Sharia law is making appalling inroads in Italy.
Category Archives: War Commentary
At Last, An Honest Leftist
Lee Stranahan admits that he wanted the Iraq war to fail.
Actually, it went beyond a desire, into fantasy and wishful thinking, as when Harry Reid moronically declared it a failure, and a war that was already lost.
[Update a few minutes later]
John Hawkins, on what Rush Limbaugh got wrong.
Obama’s Worst Appointment?
Andy McCarthy thinks so. If what he says is true, it’s hard to disagree.
The British Civil War
Luring jihadist Brits overseas and killing them in Afghanistan is certainly a swifter response to the problem than having them sitting at “home” plotting to blow up Glasgow Airport while the government makes ever more desperate efforts to appease them. But no doubt some obliging judge will soon rule that it’s in breach of the European Human Rights Act for British troops in Afghanistan to shoot at British passport holders.
Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
The Alternate Reality
…in which the administration lives, that results in their selling out of Israel:
I would sum it up as a growing administration belief that solid U.S. support for Israel is probably the reason for radical Islamic anti-American terrorism; and, secondly, the Palestinian issue can be best resolved with the return of Israel to the 1967 borders. Apparently, this thought stems from the assumption that there has been a radical reappraisal about Israel on the part of the Arab nations, and Islamic world at large, who in toto have now accepted Israel’s right to exist. Therefore, with the casus belli removed, in the future we should expect no more wars — like 1948, 1956, and 1967, when Israel did not hold the Golan Heights or the West Bank. Accordingly, the withdrawals from Lebanon and Gaza were positive first-steps and left stability in their wake.
I suspect that Netanyahu knows that he’s on his own now.
Foreign Policy Change!
But not much hope. The new administration is already selling out Israel at the UN. As Bayefsky notes, there should have been no US involvement in Durban in the first place. All we’ve done is legitimize a western-bashing process.
The War Against Islamism Is Lost
At least in Britain, which no longer seems great.
Can I Be Tortured Please?
This is apparently some new definition of the word “torture,” with which I was previously unfamiliar:
His lawyer, Ejaz Naqvi, has filed legal papers with Mumbai magistrate’s court, claiming the “white woman” removed all his clothes and showed him pornographic films.
Well, it could have been worse. She might have actually made physical contact with his and her privates. That would have been entirely in violation of the Geneva Conventions.
Anyway, what with all the hope and change in the air, I’m sure that this barbaric practice will come to a quick end. Right after there is no more rendition or holding prisoners indefinitely…
Goodie
Iran will have enough fuel for several Hiroshima-level bombs by the end of the year.
I should note that their ability to put a satellite into space isn’t quite as concerning to me as it has been portrayed by some in the news. Though we had ICBMs before we had launch vehicles, it doesn’t follow that having a launch vehicle implies ICBM capability. It’s actually a lot easier, from a guidance standpoint, to put an object into orbit than it is to hit a target precisely. Also, warhead and entry vehicle technology is a completely different beast than a launcher, so simply having throw capability doesn’t mean that you have all of the pieces in place. In addition, it’s one thing to build a bomb — it’s another to make it small enough to be able to loft it around the world.
Of course, none of this is of much consolation to Israel, because it’s a lot closer, and I would imagine that the Iranians are indifferent to how precisely they can kill hundreds of thousands of Jews.
A Road To Victory
…in Afghanistan? Let’s hope that the new administration is reading this. Let’s hope even more that they want to win that war, and not just “end” it.