Yes, heaven forfend we should destabilize a regime whose motto is “Death to the Great Satan, America!”
The Dog That Didn’t Bark In The Night
Donald Sensing speculates about what Bush didn’t say. Like him, I hope that there’s a lot of it. But I’ve been hoping that for years. It was the reason that I supported removing Saddam.
The Dog That Didn’t Bark In The Night
Donald Sensing speculates about what Bush didn’t say. Like him, I hope that there’s a lot of it. But I’ve been hoping that for years. It was the reason that I supported removing Saddam.
The Dog That Didn’t Bark In The Night
Donald Sensing speculates about what Bush didn’t say. Like him, I hope that there’s a lot of it. But I’ve been hoping that for years. It was the reason that I supported removing Saddam.
Not So Direct
Clark Lindsey has a little roundup of links relating to the “Direct Launch” concept. Short answer, Doug Stanley believes that it can’t provide the necessary performance. Having read his argument, I have no reasons to disagree, or think him less than sincere.
Of course, it doesn’t matter to me, since I’ve never been a big fan of it anyway. The fundamental problems with NASA’s approach to achieving the president’s Vision for Space Exploration go far beyond critiques of specific vehicle designs.
What Took Them So Long?
As with much of what the president announced this past week, why weren’t we doing things like this months, or years ago?
U.S. officials tell CBS News that American forces have begun an aggressive and mostly secret ground campaign against networks of Iranians that had been operating with virtual impunity inside Iraq.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Friday that Iranians are now on the target list.
Is the administration finally waking up from its apparent delusions that we aren’t and haven’t been at war with the mullah-run government of Iran for decades?
Windows Bleg
I’m upgrading a hard drive on a Win2K machine. From what I gather doing a little googling, you can’t clone a drive with XCOPY32 for this operating system (as I used to for Win98). Is there some way using available system tools to do it, or do I have to buy something like Norton Ghost?
Co-Conspirators
Whither Trousergate?
Berger, while reviewing documents, would take frequent bathroom breaks. On one occasion, personnel noticed an unknown white object beneath his pant leg. A witness said Berger “bent down, fiddling with something white, which could have been papers, around his ankle.” No Archives official did or said anything.
As a report by the Archives’ inspector general noted, “He headed toward a construction area… looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the Archives and the DoJ (Department of Justice), and did not see anyone.” He then slid the papers under the trailer. But he took more breaks than four documents or normal biology required.
The Berger team has maintained that: OK, it looks bad, but all documents had been submitted to the 9/11 Commission, and in any event copies of the documents still existed. OK, then, why cut them up and destroy them? Maybe because Berger wasn’t as interested in the reports themselves but in comments certain recipients may have made on the copies he destroyed.
The 9/11 Commission was naturally curious about how the Clinton administration handled prior terror threats and what it knew, and when, about potential threats. So, it asked Berger to testify. Clinton, we know now, signed a letter authorizing Berger’s access to classified documents in the Archives as preparation for his testimony.
A report by the National Archives and Records Administration says Clinton signed an April 12, 2002, letter designating Berger, and another individual whose name was redacted, as “agents on his behalf to review relevant NSC documents regarding Osama bin Laden/al-Qaida, Sudan and presidential correspondence from or to (Sudanese President) Omar Bashir, contained in the Clinton presidential records.”
According to the NARA report, a subsequent letter from a National Security Council official dated May 14, 2002, said Berger was repeatedly briefed that “he was not allowed to remove any documentation from NARA.” But he did. Now we know that we don’t know how many documents he may actually have taken and what was in or on them.
Another jaw dropper from other reports was that when the National Archive staff realized there was a problem, the first person they called was Bruce Lindsey, long-time Clinton consigliere.
Does anyone seriously think that Bill and Hillary Clinton didn’t know what Sandy Berger was up to, and what was in those documents he destroyed?
Proof
For all the clueless commenters who insist that I’m a conservative, you can’t imagine the clutter in my office. Or my many bookcases full of a wide variety of books.
Also, on the fear of death thing, that must explain why the military, fire and police departments are so overrun with liberals.
Articles like this are why so many people have trouble taking psychologists seriously, particularly academic ones. As Tyler says, at a minimum, it would have been useful to have more than two categories. Though it would still be nonsensical. Just more on the continuing Berkeley theme that “conservatism” is a mental disorder.
Is Al Qaeda Losing The War?
Strategy Page says yes:
The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 would appear to have been a plus for al Qaeda, as Saddam Hussein, and his Baath Party, had long been an enemy of Islamic radicalism. But Saddam got religion after his defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. During the 1990s, Saddam became a major supporter of Islam, building many mosques and proclaiming himself a major defender of the faith. Al Qaeda was wary of this, but did enter into negotiations with Saddam. After all, Saddam and al Qaeda shared a hatred for the West, and especially the United States. A major fear was that Saddam would provide a refuge for al Qaeda, and supply them with chemical or nuclear weapons (if not a bomb, then radioactive material.) The fighting in Iraq is basically between the Sunni Arab minority, assisted by al Qaeda, against the majority Kurds and Shia Arabs. While much is made about Iraq becoming a “school for terrorists,” few of the “graduates” have shown up anywhere else, pulling off successful attacks. On the other hand, many known Islamic terrorists have gone to Iraq, and gotten themselves killed or captured. So Iraq has to be seen as a net loss for al Qaeda.