I think John Kerry said it best when he argued both that the Iraq war was the wrong war, at...
I was frustrated. I felt we — the US and any allies who agreed — needed to move into Iraq...
A while ago, I estimated that the Iraq war has probably saved in excess of 400,000 lives. More recently, Confederate...
A co-worker recently complained to me about the tremendous cost of the Iraq war. I pointed out that, as far...
When trying to figure out whether to support this war or not, one my most important considerations concerned body counts:...
On the heels of this thoughtful commentary about the Iraq war, I'd like to say that I agree, from what...
Don Surber: AP called fighting in the Sudan "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" after the U.N. estimated 200,000 people died...
Back when Ronald Reagan was president, one tendency I found disconcerting was a trend towards what was called "Realpolitik". This...
Glenn Reynolds has an interesting post up in which he looks back on how deeply, deeply wrong most anti-war arguments...
Elsewhere, I've written that there are both good and bad reasons to oppose the war against Iraq. Though I support...
I keep hearing, from the left, quotes like "Halliburton's making a lot of money from this war." Really? Then why...
Last year, about this time: A cable sent by the Central Intelligence Agency's station chief in Baghdad has warned that...
... is something I've been largely ignoring. From first-hand reports of those who aren't affiliated with the MSM, it sounds...
Before the Iraq war, I was swayed by claims of Iraqi suffering brought by sanctions from the left. My own...
What do you think would have happened to this guy in America? Would he be a hero, do time, or...
It wasn't going to happen. Bush was never going to hand over governing power. It would never happen. It was...
Sometimes, you just stumble across a gem that unintentionally speaks volumes about it's author. Today's example comes from Paul Krugman:...
Rumsfeld blows off important questions from the troops. Or does he? The media spins the story, and some parts of the blogosphere fall for it.
And I wouldn't be suprised if this is being done for political reasons. Nonetheless, it looks like an article at...
There are many reasons to be unhappy with George Bush's handling of things. One cannot help notice that he makes...
This time reported in the NY Times, if you can believe it: Contacts between Iraqi intelligence agents and Osama bin...
A quick reminder of some things we really ougth to have learned already.
US News & World Report: Publicly furious with the occupation, the citizens are also privately blaming Sadr for bringing the...
Citizen Smash: Our soldiers sometimes do horrible things. Disgusting things. Cruel things. When they do, we must not hide from...
The UN assured us that the Oil for Food program was subject to rigorous oversight, but we're learning that Saddam used money meant to feed Iraqis for his own purposes. Among other places, the trail leads to the UN, but what happened here in the US?
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has some reasonable complaints regarding WMD. For one, that Perle has long complained that...
Houston Chronicle: The Pentagon has withdrawn most of its forces from the strategic Mideast nation of Saudi Arabia, ending a...
A Dane was just sentenced to 8 days in jail for discrimination: Seems he won't serve pizza to French and...
No, not quite -- but Jewish World Review reports that life has not been boring for a Saddam Hussein lookalike!...
Middle East Forum: By going beyond our declared agenda of advocacy for the Iraqi people and bringing this kind of...
Imagine I told you that if you worked for me, my company would pay you $70,000 annually, and implied this might be a base level for an "open-ended" salary. What if you signed on and discovered, by mid-year, you'd only been compensated $2,400, and could probably only expect about $6,000 compensation total? That's the kind of distortion we're talking about here...
Deb and Vinny discuss an internal LA Times memo which documents the paper's biases; Maureen Dowd is under fire for putting her own altered quote into the president's mouth and then criticizing him for it; and the Weekly Standard discusses revelations that Al-Jazira (and other Mulsim news outlets) were on the dole from Saddam; and AIM covers Scott Ritter and French media delusions.
NewsMax reports: In a bombshell finding virtually ignored by the American media, a U.S. district court judge in Manhattan ruled...
Did Bush know there was no WMD all along? Apparently, some argue he did, citing a report from ABC News. But just how reliable is the source?
Of course, we're not the only ones who think our reporters are biased. Arabs do too -- but in a completely different way. Tim takes a bit of time to "deconstruct" an Arab News op-ed regarding Western journalistic bias. Pot and kettle time, boys and girls.
The American soldiers entered the hotel to search for Ba'athist soldiers. As they entered the lobby, we could see the...
FoxNews interviews an Abu Dhabi reporter who says: (a) he was completely surprised that the crowds were cheering, and (b)...
WorldNewDaily reports: "I've never seen anything like it, ever," said Marine Capt. John Seegar. "How did the world miss all...
It's early in the morning, and I'm seeing Iraqis jumping up and down in the street. The expressions on their...
DebkaFILE: One of Saddam's former bodyguards describes where Saddam's WMD is allegedly located, and gives a prediction (months ago) of...
A thought: It's been said that generals always fight the last war. From what I'm seen, journalists cover a war...
"I just tuned into CNN for several minutes. Why do I keep doing this?" CNN interviews one of the human shields who stayed, and we learn an important lesson... about human shields who don't mix with the locals very much.
Jane Galt asks what Chirac's motivations were for threatening to unconditionally veto any use of force against Iraq by the U.N. Why indeed?
Deb's hacked off at the media, and wants them to answer a number of thought-provoking questions. Some very good points!...
NewsMax has a very informative article on this topic. In short, Russia, France, and China. If what the article says...
Imagine you're an Iraqi: You're trying to protect yourself and your family from the local Baath party contingent, and you discover Syrians and Jordanians are
supporting them and supplying them with the very weapons they are using to threaten you and your family...
I'm watching Hannity & Colmes: Some talking heads are discussing the "peace shields" who changed their stance on the war,...
I'm not trying to take a position of armchair quarterbacking our efforts... but I am, and have been, having trouble...
Okay, so what's up with the BBC and the scuds? On the first day we saw missles being fired towards...
The minute I heard it was one of ours, I was pretty sure I knew the religion of the guy...
Thousands of Turkish troops have crossed the Northern Iraqi border, lest the Kurds have a decent life of any sort....
Those who support the war have certainly had plenty of time to test and justify their ideas in the public...
Here's a couple of entries from a Catholic blog. The first quotes an American bishop on the war: Therefore I,...
Tom Daschle is an odd creature. Apparently, he recently said: I'm saddened, saddened that this president failed so miserably at...
Oh well, so much for that idea. But I couldn't help but share some highlights of this 2001 Frontline interview...
I have this problem. You see, I'm well aware I don't actually have enough information to know whether going to...
Once again Lee has done a great job covering the "peace" protests on the Left Coast. I've very grateful for...
In a move expected to garner broad international praise, Iraq promises to pass legislation banning weapons of mass destruction next...
Okay, so I'm not a warmonger, but undoubtedly I'll be cast as one. Since I suspect I will have visitors...
I've been dutifully sorting my bloggages into various categories, on the theory that sometime I'll learn Movable Type well enough...
Best quote I've seen in a few days, from a London Times article brought to my attention by Deb, the...
A while ago I made my own case about why our intelligence community could not come forth with everything they...
This is buried in the previous post, but just to be clear... Stephen DenBeste, probably among others, is on record...
One of the complaints I've often heard is: "The U.S. says they have intelligence indicating where Iraq is hiding some...
With Libya and Syria replacing the US on the UN Human Rights Commission, Saddam's defiance of unanimously-approved "disarm or else,...
Deb comments on where some Iraqis stand on the prospect of a possible regime change....
Fellow St. Louisan Kevin, from FunMurphys.com, makes observations about Australian Prime Minister John Howard's remarks about UN approval not being...
Okay. France is out. Germany's out. The UN has no power nor consistancy, but frankly, due to our "allies". They...
Watched FoxNews for a few minutes last night and caught Donald Rumsfeld discussing the current situation. He suggested that one...
We've all seen the mainstream media coverage of the anti-war protests this weekend... Right Thinking (from the Left Coast) posts...
Apparently, James Lileks has also been exposed to the LeCarre Brain Virus, which causes you to lose time and sleep...
Far-left liberals live in a very different world than mine. I'd be happy to consider moving to their neighborhood, but...
A lead story in BBC News trumpets "UK 'rejects' lone action against Iraq": A closer reading of the story reveals...