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2006.06.30

Winning the Iraq Wars
All of its many fronts.
By Victor Davis Hanson

The present fighting is part of a fourth war for Iraq: Gulf War I, the twelve years of no-fly zones, the three-week war in 2003, and now the three-year-old insurrection that followed the removal of Saddam Hussein.

[Read on.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 30, 2006 at 08:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Bin Laden as Patrick Henry?
Confusion reigns five years after September 11.
By Daniel Henninger

So we got the Hamdan Guantanamo detainee decision yesterday, the turmoil over revealing the Swift surveillance of terrorist financing a week ago, the FBI's capture in Florida of the would-be al Qaeda bombers of the Sears Tower before that, and oh yes, those 17 Muslims in Canada who wanted to invade Parliament and behead the prime minister. We seem to be thoroughly entangled just now in never-ending tensions over civil liberty concerns on one hand and manifest national security threats on the other. Nearly five years after September 11, it's a little stale to argue that this much confusion is just the way a vigorous democracy functions. Or not.

It was good to see that the FBI could catch a group like the Florida bombers. By coincidence about that time, the director of the FBI in New York, Mark Mershon, visited our offices. Mr. Mershon made it clear that the FBI will not monitor or surveil anyone, including Muslim extremists, without a "criminal predicate." Generally, probable cause is the gold standard for watching. Mr. Mershon said that if someone keeps his head down and nose clean in the U.S., he can function with a great deal of freedom. That's a rough but workable description of our system.

This traditional, all-American tradeoff between liberty and risk works OK in a country populated with standard criminal types; most eventually work their way up to a police database. But what about the world of Islamic fanaticism whose recruits, notably suicide bombers (or pilots) are nearly all first-timers? Does "our system" mandate that we allow an Islamic fifth column to fly beneath the radar of probable cause and into buildings? Do we have to settle for catching bottom-feeders like the Florida plotters while the smart boys, planning a smallpox attack in Detroit, stay below what they've read is the threshold for FBI curiosity or a FISA warrant?

[Read on.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 30, 2006 at 08:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Death of a nation 2 (Updated, bumped)

Video: Bush on Hamdan

Dafydd: Time to Withdraw From Geneva... If We Can

MM: Bush on Hamdan Ruling

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Eric B left the following comment on the post below this one:

Bill, I certainly hope that "death of a nation" is not coming just yet. But here is a silver lining in that brain-dead ruling: if those guys in Gitmo are POWs, then they are not supposed to be tried, neither by military tribunals, nor by any other court. They are supposed to be held in a POW camp until the end of the hostilities, which is undetermined. Granted, unlike Germans and Japanese, they are not going to just go home once released at the end of the war, but rather pick up where they left off. So, we simply need to figure out a way to hold them indefinitely. But for now, any time the leftists start complaining about us holding terrorists in Gitmo, we should just say: "They are POWs, and the war is not over yet".

-- Eric

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Froggy's Hamdan Rundown

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John Woo: 5 wrong justices

Ronald A. Cass: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Common Sense at War

Matthew J. Franck: Too Much Disbelief to Suspend

Rich Lowry: Judicial Interference

Posted by Bill Faith on June 30, 2006 at 08:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Non-negotiable

Unrequited War

Posted by Bill Faith on June 30, 2006 at 05:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Help Larry Bailey Boot Mad Jack Murtha

http://www.bootmurtha.com/

Posted by Bill Faith on June 30, 2006 at 03:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

MSM on Cloud Nine

I'm getting the impression that the media in general, and the WaPo in particular are what Uncle Joe Stalin once called "Giddy with success." In a fit of wish-fulfillment [or is it wishful thinking?] they babble endlessly about the apparent stinging rebuke administered to the President by Justice Stevens's ruling in the Hamdan case. Sober commentators to whom I turn for guidance, among them Andrew McCarthy writing in National Review Online, do not see any grounds for glee on the Left. True, the Court's majority, stirring the entrails of an albatross, discovered that al Qaeda goons at Guantanamo have the status of POW's and are entitled to some coverage under the Geneva Convention. Far from being a clarion call to shut down the holding pens at Guantanamo, the award of POW status entitles the President to hold them as enemy combatants until the cessation of hostilities. Given what we know of the jihadist mentality, the probable date of a cease fire is well beyond the life expectancy of the youngest detainee. Their treatment won't get any better under the Convention rules. Our media haven't noticed, but France today is buzzing with the news that Carlos the Jackal is now suing the Chirac government for better treatment, citing the conditions at Guantanamo as a prime example of the comforts to which he believes himself entitled. The really big news, that the Supremes forbid trial by military tribunals, is an unimportant side-effect. If these thugs are legit POWs, they can't be tried in civilian courts either. The "P" in POW means Prisoner. Tough.

Posted by John Werntz on June 30, 2006 at 02:09 AM in John_Werntz, Old War Dogs | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

2006.06.29

Gettin' in that Quick Links habit

I'm worn out; working on Old War Dogs too much, sleeping too little. Trip to the VA didn't help, nor did a heated discussion with a lefty shrink who has no business treating vets. Gonna go with another "don't miss these" list. Don't know yet when Old War Dogs will be up. Lord, I am so tired.

House passes resolution condemning media blabbermouths

Today's Vent: Jihad Rap (h/t)

Froggy: Murthalied.com

MM: Protest The New York Times

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If you missed yesterday's ScreedBlog read it now.

Posted by Bill Faith on June 29, 2006 at 11:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Death of a nation

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Death of a nation

Before the old and new media begin humming about the body blow several justices of the United States Supreme Court have apparently just delivered to this nation's very existence in today's Hamdan decision (which I will comment on after studying the lengthy opinion), I want to lay the blame on those responsible:

On Gerald R. Ford, for appointing Justice John Paul Stevens.

On Ronald W. Reagan, for appointing Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

On George H.W. Bush, for appointing Justice David H. Souter.

On the Republicans in the United States Senate, whose committee approved and whose entire body then confirmed Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer, each appointed by William Jefferson Clinton.

Worse than the appointments themselves was the way they were made.

Does anyone believe that President Ford (a lawyer!) knew a damn thing about Stevens? That President Reagan knew anything at all about Kennedy? That President Bush had ever heard of Souter? Hardly.

Twice upon a time, I went through the Justice Department screening process for a seat on a United States Court of Appeals (and each time lost out to powerfully-connected political figures), so I know how the system works. Candidates have sponsors: senators, congressmen, contributors, friends, seconds, ideologues. In the case of Kennedy it is reputed to have been a former law clerk; in the case of Souter it was a home-state senator and a presidential chief-of-staff from the same state; and in the cases of Ginsburg and Breyer it was some of the most powerful leftists and liberals in the country.

It is these kind of people who make the recommendations--who push, pull, lobby, cajole, lie, beg, and cash in favors to get their candidates nominated (Ask Eisenhower about Earl Warren). And the presidents then choose from the short list.

And so through this entirely personal-political process we get the likes of Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer--and, thanks to them, not a mere nail in the coffin of America's war on Islamic jihad, but a stake through its heart.

So when the Hamdan decision is sliced and diced, and it becomes apparent how much damage these five justices have done to our present national security and to the future of the United States, let us remember who is responsible.

Paraphrasing the late Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson: in the hands of the Left and its fellow travelers, the Constitution is, indeed, "a suicide pact."

Posted by Bill Faith on June 29, 2006 at 10:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Yet more quick links

Off to the doctor (70 miles to the nearest VA clinic) in a few minutes but don't miss these. I'm hoping to get Old War Dogs online tonight.

MM: SCOTUS Watch: Bracing For Hamdan

MM: Latest From Gaza

Posted by Bill Faith on June 29, 2006 at 08:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Privacy? What Privacy?
Hatched by Sachi

The recent leak by the New York Times and other news organizations, disclosing how the government tracks the money of terrorists, is quite a little puzzle to me: the Times acts as if this government program somehow violates our financial privacy.

But if they think the feds never looked into our bank accounts prior to this program, they're dreaming! The FBI has been monitoring our private banking transactions, in far more intrusive ways, for literally decades.

I used to work at Sanwa bank, and ...

[Read on.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 29, 2006 at 07:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

When Will NYT Reveal One of al Qaeda's Secret Programs?
by Ann Coulter

In the latest of a long list of formerly top-secret government anti-terrorism operations that have been revealed by the Times, last week the paper printed the details of a government program tracking terrorists' financial transactions that has already led to the capture of major terrorists and their handmaidens in the United States.

In response, the Bush Administration is sounding very cross -- and doing nothing. Bush wouldn't want to get the press mad at him! Yeah, let's keep the media on our good side like they are now. Otherwise, they might do something crazy -- like leak a classified government program monitoring terrorist financing.

[Read on.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 29, 2006 at 04:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Murtha's Anti-War Role Could Imperil Him at Home
by Robert Novak

Rep. John Murtha (D.-Pa.) appears to be suffering "Daschle-itis," a figurative disease which makes entrenched incumbents become national celebrities and, in the process, risk alienating the voters that put them in office.

Since seizing his party's anti-war mantle, Murtha has become a great draw for Democratic fundraisers, helping his party boost its prospects for a congressional takeover. Naturally, this helps his party-leadership bid as well.

But at the same time, his outspokenness made him a huge target for the Internet right. His district went for John Kerry with only 51% in 2004. What originally seemed like a long-shot bid by Diana Irey (R.) to unseat Murtha has taken on new credibility as she raises money from the Internet and as Murtha makes more and more outrageous statements.

[Read on here.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 29, 2006 at 02:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

2006.06.28

All you need to know about al-New York Times

Once is an accident; twice is a coincidence; three times is enemy action.

This sort of thing has been continuous since 1966, maybe even earlier.

Let's economize. If the al-Times is going to run this country, lets abolish the government so they cease interfering, and save us the salaries. If we want the government to do it, then abolish the al-Times.

Posted by George Mellinger on June 28, 2006 at 07:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Scuttle

Click the picture to read the blog post that goes with it.

Posted by Bill Faith on June 28, 2006 at 07:37 AM in Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Dianna Irey profile

Via email from Russ Vaughn:

Here is an excellent profile done by one of my blog friends on Dianna Irey, the woman who is challenging Murtha. Please share with your groups.

http://weblog.theviewfromthecore.com/2006_06/ind_005291.html

Russ

Posted by Bill Faith on June 28, 2006 at 04:41 AM in Russ_Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Bruce Kesler: I don’t want to be a military blogger

Posted by Bill Faith on June 28, 2006 at 04:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Russ Vaughn: All the Way!

[Via email from Russ, who'll be a valued member of the OLD WAR DOGS team when we open the new site to the public.]

All the Way!
Paratroopers are taught to never give up; their motto is “All the Way, Airborne!”

The way I see Liberals, when all’s said and done,
Is like those who’d fall out of their last jump school run.
We all started those runs with the will to succeed,
But for some the pain just surpassed their need,
To stand in that door in the blast of the props,
To go all the way, pulling out all the stops,
Accepting the challenge that stood you up here,
Your feet in the door, your heart pounding with fear.

Some folks are quitters, who fall by the way,
While others run past them, determined to stay,
Enduring the aches, sucking glory through pain,
For the jump wings they seek and the glory they gain.
“All the way,” is their hymn, the cadence they sing,
As they blow past the burn, reaching for the brass ring;
But the quitters fall out; they can’t handle the pain,
Ensuring only the best and the hardest remain.

War is like jump school, the going gets rough,
And playing at tough is just not enough.
It’s the spirit within you that says you won’t quit,
Proves that you’re worthy, proves that you’re fit,
To fight on in combat when comrades are falling,
To fight for your life, for your cause, for your calling,
With never a thought you might possibly yield,
And never one thought of retreat from the field.

Those who toughed out those runs, stood in that door,
Don’t understand those who won’t fight anymore;
Can’t fathom their calls for retreat from Iraq,
Calls to pull out our troops, to bring them all back,
Thank goodness we’ve men who’ll stand in that door
And go all the way till the fight is no more.
Paratroopers are winners, who’ll stay ‘til it’s done,
But most Libs are quitters, who won’t finish the run.

Russ Vaughn

Posted by Bill Faith on June 28, 2006 at 03:24 AM in Poetry, Russ_Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Russ Vaughn: Pounding "Punk" into Pulp

[Via email from Russ, who'll be a valued member of the OLD WAR DOGS team when we open the new site to the public.]

Pounding "Punk" into Pulp

I'm not one to casually call for boycotting nations or corporations who offend my sense of right, wrong or fair play. It's my opinion that if their leadership is going to be responsive at all, that a barrage of angry letters and emails will generally suffice to get their attention. Besides, the economic effects of scattershot boycotts may well be offset by increased support from other groups supportive of what the boycotters perceive to be their misdeeds.

But enough is enough. The New York Times publisher has flipped his exquisitely manicured digit in our national face one time too many. That metrosexual twerp obviously believes he is above the law and the refusal of the Bush administration to pursue legal remedies for repeated violations of our espionage laws could well lead this scofflaw to that belief. But there are laws from which Mr. "Punk" Sulzberger has no immunity: those economic laws that determine the success or failure of his newspaper. A quick look at the paper's stock performance graph here: here shows that the stock price has been steadily declining for the past thirty months and has lost roughly half its value in that time.

In the face of that weakened stock performance, how financially prepared do you suppose the Times would be to face a massive boycott of a few of its biggest advertisers by a very large segment of an American public that is fed up with Sulzberger's total disdain for our laws, our safety and the lives of our troops? Not very is my guess. While I'd rather see "Punk" in the slammer, where metrosexual types are ever so popular, I'd settle for seeing him overthrown by angry shareholders. Yes, I'm aware that his family owns the lion's share of the Class A stock, but even his family doesn't want to see the value of those shares vaporized to complete worthlessness by their spoiled little darling's two-handed flipping of the bird to the American public. So why don't you big dog blogs out there form some sort of loose coalition to pound "Punk" into newspaper pulp with the biggest organized boycott this nation has ever seen? You have readers in the millions and they in turn are networked with millions more; and right now, they're all mad at "Punk." You have research capabilities that could fine-tune and focus such a boycott so as to make it excruciatingly painful and deadly effective to the targeted corporations. You don't need to boycott every advertiser; just pick a couple and make examples of them to demonstrate to the remainder what you are capable of doing, you know, sort of like shooting every tenth prisoner to get the undivided attention of the others.

Best of all, humbling the New York Times would show the "Drive by Media" that, once and for all, we're mad as hell and we're not gonna take it any more. It would also bring them face to face with the reality that the blogosphere is a reality with which they must forevermore contend. And think about this because I guarantee you the MSM ownership will: the same companies that are the big-ticket advertisers in the Times are also the deep pockets at other major publications as well as the major television networks. You bloggers won't have to shoot too many prisoners before the mainstream moguls get the message. To borrow a catchphrase from the maggot-infested, long-haired dope-smokin' opposition:

Power to the people! Heh, heh.

Russ Vaughn

Posted by Bill Faith on June 28, 2006 at 02:55 AM in Russ_Vaughn, Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

2006.06.27

Quick links

I'm still staying super busy trying to get the Old War Dogs site ready to launch and I have a couple of great Russ Vaughn pieces to post after bit but I can't let the day slide by without recommending these:

Hot Air's latest Vent is up. Go watch it.

Hot Air: No punishment for “Hadji Girl” Marine

Hot Air: The Times, they have a-changed

Hot Air: Consensus emerges: Don’t prosecute the Times

Hot Air: The three pillars of the Internet

Dafydd: 19 Out of 19 Activists Agree!

Froggy: The Allah Times

CQ: Japan To Get Missile Defenses

CQ: The Hammer Falls In Gaza, Israel Meets Little Resistance In Gaza

John Hinderaker: Good Luck to the IDF

MM: New York Times Flashback (More great posters.)

MM: National Celebrate A Coward Day

MM: "Hadji Girl" Marine Exonerated

MM: Gaza: Isreal Strikes Back

MM: A Bunch of Anti-war Clowns

Ralph Peters: Lynching the Marines

Jack Kelly: Bush Should Welcome a Fight with the Media

Ryan Sager: Blogola?

I'll keep adding new links to this post as I find things I like.

Posted by Bill Faith on June 27, 2006 at 11:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Video: Michelle Malkin on Churchill, Luckovich, and the Times

Watch it here.

Posted by Bill Faith on June 27, 2006 at 08:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

al-NYT spying just fine by Mad Jack Murtha

Keller: “Not all of them urged us not to publish.”

Posted by Bill Faith on June 27, 2006 at 02:44 AM in Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Presumption of Innocence
John Hinderaker

[...]

Mad Jack is the most notorious example of a public figure who has convicted the Marines accused of wrongdoing in Haditha before any evidence has been offered, but he is hardly the only one: the drive-by media have gleefully joined in. And all of this reminded me of something--an audio clip I heard over the weekend. Here it is, an exchange between borderline moonbat Victoria Jones of the White House press corps and Tony Snow. Ms. Jones objects to President Bush's characterization of some of the inmates at Guantanamo as "cold blooded killers"--coincidentally, the same phrase Mad Jack used to describe our Marines. She wonders whether the Guantanamo detainees are entitled to a "presumption of innocence." Here is the exchange:

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... But see the pass at which we have arrived: liberals are avid to ensure that terrorists captured in battle are presumed to be innocent, while they deny the same presumption to American soldiers who are fighting for our freedom in Iraq.

Posted by Bill Faith on June 27, 2006 at 02:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

2006.06.26

Haditha: NewsMax says
new A/V corroborates Marine’s account

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 09:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

CU to fire Ward Churchill

Scalped.

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 09:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Worst of All Worlds
He's "a male Cindy Sheehan" and "a one-man wrecking crew" on ethics. Is Murtha the man to lead the Democrats?
John Fund

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... Pennsylvania's Rep. John Murtha, who became a hero to the antiwar left when he called in November for immediate withdrawal from Iraq , went further at a town hall meeting for Rep. Kendrick Meek. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel quoted Mr. Murtha as claiming that the "American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran." He also told the audience of 200 that "we want as many Americans out of [Iraq] as possible" because "we have become the enemy."

Mr. Murtha has been sticking his foot in his mouth a lot lately. He accused Marines in Iraq of murdering civilians "in cold blood," contradicted himself in the same breath by saying they had "overreacted," and asserted that higher-ups covered up the purported crime without backing his statements up. He told a startled Tim Russert of NBC that U.S. troops withdrawn from Iraq could be "redeployed" to Okinawa, Japan, whence they could return "very quickly" to Baghdad--which is 4,899 miles away. And more than once he has offered these examples of presidential leadership: "In Beirut, President Reagan changed direction. In Somalia, President Clinton changed direction."

Here's another take on the change of direction in Somalia: ...

[Read it all, folks. Hat tip: Rurik]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 04:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Bush calls Times’s expose “disgraceful”

Allah has video and some great links here.

Michelle has a great related post here.

CQ: Bush: NYT 'Disgraceful'

Scott Johnson: The Times and the mob

A word from Lt. Cotton

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Treasury To Keller: "Irresponsable;" Murtha, Kean, Hamilton Intervened.

Video: Tony Snow on the Times’s editorial judgment

Video: CNN interviews Keller about NYT furor

CQ: 9/11 Commission Chairs Asked Keller To Shelve SWIFT Report

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CQ: The Enduring Resolve Of The Gray Lady

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 03:46 PM in Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

The Banking Report:
"Let Me Make It Simple For You Morons"

Hat tip: Allah

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 03:37 PM in Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Kerry Splits Democrats
With Renewed Presidential Aspirations

John Kerry has split Democrats with his race to the left in order to gain some traction for the 2008 presidential nomination, his hometown newspaper reports. The Boston Globe notes some approbation coming from the antiwar netroots, but the party establishment has little trust in the man they think blew a winnable 2004 election: ...

[Read on.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 10:55 AM in Jean Fraud Kerry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

al-NYT at it still again (Updated, bumped)

U.S. General in Iraq Outlines Troop Cuts

WASHINGTON, June 24 — The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September, American officials say.

According to a classified briefing at the Pentagon this week by the commander, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the number of American combat brigades in Iraq is projected to decrease to 5 or 6 from the current level of 14 by December 2007.

[Read on if you must.]

Michelle has more here, including another great poster contest.

CQ: NYT Reveals Secret Briefing On The Painfully Obvious

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Laughing Wolf comments here.

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Don't miss today's Vent.

Michelle has a great related round-up here.

CQ: Keller Offers Platitudes Rather Than Reasons

Tom Bevan: Should the NY Times Be Prosecuted?

Henry Mark Holzer: INDICTMENT AGAINST THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Keller: If anything, we should probably be blabbing more

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 10:23 AM in Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Will Some General Officer Speak Out?

Will Some General Officer Speak Out?

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 10:11 AM in Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Spinning Haditha

Spinning Haditha
W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

So I receive a phone call from a reporter at ABC News. They are working on a story about Haditha, and the reporter’s comments to me go something along the lines of; “I am particularly interested in your recent pieces on Haditha in which you say that in order to understand what happened, we must first understand the men involved, the dynamics of the system in which they operate, and the realities of ground combat.”

The reporter’s referencing of my own comments are somewhat paraphrased, but his following questions are clearly etched in my mind verbatim:

“Don’t you think the killings at Haditha [November 19, 2005] are the result of a wrong war and a failed policy?” he asks. “Much like the tragedy of My Lai [the killings of unarmed civilians by U.S. soldiers in the village of My Lai, Vietnam in 1968] was the result of a wrong war and a failed policy?”

I was taken aback for about as long as it takes to silently mouth the words, “This is going to be too easy.”

[Read on.]

Hat tip: Old War Dog William "1stCav" Page. 1stCav will be out of pocket for a few days to attend some reunions but he'll be an important member of the OWD team when he gets back.

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If 1stCav hadn't emailed me I'd have learned about that column from Blackfive.

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 09:55 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

The New York Times at War With America
By Michael Barone

Why do they hate us? No, I'm not talking about Islamofascist terrorists. We know why they hate us: because we have freedom of speech and freedom of religion, because we refuse to treat women as second-class citizens, because we do not kill homosexuals, because we are a free society.

No, the "they" I'm referring to are the editors of The New York Times. ...

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Why do they hate us? Why does the Times print stories that put America more at risk of attack? They say that these surveillance programs are subject to abuse, but give no reason to believe that this concern is anything but theoretical. We have a press that is at war with an administration, while our country is at war against merciless enemies. The Times is acting like an adolescent kicking the shins of its parents, hoping to make them hurt while confident of remaining safe under their roof. But how safe will we remain when our protection depends on the Times?

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 01:36 AM in Surveillance/CIA-NSA-Media Treason | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

The rush to impose judgment
Paul Mirengoff

Fred Barnes takes a look at "the My Lai lie" -- that is, the rush by the MSM to portray Haditha as another My Lai massacre before the facts are known. That rush was epitomized, as one would expect, by Chris Matthews in this exchange with Rep. Murtha:
"Was this My Lai?" Matthews interjected ...
[Read on.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 01:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

The man who would still be king

Delusions Of Grandeur Die Hard In Baghdad

Saddam Hussein has had a difficult time adjusting to life out of power and in the hands of the people he brutalized for four decades. That kind of life change can cause cognitive difficulties for someone in that position; the mind plays tricks on megalomaniacs, allowing them to believe that they still occupy the center of the universe. That would explain Saddam's latest delusions of grandeur:
[...]
[Read on.]

Posted by Bill Faith on June 26, 2006 at 01:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack