Apparently, Senator Feingold is going to call for a fixed date to remove troops from Iraq. This idea has been amply discussed in the blogosphere (short version of the criticism–it allows the “insurgents” to run out the clock, after which they can have their way with the Iraqis). But I need this explained to me:

Lileks has some thoughts on the Gaza pullout, and Cindy Sheehan.

I think many on the progressive left would not be troubled much if Israel just

…it would be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

The so-called “moderate Muslim leadership” in Britain is blackmailing the British government again:

The closure of mosques accused of “fomenting extremism” would amount to a collective punishment of the community, the statement warned.

It may “create fear” which could lead to “the very radical sub-culture which we all seek to prevent”.

Finally, the Muslim leaders said plans to deport foreign nationals to countries known for human rights abuses was “abhorrent”.

In other words, Britain had better continue to allow people to foment insurrection and religious hatred against non-Muslims, or there might be even more insurrection and religious hatred against non-Muslims. And Britain is apparently obliged to provide asylum to people who abuse that privilege to preach hatred against her.

…it would be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

The so-called “moderate Muslim leadership” in Britain is blackmailing the British government again:

The closure of mosques accused of “fomenting extremism” would amount to a collective punishment of the community, the statement warned.

It may “create fear” which could lead to “the very radical sub-culture which we all seek to prevent”.

Finally, the Muslim leaders said plans to deport foreign nationals to countries known for human rights abuses was “abhorrent”.

In other words, Britain had better continue to allow people to foment insurrection and religious hatred against non-Muslims, or there might be even more insurrection and religious hatred against non-Muslims. And Britain is apparently obliged to provide asylum to people who abuse that privilege to preach hatred against her.

…it would be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

The so-called “moderate Muslim leadership” in Britain is blackmailing the British government again:

The closure of mosques accused of “fomenting extremism” would amount to a collective punishment of the community, the statement warned.

It may “create fear” which could lead to “the very radical sub-culture which we all seek to prevent”.

Finally, the Muslim leaders said plans to deport foreign nationals to countries known for human rights abuses was “abhorrent”.

In other words, Britain had better continue to allow people to foment insurrection and religious hatred against non-Muslims, or there might be even more insurrection and religious hatred against non-Muslims. And Britain is apparently obliged to provide asylum to people who abuse that privilege to preach hatred against her.

Here’s a stupid question:

“President Bush, if your own two daughters won’t enlist, how can you expect anyone else’s children to join the military?”

This is like the idiocy of Michael Moore demanding the same thing of Bill O’Reilly. It presupposes that “children” join the military, and fantasizes that this happens because parents “send” them. Surely this formulation helps play into the little passion play we’re seeing down in Crawford right now, but it has no correspondence to reality. In this country, adults join the military, and they do so voluntarily. Many (indeed, most) of them have parents, but this is presumably a choice made by those adults, and not the parents, so this whole notion of “sending our children to war” is nonsensical.

Does he really expect the president to order Jenna and Barbara to enlist? If not, what’s his point? This isn’t about “people’s children” joining the military–it’s about people joining the military who happen (on occasion) to have parents. But that reality apparently doesn’t jerk the heartstrings as much.

John Podhoretz says that there may be much less to the “Able Danger” issue than meets the eye. This doesn’t, of course, relieve the commission of its (what I consider) disgraceful behavior in whitewashing Jamie Gorelick’s role, and allowing her to remain on the commission, instead of what she properly should have been–a witness.

Andrew McCarthy writes about hypocrisy in Turtle Bay.

Michael Totten writes about who we are at war with, and who they are at war with:

The overwhelming majority of Islamist killers aren’t terrorists. They are soldiers and members of state-sanctioned death squads. Most victims of Islamists violence aren’t Westerners…they’re the Islamists’ fellow Muslims. It’s easy to forget this — or not even be aware of it — if you aren’t interested in what happens inside the Muslim world when George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and the rest in the West aren’t involved.

Michael Totten writes about who we are at war with, and who they are at war with:

The overwhelming majority of Islamist killers aren’t terrorists. They are soldiers and members of state-sanctioned death squads. Most victims of Islamists violence aren’t Westerners…they’re the Islamists’ fellow Muslims. It’s easy to forget this — or not even be aware of it — if you aren’t interested in what happens inside the Muslim world when George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and the rest in the West aren’t involved.