In an effort to bring you some of the more interesting pieces out there without drowning out the rest of our posts, We've started putting each day's collection into one post of short listings. If you think your blog has a worthy post in this area, feel free to let us know and we'll come take a look.
A flurry of articles and reports recently covering Iraqi refugees, absolutely outraged at the anti-liberation protests. Michele has this report, which should sicken any decent person reading it. Blogs of War has an even better one, a rare unsigned editorial in the prestigious CSM.
President Bush gave another speech last night about the future of Iraq. Meanwhile, Ted Belman links to STRATFOR's in-depth analysis of the strategic situation and options before the USA. Their conclusion: we're past the point of no return.
Equally engrossing: a Marine's report from Camp Commando, Kuwait.
Message to Britain: we love you folks, but can you hurry it up a little with the deployments? Admittedly, it's tough to keep up with a US Army logistics operation that learns from and with FedEx.
Human shields? Well, they're half right.
Newsrack Blog has some "things that make you go whoa!" - specifically, a post that asks what Germany knows about Saddam's smallpox program, and when they knew it - and how.
Rantburg gives us a quick scan of what's in the Turkish Daily News as deployment gets going over there.
In yesterday's "Winds of War," we mentioned a group of liberals Bush needs to listen to. Andrew Sullivan drives that point home: "Bush can't reverse the tide of hatred on the far left. But he can try and reach out to the many liberals in the center who would support a proactive foreign policy, if they believed it was about more than mere national interest."
On which topic, Instaman reports on Afghanistan and says "things aren't so bad," and progress is being made.
It's all about the ooiiiilllll, isn't it? Just ask Dean Esmay.
Once upon a time, Jews were the preferred victims, the canary in the coal mine of civilization. That's still true, but it looks like we're getting company: Third World Christians are becoming preferred victims. My prediction: that's about to get expensive for their tormentors, esp. in Africa.
News from the home front: Ted Belman has a link to an insightful piece in the by Stephen Emerson, one of the first people to investigate indicted "Terror Prof." Sami al-Arian's activities. Read the full Al-Arian idictment here, it's fascinating. There's also a very good summary by the local paper.
You'd think that George Clooney might have learned something from the 2 military movies he made. Both offer important lessons that obviously went right through his head without even slowing down.
Meanwhile, Yale disgraces itself. Sullivan notes a report by James Kirchik over at Yale: "Radical poet, Amiri Baraka, visited Yale yesterday to elaborate on his view that the Israeli government was complicit in the attacks of 9/11. He was greeted with cheers and applause." Read the whole report. I swear, the Left looks more like the Klan every day.
Why go to bigot poets, when you can be sneaking into the weapons research center in Los Alamos instead. How was that possible? Here's one clue, and here's a second. And here's their pathetic excuses. To really make your day: nuclear waste storage is an issue as well.
We always try to end on a more humourous note. You've heard of the Tupperware lady... how about the TupperWAR lady? She ain't listed as one of The Furies for nothin'
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