a bait 'n' switch at the Times. If you go to the URL he linked and scroll down far enough the text he quoted is still there but it looks like someone decided the original article was far too positive and did a major rewrite. I guess those multiple layers of editors have to justify their existence somehow.

Contributed by 72nd TCS on June 19, 2007 at 01:18 PM in Current Affairs, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, John "72nd TCS" Werntz | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Friday, 15 June 2007
 

Hilarious?
Contributed by 72nd TCS

The Dissident Frogman's new blog has a very funny cartoon.  Go here .

Contributed by 72nd TCS on June 15, 2007 at 10:43 PM in Current Affairs, Islamism Delenda Est, John "72nd TCS" Werntz | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Saturday, 09 June 2007
 

There Is No Us in U.S.
Contributed by The Gray Dog

The Gray Dog’s Note: At least one or two people have noticed I have not written much in the past few months.  I have tried to.  I have started and stopped dozens of times.  I’m not sure there is a point in it any longer.  I’m not sure how often I will continue to post at my BLOG or any other.  I feel the need to take some form of direct action instead of writing to a handful of readers.  I’m just not sure what that activity may be.  Any suggestions?  I thought that participating in GOE in March would provide a much needed outlet.  In that regard, I was both wrong and disappointed.  But, that’s another story.  No, what follows is a bedtime story for the 21st Century.  Sweet Dreams.

Did you ever have nightmares as a child?  You know, perhaps some beastly nocturnal visage that would scare the bejeebers out of you? Or perhaps you were simply falling helplessly through air waiting for the inevitable impact.  Awakening with a scream that prompted a late night bedside visit from your mom, sleep would not come easy for the rest of the night.

Between the ages of three and six, I was plagued by a recurring nightmare in which I was being abducted by a stranger I never saw.  This nameless, faceless creature would always approach from behind, whisking me into the air, away from the comfort and security of my bed and begin walking through my family’s small basement apartment toward the front door. As we passed by my parents I would cry out but the sound would stick in my throat.  The more I tried unsuccessfully to scream the more panicked I became.  My mother would look in my direction and smile. The dream always ended with our passing through the front door as my parents seemingly unaware or unconcerned that I was gone, went about their business.  Then I would awaken with a start.  Sweaty, rapid pulse, panicked.  After a short while, the panic would subside, but the feelings of despair, frustration and hopelessness would linger throughout the day. 

Nearly five decades have passed since that disturbing nighttime phantasm was conjuring unimaginable horror in a six year old boy.  It was merely a childhood apparition to simply outgrow and be forgotten.  Yet, fifty years later, it has returned. No longer content to simply manifest itself as an occasional nocturnal disturbance, that old familiar sense of despair has crept back into my life to become my constant companion.  Hopelessness has replaced optimism as a way of life and a pervasive sense of dread enshrouds me as I wander aimlessly through a surreality that finds me rapidly vacillating between morbid despondency and irrational rage.      

Remnants of that childhood nightmare began to resurface last October, as Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were convicted and sentenced to prison for simply doing their job as border patrol agents.

Continue reading, "There Is No Us in U.S."

Contributed by The Gray Dog on June 9, 2007 at 11:43 AM in Current Affairs, Dem Dumbness, G W Bush, Islamism Delenda Est, Patriotism, Politics, The Gray Dog | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Sunday, 03 June 2007
 

A Modest Proposal II
Contributed by 72nd TCS

The front page of the WaPo for Sunday, 6-3-07, has a story regarding the dismaying increase of killings of Americans in Iraq that has accompanied the recent surge.  Aspects of the article are equally applicable to the Afghan theater.  It begins like this--

Attacks on U.S. Troops in Iraq Grow in Lethality, Complexity
Bigger Bombs a Key Cause of May's High Death Toll

By Ann Scott Tyson and John Ward Anderson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, June 3, 2007; A01

As U.S. troops push more deeply into Baghdad and its volatile outskirts, Iraqi insurgents are using increasingly sophisticated and lethal means of attack, including bigger roadside bombs that are resulting in greater numbers of American fatalities relative to the number of wounded.

The article correctly points to the armor-piercing weapons known as explosively formed projectiles as a major factor in the new killing spree.  As mighrt be expected, there is no mention of Iran, which has been identified as the source of these deadly new IEDs.  Let it be known that--in the right circumstances--the MSM can bow to administration policy in the way it  presents the news.  It would seem that the Department of State has ditched the Bush Doctrine in favor of creating the appearance of reaching out to the main state-sponsors of terrorism, Iran and its lackey, Syria.  For the time being, at least, aggressive action to protect the lives of American troops is on the back burner.

This has to change, and the current modest proposal is intended to suggest a possible mode of defense, which might be termed "Operation Bellwether."  The basic technology of robotically-controlled vehicles is already well developed as, for example, in the popular spectacles called demolition derbys.  Why not create robotic unarmored Humvees that could precede military convoys by, say, fifty yards or so? To make them irresistible to the IED crowd, they could have generals' stars painted on the sides, and fly flag-rank pennants on the front fenders.  Visible personnel could be realistic rifle-toting dummies.

On the other hand, why not dress up prisoners in US Army uniforms, and let them serve as decoys?  We have an ample supply of Al-Qaeda types in military detention centers.  We hear constantly of how badly mistreated they are.  Why not put them out of their misery by letting their comrades dispatch them to Paradise?  There is ample precedent for this sort of thing.  The Red Army in World War II regularly marched Gulag prisoners through German minefields in front of their armed troops.  If that practice ever led to prosecution of Russian officers as war criminals, it is a well-kept secret.

Admittedly, prisoners captured in combat are different from common criminals.  Questions regarding Geneva Conventions--however irrelevant they may be in the light of the actual status of detainees--are sure to arise if the details became known.  Strict secrecy would have to be maintained. Operation Bellwether would be a natural for detachments of Special Forces, who are not renowned for blabbing to reporters.

The story merits careful reading.  It ends with a quotation from a British expert on Iraq, Toby Dodge:

Military officials and analysts say the factors contributing to the increased deaths will likely not ease soon. "We are looking at a very nasty summer," Dodge said.

Wouldn't it be nice if these officials and analysts were less resigned to the prospect of losing lots of lives, and  more disposed towards the "creative destruction" for which the capitalist world is justly famous?

Contributed by 72nd TCS on June 3, 2007 at 02:35 PM in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, John "72nd TCS" Werntz, War? What war? | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Wednesday, 09 May 2007
 

2007.05.09 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

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Halfway down the road to hell,
In a shady meadow green,
Are the souls of all dead troopers camped
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddler’s Green.
-Author Unknown (via Sgt Hook)

And there shall our warriors rejoice at the sight as the Dhimmicrats parade by in chains on the way to their eternal reward.

Below the fold, newest items at the top: 

• US Embassy Attacked During Cheney Visit
• Tenet’s Tim Time
• Bush Would Veto Democrats' New Iraq Bill
• Does the LA Times know about the Fort Dix Six?
• The John Doe at Circuit City
• Jersey Jihadists, open borders, and the thanks we get
• A Little Competence Would Be Nice
• Democrats Move Closer To De-Funding
• Some other good early morning reads
• The political tornado in Greensburg
• KS Gov tries her hand at disaster chasing
  Video added: Dingy Harry joins in after gov is debunked

Democrats Move Closer To De-Funding
Ed Morrissey

The Democrats have moved closer to using their actual Constitutional power to defund the Iraq war in a compromise bill being floated in the House. In the new supplemental, funding for the troops in Iraq would only be unconditional for two months. After that, it would cease entirely unless the Iraqis passed an oil revenue sharing plan and other restructuring bills that have not progressed as planned:

A House Democratic proposal introduced yesterday that would give President Bush half of the money he has requested for the war effort, with a vote in July on whether to approve the rest, hinges on progress in meeting political benchmarks that Iraq has thus far found difficult to achieve....

One concession has to be made, which is that the Democrats have finally started to work within their Constitutional authority. Prior plans used elaborate ruses to force the President to end the war by juggling troop requirements and the like, all of which infringed on his authority as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Hillary Clinton has begun to pursue an equally noxious violation of the Constitution by attempting to revoke the original authorization for the war, which she and other Democrats claim the President could not veto. It would amount to a diktat by the legislative branch, one about which the Supreme Court would have to squelch its laughter before throwing it out with great force. ...

I hope when the mushroom clouds eventually start rising above the U.S. Reid, Pelosi and Murtha are together so they have a couple of minutes to congratulate each other on how well they handled the war just before they die. Three would be OK. Anything longer is more than they deserve.

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Don't miss Ed's follow-up post here.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 9, 2007 at 12:01 PM in Caring about our troops, Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tuesday, 08 May 2007
 

2007.05.08 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

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Justice: Islamist Plot To Attack Fort Dix 
Ed Morrissey

The US Attorney's office in New Jersey says that a raid yesterday netted six radical Islamists in the Garden State before they had a chance to conduct a terrorist attack. Their target -- Fort Dix (via Hot Air):

Six people were arrested on Monday in connection with an alleged plot to murder soldiers at Fort Dix, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey, said the men are from the former Yugoslavia and were planning to "kill as many soldiers as possible." Five of them lived in Cherry Hill, he said. ...

Michelle Malkin has more here, Allahpundit's tracking the case here, PJM has coverage here.  Unsurprisingly, Bob Owens has some of the best coverage you're going to find here. Kim Priestap also has good coverage. Dan Riehl: Duka, Duka, Duka, Mohamad Jihad.

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Jules Crittenden points out:

Another good reason to round up and deport all illegals, “immigrant” and otherwise, wherever we find them.  An illegal immigrant who has been detained and/or deported is one who won’t be driving drunk, committing sexual assaults, murders and burglaries, or planning jihad here.

***

Michelle has lots more here. Don't miss Dan's Riehl's update here.   

Below the fold, newest items at the top:

• Should We Deal With the (Lesser) Devil?
• Iranian Weapons. American Lives.
• House Democrats Unveil New Iraq Proposal
• Ditch The Accordion
• White House, Kansas governor argue over storm response
• Signed, signed, everything is signed...
• Kansas Governor: Iraq War Slowed Response to Tornado
• Kathleen Sebelius' Political Disaster

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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 8, 2007 at 04:10 PM in Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Friday, 04 May 2007
 

2007.05.04 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

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Below the fold, newest items at the top:

• Investigative report: Iraqi PM tied to Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Mahdi Army
• Don't Abandon Us
• Iran's ad should send shivers
• Commander in Chief Kennedy
• The real Dana Milbank resurfaces

Clinton Proposes Vote to Reverse Authorizing War 

WASHINGTON, May 3 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed Thursday that Congress repeal the authority it gave President Bush in 2002 to invade Iraq, injecting presidential politics into the Congressional debate over financing the war.

Mrs. Clinton’s proposal brings her full circle on Iraq — she supported the war measure five years ago — and it sharpens her own political positioning at a time when Democrats are vying to confront the White House.

“It is time to reverse the failed policies of President Bush and to end this war as soon as possible,” Mrs. Clinton said as she joined Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, in calling for a vote to end the authority as of Oct. 11, the fifth anniversary of the original vote.

Her stance emerged just as Congressional leaders and the White House opened delicate negotiations over a new war-financing measure to replace the one that Mr. Bush vetoed Tuesday.

Even if Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Byrd succeed in their effort, it is not clear whether President Bush would have to withdraw troops, or if he could resist by claiming that Congress cannot withdraw its earlier authorization but instead has to deny money for the war to achieve that result.  ...

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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 4, 2007 at 02:54 AM in Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Thursday, 03 May 2007
 

We Win, They Lose
Contributed by Bill Faith

I guess I could bury this away in one of my daily roundups but it's too important for that. What I'm going to do instead is hang it at the top of the site for the day where it won't get overlooked. (Please scroll down for possible newer posts.) Hat tip: Lorie Byrd.

Details at http://wewintheylose.com/. More at http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/053bbf2c-70f1-4bcd-8e51-6ab764de7968.

***

Email from Patrick Ruffini. I'm going with the assumption he's expecting it passed on:

In just under 24 hours, we've collected nearly 3,000 signatures on the "We Win, They Lose" petition. Let's make it 5,000:

http://wewintheylose.com?s=update

Special thanks goes out to all the bloggers who've embedded the petition on their site or linked to it. As promised, here's the leaderboard showing the impact each blogger has made. Also listed is every blogger who has joined the coalition:

http://wewintheylose.com/bloggers.php

Over 240 bloggers are with us. If each of you refers just 10 more people, we will blast through the goal. The leaderboard shows just how easy it is.

Onward to 5,000,

Patrick

Help me out a little here, friends. I don't expect to sign up as many people as Glenn Reynolds and Hugh Hewitt but it would only take a couple or three of you to put me on that Leader Board. How about it?

Contributed by Bill Faith on May 3, 2007 at 11:58 PM in Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

2007.05.03 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

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I remember exactly where I was when I heard Kennedy had been shot, when I heard Elvis was gone, when I heard Challenger had exploded, and when I first saw that “Last Helicopter” picture on the front of The Daily Texan. The other incidents left me sad; the Helicopter picture left me mad as Hell. Our Iraq vets deserve better (but then, so did we.) No soldier deserves to come back from a war to be told "Oh, never mind, it wasn't important. Thanks for your time anyway. Sorry your friends died for nothing." No Gold Star parent needs to be told "Never mind. It wasn't important to begin with. Sorry about that." At least Charlie didn't follow us home; the jihadis will, and I hope when the heads start rolling some key Dhimmicrats are first in line.

Below the fold, newest items at the top:

• Counterinsurgency Funding: the Good, the Bad, and the Weird
• Byrd, Clinton propose surrender legislation
• lslam vs. Islamists
• Democrats Back Down On Iraq Timetable
• LAT: Early Withdrawal Would Be A Disaster
• Video: Murtha says Petraeus is a political hack
• CNN: No safe way for U.S. to leave Iraq, experts warn

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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 3, 2007 at 02:09 AM in Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Wednesday, 02 May 2007
 

Debutantes of Defeat
Contributed by Russ Vaughn

In 2003 they came to the Ball,
For some merry martial dancing;
Girlishly giggling in the Capitol hall,
Finding chords of war music entrancing.
Filled with excitement, throwing care to the wind,
DebiDems wanted Bush to be tough,
So the ladies signed on for a Ball with no end,
Without thinking it just might get rough.

But the dance card of war began to reveal,
That some people really were dying.
What? Death and violence are part of the deal?
That dumb cowboy must have been lying.
Lifting their hems, they ran for the doors,
Their hypocrisy blatantly stunning;
Shrieking defeat, they fled the dance floors,
Belles with no Balls, flat-out running.

Once hypocrite Hillary swirled the war floor,
Out-jingoing flat-footed Kerry;
Now Hil is shrilling she knew not the score,
Like whiney-voiced, tap-dancing Harry.
They went to the ball to advance their schemes,
They had planned, should the Martial Ball sour;
Lose the war, destroy Bush, fulfill their dreams,
They’d become the dance masters of power.

Hillary’s hip-hopping, Reid’s tapping like mad, club-footed Kerry’s still schlubbing,
And Pelosi in Damascus cornered Bashar for some old-fashioned, hot belly-rubbing.

Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 2, 2007 at 01:48 PM in Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Poetry, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

2007.05.02 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

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Below the fold:

• No safe way for U.S. to leave Iraq, experts warn
• Debutantes of Defeat
• House Fails to Override Bush Veto of Iraq War Spending Bill
• Even A Liberal Notices: Democrats Are
  "Illiterate" And Willfully, Cynically Blind About Iraq
• The mask slips in Palestine
• Now What?
• Freed UK sailors back in the Persian Gulf
• If It’s Not Lost, How Can We Win?
• If Entering Iraq Was a Mistake, Leaving Is Worse
• Bush Keeps Vow to Veto War Funding Bill
• The 'new' Democrats and the war
• They Are Not Serious. They Are Not Patriotic.

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Another Grunt’s Rant on Iraq
Jules Crittenden

George Bush vetoed the surrender bill with a pen given to him by the father of Marine Cpl. Dustin Derga, killed in Anbar May 8, 2005. Robert Derga wanted him to use the pen to veto that bill, and called to make sure he was going to do it.

Larry Gwin, former XO of 2/7 Cav, veteran of the Ia Drang battles of 1965 and author of “Baptism, A Vietnam Memoir,” is very familiar with death in war. He has not been a great fan of this war but has stated all along that once troops are committed, the nation must be behind them to the end. He circulated the following among some friends the other day and said I could run it. The Democratic-controlled Congress is giving Gwin a flashback. I’m guessing he’s not the only one:   

Another Grunt’s Rant on Iraq

Am I wrong, or am I wrong?  It looks like there’s going to be a Constitutional crisis on the war in Iraq –  a showdown between Congress and the President. Congress has voted to tie military funding to a timetable for withdrawal, and the President has vowed to veto their bill.  That will put the burden back on Congress to reconsider legislation that will fund the war, i.e. support the troops, and if they refuse, the Defense Department’s budget is going to take a hit.

The Democrats insist that what they’re doing is obeying the will of the people, as demonstrated by the November elections that gave them a majority in both houses.  What a crock that is!  There never was any referendum on the war– just a straight election for representatives in the House and Senate, some of whom supported the war, and some of whom didn’t.  It seems to me that the Democrats, who have a majority in both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994, now think they can ram a surrender down our throats in the name of the people, even though there has never been a specific referendum on making a stand or withdrawing in Iraq.  So, who is right?

We’ll see. ...

What the Democrats are doing is akin to what we did in Vietnam by signing a peace agreement with the North Vietnamese, tantamount to bailing out on our allies’ without their concurrence, then departing with absolutely no intention of ever coming back, no matter what the North Vietnamese did. Congress also cut off financial support for South Vietnam after our departure.  And sure as hell, as soon as we left, the North Vietnamese attacked south in full force, and for two more years, the two sides pounded each other until the more determined North, supported by Russia and China, won the war.  And we veterans here at home who had fought and seen so many of our buddies die over there, had to keep our mouths shut and just take it.

And we felt the shame of defeat.  Not a defeat we’d suffered, but a defeat of our national will.  And that enraged me and made me feel ashamed.  It took me more than forty years to get over it, and I still simmer when I think about it.

And we’re going to do it again, thanks to the Democrats in Congress. ...

Read the whole thing and don't forget to follow the links to learn more about the gentleman who wrote it.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 2, 2007 at 12:52 AM in Caring about our troops, Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Monday, 30 April 2007
 

Did we learn anything?
Contributed by Bill Faith

April 30, 1975: Two Different Wars, One Destructive Parallel
Bruce Kesler

Hoi Tran, refugee from North Vietnam after the 1954 partition, became a South Vietnam Air Force fighter pilot, flying thousands of missions, his last to escape in 1975 to the U.S. Hoi Tran blogs at VietAmericanVets. He is the author of this guest post below.

Before, a quick review of history:

April 30, 1975: Before dawn, the last American helicopter lifted from the U.S. embassy’s roof, with the ambassador aboard.

[...]

Having gone through this in the Vietnam War and ended up being a victim of a political defeat over 30 years ago, this writer is concerned watching the same scenario unfolding in America. I strongly believe it is time for America to do what is necessary to win the war on terror rather than to appease the defeatist members of Congress or to fear criticism from the extreme liberal left media. I do not like war because I had lived and fought in the war in Vietnam for freedom almost my entire adolescent and adult life. However, in defense of freedom and our way of life, I will not hesitate to fight again if my health and age permit. This is a war we must fight and cannot afford to lose. If we lost, global terrorist will bring war and destruction to our own soil and our next generation will suffer. It is time to wake up America! 

Contributed by Bill Faith on April 30, 2007 at 04:40 PM in Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Viet Nam | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

2007.04.30 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
-- Breaking: Bush to veto Oink and Run bill tomorrow
Contributed by Bill Faith

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Below the fold (newest items at the top):

• Ledeen Responds To Tenet
• Broder Sticks To His Guns
• The Consequences Of The Democrats' Iraq Policy
• A Loser's History
• Democrats’ Blood II
• Bush Plans to Veto Iraq War Spending Bill on Tuesday
• Former CIA Boss Out of Loop on Parts of His New Book
• But I won't question his patriotism
• Video: Tenet says Iraq wouldn’t have had nukes until 2007 or 2009
• Tenet Does 60 Minutes
• Afghan Infant Deaths Fall 40,000 Per Year After Eviction of Taliban
• A basic tenet of public life, part 2

Who Won Harry?
J D Pendry, CSM, USA (Ret.)

You don't mind if I call you Harry do you? I'm just an Average American and since you preface every statement you make by portending what I want, I thought we would be comfortable using first names. I could call you Senator if you like, but understand that I get a searing pain in my right temple each time I think about that. As you know me so well and seem so concerned about my desires, I'm sure that you don't wish me any discomfort. My faith tells me I should not succumb to fits of rage, but I have simmered a bit about this one Harry. I'll try to be civil, but I may need to ask forgiveness afterwards.

So, if we have lost this war, who won it? You haven't exactly explained that for me or the rest of the Average Americans out here. As the twitch returns above my right temple, allow me to speculate:

"Iraq is, in fact, the central front of al Qaeda's global campaign and we devote considerable resources to the fight against al Qaeda Iraq.

They [Qazali network responsible for the deaths of five Soldiers in Karbala] were provided substantial funding, training on Iranian soil, advanced explosive munitions and technologies as well as run of the mill arms and ammunition, in some cases advice and in some cases even a degree of direction. ...

And there's no question, again, that Iranian financing is taking place through the Quds force of the Iranian Republican Guards Corps. ..."  -- General David Petraeus

Does that clear if up for you Harry?

Harry, I think you are a loser and what's more, real Americans don't care for losers -- losers at anything much less war. You see in war, I do not recall there being a second place trophy. ...

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 30, 2007 at 01:45 AM in Afghanistan, Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Sunday, 29 April 2007
 

Who Won Harry?
Contributed by J D

In this war, as it was in Vietnam, Americans will not know battlefield defeat. American politicians, at least of your brand Harry, own it, live it, long for it every day that you walk into your Congressional office to collect the people's money and revel in your own inflated self-image. Unfortunately, politicians rarely suffer because of the defeat they work so hard to achieve. It is the Soldiers and their families, not the politicians who suffer, but no one pretends that you care about that.

Read the rest:

Contributed by J D on April 29, 2007 at 05:18 PM in Caring about our troops, Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

2007.04.29 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

See previous: 2007.04.28 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup

Deadlocked War Funding Bill May Halt Troop Carriers 

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq —  The armored carrier has a grim black slash across its side, burn marks on the door and a web of cracks along the window.

Like most of the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Anbar province, this one has been hit as many as three times by enemy fire and bomb blasts. Yet, to date, no American troops have died while riding in one.

But efforts to buy thousands more carriers — each costing about $1 million — could be delayed if the White House and Congress do not resolve their deadlock over a $124.2 billion war spending bill.

About $3 billion for the vehicles is tied up in the legislation. The spending plan has stalled because of a dispute over provisions that would set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. ...

Joe Katzman has an excellent related post here.

Bottom line: Replacing HMMWVs with MRAP's saves American lives. The Army and Marines are waiting for money to replace a bunch of 'em. They don't have it yet because the Surrendercrats are playing political games instead of taking care of the troops.

It is my fervent and heartfelt hope that when the jihadis finally manage to nuke DC Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Mad Jack Murtha are just far enough from Ground Zero to see the flash and have a split second to realize what happened before the shock front arrives and liquefies their bodies. Catching the three of them somewhere on the left coast for a moonbat convention would be even better, of course.

Update after a night's sleep and some time to surf the web a little: I don't really want the Three Ratateers to die in the initial blast. I'd much prefer they die slow lingering deaths trapped in the rubble, preferably under the same rubble pile so they have time to congratulate each other on how well they managed the war. (No, Bill isn't "off his meds again." I'm not wishing any worse fate for the Ratateers than will be suffered by thousands of others if they succeed in implementing their proposed policies.)

Below the fold (newest items at the top):

• Rice: 'Slam dunk' comment didn't lead to war
• Officers: Ex-CIA chief Tenet a 'failed' leader
• Scheuer: Don't Buy Tenet
• A Basic Tenet of Public Life...
• Meet the Press: Harry Reid's Plan for America
• Top general: U.S. needs a bigger Army faster
• Video: Murtha suggests impeachment
  if President doesn’t “compromise”
• Good News In Anbar
• Saudi’d Straight
• And then what?
• Terrorists Ecstatic With Democrats' Debate
• 1st Assault Accordians, Advance to Rear!
• "If Osama bin Laden stood up and said 'Here's my timetable for withdrawing from Iraq'...
• "I'm ready for my fatwa"
• US aircrews show Taliban no mercy
• Certified Madness
• Winners And Losers
• Forgive My Unstiff Upper Lip
• Another big fish in Iraq? 

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 29, 2007 at 01:06 AM in Afghanistan, Caring about our troops, Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Mad Jack Murtha | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Saturday, 28 April 2007
 

2007.04.28 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

See previous: 2007.04.27 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup

Omar Has A Question
By haystack

Our great friends Omar and Mohammed want to know just exactly WHY the Democrats (and SOME Republicans) think:

My life and the lives of twenty-five other million Iraqis are evidently not worth trying for.

The full text of his article is over at Pajamas Media, and he genuinely wants to understand how it is our anti-war crowd has come to the conclusion that:

It’s not worth it.Time to leave. ....

Below the fold (newest items at the top):

• Get ready for "failure day"
• The White Feather Postcard Campaign
• Jack Murtha says: United States soldiers are liars!
• "Who Controls the Past Controls the Future..."

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 28, 2007 at 06:03 PM in Caring about our troops, Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Gee, let me think ...
Contributed by Bill Faith

http://www.appealforcourage.com/

Contributed by Bill Faith on April 28, 2007 at 05:27 PM in Islamism Delenda Est, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Thursday, 26 April 2007
 

2007.04.26 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
-- Breaking: Senate passes Iraq bugout bill
Contributed by Bill Faith

See previous: 2007.04.25 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup

Today an American Army takes the field of battle while bleeding from a knife wound, having been stabbed deeply in the back by a Democrat Party that warms to terrorists in Syria and the broader Middle East.

-- Dan Riehl

The Reid/Pelosi/Murtha Iraq plan in simplified form:

1. Predict failure
2. Do whatever it takes to make the prediction come true
3. Blame it on George Bush

What we are watching, people, is absolute moral bankruptcy in action. Reid and Pelosi are contributing to American deaths in Iraq just as surely as Kerry and Fonda did in Viet Nam. May they burn in eternal Hell.

We never did find out who Tokyo Rose was, but we know who Harry Reid is.

-- Bryan Preston

Below the fold:

• Petraeus: “No question” that Karbala attackers were linked to Quds Force
• Well, There You Go
• Cheney’s more popular than Reid
• Senate Passes Military Spending Bill Now Headed for Veto
• It’s time for Bush to fight — and use his veto power
• Senate passes Iraq spending bill
• Joe Lieberman Sends A Warning
• Today's Democrats: Championing Genocide
• The People Have Spoken!
• House Disregards Petraeus, Votes For Withdrawal
• The Mything Link
• Just Maybe, She Might Show Up
• Joe Lieberman: One Choice in Iraq
• Nutroots launch preemptive attack on...David Broder

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 26, 2007 at 03:23 AM in Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Wednesday, 25 April 2007
 

2007.04.25 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
-- Breaking: House passes Iraq bugout bill
Contributed by Bill Faith

See previous: 2007.04.24 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup

I don't think that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi objectively want Al Qaeda to win. I'm sure that they have succeeded in deluding themselves that we are the problem in Iraq. I'm also sure that they believe that this is in the near term a political winner for them, and sadly, they may be right. But they're playing a dangerous game. What if they're wrong, and the people actually reporting success in Iraq are right? They're so heavily invested in defeat now that it could actually be an electoral disaster for them next year. I certainly hope that will be the case. For me, it would be win-win--we'd have won in Iraq, and the Dems would have lost precisely because they did everything they could to prevent it from happening. ...

[P]olitics aside, like it or not, and deny it or not, they are objectively providing aid and comfort to the enemy. The problem is that they won't start acting in the national interest until, to paraphrase Golda Meir, they start loving their country more than they hunger for power and hate George Bush.

-- Rand Simberg

Let's put it in even simpler terms: Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and a number of other powerful Democrats have bet the future of the Democratic party, and with it their own futures, on an American failure in Iraq. Having done so it's only natural and to be expected that they'll do everything in their power to make their dire predictions come true. Am I questioning their patriotism? Not at all; there's nothing there to question.

It may be plainly said that the Democrats seriously intend to bring about U.S. casualties in Iraq by encouraging terrorist resistance, in the hope that they can use the slaughter for their personal political gain. The voice from the Left has gone full course from supporting the war and the men fighting it, to spiteful hate against everyone trying to win in Iraq or finish the job begun in 2003. There is no honorable debate among Democrats anymore on this point - they have established the defeat of the United States as their primary objective. What Democrats of honor remain, such as Senator Joe Lieberman, are silenced and suppressed, made outcasts and warned not to interfere with party objectives. Scarcely in human history has a major political party hoped such vile desires against its soldiers, and schemed such traitorous plots against the nation of their birth and heritage.

-- D J Drummond

Below the fold:

• The Five Myths of Harry...plus calls for Reid to resign;
  Breaking: House passes Iraq surrender bill
  More: White House and GOP respond
• Rep. Hunter Calls on Harry Reid to Step Down as Senate Majority Leader
• House OKs War Bill With Iraq Pullout Date
• Harvard: How the Media Partnered With Hezbollah
• Rudy: Democrats Want A 9/10 World
• White Flag Democrats or Fifth Columnists. Or Both.
• Why No One Wants An American Withdrawal
• Petraeus to Pols: Enemy is Listening
• Kirkuk cops go upside drive-by suspect’s head
• Haditha: Is McGirk the New Mary Mapes?
• Any way the wind blows...
• Bombshell Cripples Case Against Haditha Marines
• The Pelosi-trich
• Washington Times: Sen. Reid is lost
• Dems fail to back Reid's 'Iraq war lost'
• Ruminations On the State of Things In Iraq
• Nancy No-Show
• Burns of NYT: Insurgents Know U.S. Politics Moving in Direction Favorable to Them
• Harry's War

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 25, 2007 at 01:20 AM in Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
 

2007.04.24 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

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"In less than six months time, Senator Reid has gone from pledging full funding for the military, then full funding with conditions, and then a cut-off of funding. Three positions in five months on the most important foreign policy question facing the nation and our troops. Indeed last week, he said the war is already lost, and the timetable legislation that he is now pursuing would guarantee defeat."  --- Vice President Dick Cheney

Below the fold:

• Baghdad Dispatch: The Wall
• Video: Dick Cheney vs. Harry Reid
• Video: Reid sez Bush’s “attack dog” Dick Cheney out to get him, Democratic congress
• Cheney: Democrats Are Defeatists About Iraq
• Reid Has No Honesty at All
• Harry Reid, Please Phone Home
• War Supplemental Now Includes Minimum-Wage Increase?
• Video: Reid vows not to believe Petraeus if he reports progress in Iraq
• Reid's bloody hands
• Mullah Dadullah and hundreds of Taliban 'surrounded in southern Afghanistan'
• We'll only lose in Iraq if the Democrats inflict the defeat
• What Would It Take for Joe Lieberman to Fire Harry Reid?

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 24, 2007 at 01:46 PM in Caring about our troops, Dem Dumbness, Dem Perfidy, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Monday, 23 April 2007
 

2007.04.23 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith

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“Your words are killing us. Your statements make the Iraqis afraid to help us for fear we’ll leave them unprotected in the future.” -- Lt. Jason Nichols, USN

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We’re seeing a complete abdication by the party in power on the seminal issue of our time. They’re running toward defeat now and running on defeat for 2008. We’re seeing a gradual abandonment of the Iraqi people, of American troops in the field, and ultimately of America’s place in the world. The Democrats are making a monumental error that will change the world for the worse. Defeat in Iraq, which is how the Democrats are casting the effort even while they dodge reports from the architect of the American strategy there, will echo for decades to come. -- Bryan Preston

Bryan, I could have searched for days and not found the words to put it more succinctly than that. How can people like Reid and Pelosi and Murtha stand to look at themselves in the mirror every morning, knowing they've placed personal power and privilege above doing what's best for this country, our troops, the Iraqi people, and ultimately the world? I've often wondered if Heaven and Hell aren't just alike, a quiet place where we spend eternity with the memories of how we lived our lives, or maybe a big-screen TV running constant video clips of the actions that defined us. If I'm right it won't be a particularly pleasant experience for me but it won't even come close to being as terrible as it is for them.

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Below the fold:

• Baghdad Calling
• "Not Responsible for Advice Not Taken"
• Losing the War in Congress: Not in Iraq
• Al-Qaeda ‘planning big British attack’
• Who's in Denial?
• Democrats Blunder On Iraq - Avoid Briefings By Pentagon
• Afghan forces have “Taliban Zarqawi” surrounded in village?
• Democrats skipping briefings on Iraq
• "To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war."
• Will the Dems disavow Loser Harry?
• Marine in Ramadi: “I got a quote…for Harry Reid.” (with video of Marines in Fallujah)
• MP: Iran buying off Iraqi parliamentarians
• The Iranian Parliament vs. Ahmadinejad, Round Two
• Road to Nowhere
• The Dog Ate The Imam's Homework

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Contributed by Bill Faith on April 23, 2007 at 05:43 PM in Dem Dumbness, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Saturday, 21 April 2007
 

Fairy Harry
Contributed by Russ Vaughn

Cornering Harry

It occurs to me that Senator Harry,
Sounds not like a boxer but something more airy;
Soft-spoken, slender, thin as a Reid,
Methinks hitten Harry might politically bleed.
Bullshit he’s a boxer, that’s strictly PR,
To make him look tough, a political star.
So do tell us, Senator, tough man about town,
How many toughs have you ever knocked down?

This ring stuff is phony, to make you look tough;
Hey, show us some knockouts, simple enough?
As a man in the ring, were you a hard hitter?
Or like now in the Senate, a cowardly quitter?
When you wore the gloves, a foe in your face,
Did you run for your corner, quit in disgrace?
It troubles me Harry that a guy who’s so tough
Is so quick to give up, to say that’s enough.

So please tell us Harry, you tough former boxer,
You a guy with cojónes, or a political foxer?
Your problem, Harry, is you fail to impress
The men with the stones to get us out of this mess.
Who unlike yourself seek no personal glory,
Whose names nor whose actions appear in the story,
For whom victory in Iraq is their mortal goal
Whom you would sell out, while selling your soul.

Truth is Harry, it’s all about George,
Since beating Gore, he’s stuck in your gorge;
Your Democrat heart’s filled with such vitriol
That you’d let us lose, you’d sacrifice all
For political payback, in truth, nothing more,
You’d welcome America losing a war.
You’re a man without honor, a man with no soul,
The Devil is waiting with a damning dark hole.

Boxer, my ass, you’re a punk Harry Reid,
Famed not for fighting, but treasonous deed.

Russ Vaughn
Vietnam Veteran

Contributed by Russ Vaughn on April 21, 2007 at 12:55 AM in Caring about our troops, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Poetry, Politics, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Thursday, 19 April 2007
 

Your chance to tell a treasonous
rat bastard what you think of him
Contributed by Bill Faith

An invitation for our troops
Michelle Malkin

Active-duty military readers and military bloggers: If you'd like to send a message to the treacherous Harry Reid--who just declared the war in Iraq lost today--e-mail me or leave a trackback. I'll reprint/link them here as they come in. Here is Reid's contact form. He really needs to hear from you.  ...

Rejoinder: Appeal For Courage.

Related must-read: ...

I've been home from Nam almost 35 years, so I guess my comments aren't really what Michelle's looking for. Still, 35 years isn't nearly long enough to forget what it feels like to watch your country snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in a war you helped win, a war thousands of your brothers didn't come home from. Let's spit on the graves of a few thousand more dead soldiers, Harry. Hell, why not? They probably didn't vote for you anyway. You sorry son of a syphilitic crack whore, I may not live to piss on your grave but a lot of younger dogs will; the line will stretch for miles. 

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Harry Reid Declares Iraq War is Lost 
Kim Priestap

I'd make a bigger deal out of this if it weren't so predictable:

The war in Iraq "is lost" and a US troop surge is failing to bring peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday. ...

Before Harry Reid proclaims the surge is a failure, maybe he should wait until it's in full swing for a while.

Dan Riehl: Harry Reid Is No Walter Cronkite

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Into Every Life, Some Reid Must Fall 
Dafydd ab Hugh

Today's lily-livered belly crawling by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Caesar's Palace, 95%), flatly announcing that "this war is lost," should disqualify him from the "leadership" position he now occupies, say I... since he is no longer leading but deserting.

Reid triumphally pronounced defeat in a press conference he called shortly after leaving the White House and his discussion with President Bush. Reid particularly singled out the counterinsurgency strategy -- which of course he belittled as "the surge" -- as having been an abject failure... because there were some big bombings yesterday:

"Now I believe myself ... that this war is lost, and that the surge is not accomplishing anything, as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday," said Reid, of Nevada....

Well, who could argue with that? I also conclude that, since it was chilly yesterday, therefore global warming is false.

People of at least ordinary intelligence understand that both global warming theory and the counterinsurgency strategy must be evaluated after a reasonably long period of time: ten years or so for the former, six or seven months for the latter. In both cases, a single day is void of meaning.

I have had my suspicions about Reid from the git go. Consider the biography of Harry "Pinky" Reid. ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on April 19, 2007 at 06:04 PM in Islamism Delenda Est, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Monday, 09 April 2007
 

Life in these Disunited States
Contributed by Bill Faith

72nd TCS passes on this story from his niece in the New Jersey:

"A young boy standing on the sidewalk in front of the next apartment building removed the flip-flop sandal from his little sister's foot and threw it at me as I passed them on my morning run. I picked it up and threw it back as hard as I could, smacking him squarely in the torso. 'Here you little shit! You lost something! Next time use your own shoe!' This told me what his rag-head daddy who smiled at us daily as we bought his expired pricey convenience store milk was teaching his kid. Shortly after, daddy sold the business and moved back to Morocco.

And I thought New Jersey was in the United States."

Contributed by Bill Faith on April 9, 2007 at 03:55 PM in Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

No fury like a mother scorned-- The Movie
Contributed by Bill Faith

I've had several emails about this and just haven't gotten organized enough to post about it yet, so now I'm gonna be lazy and just let Allahpundit do most of the work:

Video: War supporters confront Democratic congressman in office

It’s Paul Hodes, a freshman from New Hampshire who cast one of the 218 votes that pushed Pelosi’s withdrawal bill over the finish line — barely. Here’s video from Granite Grok of a few of his constituents having a word with him about that. Their points are all familiar; the novelty is watching a leftist having to sit there squiriming and respond without being able to call them a bunch of chickenhawks and storming off.

Levin and Schumer said yesterday that if Reid really thinks he and Feingold are going to answer Bush’s veto by cutting funding, he’s kidding himself. According to Schumer, “We are not going to leave the troops high and dry, plain and simple” — which is completely incoherent given the Democrats’ insistence that keeping them deployed the middle of an allegedly unwinnable war is what’s really left them “high and dry.” As always, they’re trying to have it both ways to minimize the number of voters they might alienate. Even the Onion’s fed up.

Click the image to watch.

Contributed by Bill Faith on April 9, 2007 at 01:16 PM in Caring about our troops, Dem Dumbness, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Peacenik Stupidity | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack