In light of growing evidence that “the surge” is working, that even Brian Williams couldn’t ignore, Robert Kagan asks an interesting question.
Thoughts On The Time Change
I think it will be pretty hilarious if, after all the hoopla about Y2K that turned out to be nothing (admittedly, we had a lot of warning), the world comes to an end because Congress decided to extend daylight savings time a month.
I’ve updated both the desktops (at least on the Windows side) and my Treo/cellphone, but who know what the morrow brings?
Who’s Your Baghdadi Now?
Looks like a major capture in Iraq:
Al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, has been identified in statements posted on Islamic extremist Web sites as the head of the Islamic State, which was proclaimed last year after the death of the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraqi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Al-Baghdadi was said to have headed the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an alliance of Al Qaeda and other jihadist organizations, which was set up last year to downplay the role of foreigners in the Iraqi insurgency.
Hard to see how this is bad news. For either us or Iraq.
Who’s Your Baghdadi Now?
Looks like a major capture in Iraq:
Al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, has been identified in statements posted on Islamic extremist Web sites as the head of the Islamic State, which was proclaimed last year after the death of the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraqi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Al-Baghdadi was said to have headed the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an alliance of Al Qaeda and other jihadist organizations, which was set up last year to downplay the role of foreigners in the Iraqi insurgency.
Hard to see how this is bad news. For either us or Iraq.
Who’s Your Baghdadi Now?
Looks like a major capture in Iraq:
Al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, has been identified in statements posted on Islamic extremist Web sites as the head of the Islamic State, which was proclaimed last year after the death of the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraqi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Al-Baghdadi was said to have headed the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an alliance of Al Qaeda and other jihadist organizations, which was set up last year to downplay the role of foreigners in the Iraqi insurgency.
Hard to see how this is bad news. For either us or Iraq.
Ummmmmm…
Giant calamari:
If cut up for calamari, the stories said, the squid would produce rings the size of tractor tires. As word got out that the catch had actually been recorded on video, Bennett found himself in the middle of an international bidding war.
Boy, you’d need a pretty big bowl for the dipping sauce.
The New Euphemism
I see that this is the new Democrat mantra:
“bring our involvement in that civil war to a conclusion.”
Is there a civil war in Iraq? Sure.
Is that all that is going on there? Really?
There will be no negative consequences to either the region, or our own security, to allow the “civil” war to get worse, or for the Sunni countries in the region (most of whom are at best indifferent to Al Qaeda and their goals, and often supportive) to continue to reinforce their agents of chaos there, and allow Anbar and other areas to become uninhibited breeding and training grounds for terrorism, as Afghanistan was under the Taliban?
It would be nice if we could have a real debate over this war, instead of disingenuousness from appeasers.
Fitzgerald’s Disgrace
The jarring spectacle of jurors expressing support for, or at least indifference toward, an executive act to wipe away the conviction that they just handed down is a damning statement about Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. It means that he had sufficient evidence to convince a handful of people drawn from Washington, D.C.
Fitzgerald’s Disgrace
The jarring spectacle of jurors expressing support for, or at least indifference toward, an executive act to wipe away the conviction that they just handed down is a damning statement about Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. It means that he had sufficient evidence to convince a handful of people drawn from Washington, D.C.
Fitzgerald’s Disgrace
The jarring spectacle of jurors expressing support for, or at least indifference toward, an executive act to wipe away the conviction that they just handed down is a damning statement about Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. It means that he had sufficient evidence to convince a handful of people drawn from Washington, D.C.