The BBC, its moral vacuum rivaling a moderate-sized black hole, has banned its reporters from referring to Saddam Hussein as a tyrant or dictator, in favor of "the deposed former President." One anonymous BBC staffer has some sense: “This is our daftest order ever.” Well, maybe not ever, but it definitely makes the Top 10.
OK, maybe there have been some dumb ones, but the one showing on Hannity & Colmes on Fox News reads: CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN Saddam reportedly said "My name is Saddam Hussein" And this is suppose to inform me how? It'd be more interesting if it had read: Only true statement Saddam has told interrogators […]
What's going on with the copy desk over at The New York Times? An article on Friday about the views of L. Paul Bremer III, the American administrator in Iraq, about the country's future misstated the weight of the bombs that United States forces have dropped recently on sites believed to harbor urban guerrillas. They […]
London's Guardian newspaper reported on a rally in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. The U.S. soldiers and Iraqi cops present deserve a nomination for the Comeback of the Year award. In the same northern Iraqi town yesterday, about 700 people rallied, chanting: "Saddam is in our hearts, Saddam is in our blood." US soldiers and […]
Rep. Jim McDermott, Washington State's designated idiot in the Congress said Saddam's capture on Saturday was timed to help President Bush politically. In an interview Monday with a Seattle radio station, McDermott said the U.S. military could have found the former Iraqi dictator "a long time ago if they wanted." Asked if he thought the […]
I've got a mess of explorer windows open to various stories that I've been meaning to share, and it's time to close some of them. So here they are: The Los Angeles Times reports on how fewer than 1,000 soldiers took on much of the Iraqi Army and militia in the heart of Baghdad. An […]
Paul Krugman's favorite blogger, the anonymous Atrios, has the following "thoughts" on the capture of the Butcher of Baghdad: These are just some unorganized idle thoughts before I've had a cup of coffee. Capturing Saddam is a good thing - he was a bad guy. I'm really glad he was captured and not killed. But, […]
Lt. Col. Allen West will likely face some sort of administrative punishment, not a court-martial. Mr. Puckett said he was informed yesterday by the division's judge advocate that the hearing officer, Lt. Col. Jimmy Davis, recommended what is called Article 15 punishment, not a trial. Under this procedure, Col. West would appear before Gen. Odierno. […]
Companies from France and Germany, among other countries, are being excluded from competition for contracts to rebuild Iraq. Of course, apologists for the Axis of Weasels are decrying the move as counterproductive. Please, can someone explain to me using something I'd like to call "logic" why we should award contracts (after all, much of this […]