Archive for February, 2007
Is the new Iraq strategy working?
Is the new Iraq strategy working?
The “surge” and the surrounding adjustments seem to be good moves so far
Faced with a potential disaster, both politically and on the ground in Iraq, President Bush announced several weeks ago that, in a vigorous attempt to right the ship in that region, he was making four fundamental adjustments to [...]
On the conviction of the "Pendleton Eight"
A few very bad apples in an otherwise ripe barrel
On April 26, 2006, in Hamdania, Iraq, seven Marines and a Navy corpsman (the term for an enlisted medical specialist) allegedly kidnapped Hashim Ibrahim Awad, a 52-year-old Iraqi civilian, from his home. Tying up the disabled Iraqi police officer (who was reportedly a known supporter of [...]
Democrats may be swinging at Bush, but they’re hitting our soldiers in the gut
The war in Iraq has, of course, been polarizing from its inception. Anti-war protests, “human shields,” and vocal recantings by formerly hawkish Democrats of the original intent of their votes to “use force” against Saddam Hussein presented, from the beginning, a divided [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Revisiting the case for racial profiling in the War on Terror
Racial profiling, revisited
Why a key tool in the War on Terror should no longer be ignored
Yet another terrorist attack on the West – this time Great Britain – was narrowly averted earlier this month when nine Muslim men, of combined British and Pakistani origin, were arrested in what the British Home Office called a “nationwide [...]
Rest in Peace, Charlie Norwood
Mourning the loss of a Conservative Lion
Charlie Norwood, six-term GOP Representative from Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, passed away at his Augusta, GA home yesterday. The ailing Congressman’s death came only days after he declined further medical treatment in Washington for non-small-cell lung cancer, and returned home to hospice care, and to be with his family [...]
At what point does Decency finally trump Politics?
At what point does Decency finally trump Politics?
Last week, Congressman Charlie Norwood, six-term Representative from Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, left Washington – perhaps permanently – and returned home to Augusta for hospice care, and to be with his family in what may be the last days of his life. According to a statement released by [...]
Horiffic terror plot foiled in Britain
On the Western front, terrorism is still alive and well
An Iraq-style beheading plot is foiled in Britain
Though it no longer seems real to far too many citizens of America, Great Britain, Canada, and much of the rest of the West, the terrorist threat facing us has not gone away, and has, from time to time, [...]
Cracking the code
Nonproliferation efforts in an age of nuclear black markets
Though nuclear proliferation was, until recently, thought of by most as being a unilateral, intra-state (or “vertical”) activity, events of recent years – especially since 9/11 – have brought to the public’s attention the presence not only of state-to-state transfers of nuclear technology, but also [...]
"Terrorism Deniers"
“Terrorism Deniers”
Like Holocaust Deniers, only so much cooler
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the portion of the War on Terror which has taken place in view of the public has been largely prosecuted far away from the United States, a fact which positively demonstrates the war’s success thus far in keeping terrorists away from [...]
