I did a Google News search for word that France had agreed to send one (1) soldier to Iraq to help train the Iraqi police. Brit Hume made mention of that on his "Special Report" program last night. I didn't find an article to confirm that fact, but I did come across a criticism of […]
At the very least, the government of Iraq is no longer systematically raping women; young girls need no longer worry about catching the eye of one of Saddam Hussein's evil sons. Most would think these are good things -- unless you're more interested in making a political point at the expense of your credibility. Enter […]
Apparently he got a job offer at al Jazeera. (Not really.) CNN's top news executive had accused the American military, at a forum in Davos, Switzerland, of deliberately targeting journalists in Iraq. A few thoughts: I'm surprised that Jordan has resigned. I believed that if Jordan's admitted sell out to Saddam Hussein (Jordan confessed to […]
The story of CNN news executive Eason Jordan's charge that the American military was targeting journalists in Iraq for assassination finally broke into the mainstream media. The best article on the subject comes from the New York Sun. There is video of the forum and the comments, but that video is apparently not forthcoming. The […]
You can find the transcript here. Video of it is available here. I've got the video running in another window right now, and for the most part I think the speech is pretty good. President Bush spent a lot of time on Social Security reform. This speech was probably the best time to really get […]
I finally got around to watching Sen. John Kerry's appearance on Sunday's "Meet the Press." I think NBC's decision to interview Kerry and not some Middle East policy expert on the day of the Iraqi elections was odd. You can find a transcript of the interview here. Lots of bloggers have flogged Kerry over many […]
As I flipped channels yesterday and watched the cable channels' coverage of the historic elections in Iraq, I was impressed by the amount of coverage devoted to the story. Many of the cable channels were running their weekday programming schedule. A time or two I worried that I had slept completely through Sunday and had […]
Today is the day Iraqis go to the polls to participate in free elections for the first time in decades. It's still early in Iraq, but it appears as though the terrorists' promise to fill the streets with blood has been largely empty. Check out Steven Vincent's "In the Red Zone" blog for some thoughts […]
At last week's confirmation hearings for Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice, Sen. Joseph Biden (Plagiarist-Del.) suggested that Rice needed a little reality check when it came to the number of Iraqi troops we have trained. Rice puts the total number -- including police officers, border patrol, regular army -- at more than 100,000. Biden countered […]