The Democrats have decided that there's nothing much worth getting done in Washington. Like their spiritual leader, Bluto Blutarski, they're only intersted in making empty, meaningless gestures. Everyone knows what the Democrats' position on the Iraq war is -- and everyone knows there isn't a darn thing they can do about it as long as […]
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki made headlines Saturday when he said that the U.S. could pull-out of Iraq whenever and the Iraqis can handle the security situation. From The New York Times: Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki declared Saturday that Iraqi forces could secure the country on their own “any time” American troops decided to […]
Credit where credit's due, ABC News' Jake Tapper the other day asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid what is one of the most pertinent questions when discussing any draw down of American troops in Iraq. TAPPER: I'm sorry, if I could just follow up very quickly...Do you think the Iraqi people will be safer with […]
Victor Davis Hanson takes on Sunday's New York Times editorial advocating retreat from Iraq. I wanted to highlight the absolute moral depravity that appears to be the standard at the Times with this paragraph: Americans must be clear that Iraq, and the region around it, could be even bloodier and more chaotic after Americans leave. […]
It's time to once again clean up some of the open Web pages with some stuff that's worth reading: Scot McKnight over at Jesus Creed has an excellent post on the "Love the sinner, hate the sin" philosophy vis a vis homosexuality. John Leo gives out his annual award to the worst college president in […]
I was poking around The Washington Post's Web site when I decided to check out their "On Faith" feature. Ambivalence can probably best describe my feelings about the site -- I think it is too heavily populated by those mainline churches that nobody goes to anymore. When panelists tout their membership in the Jesus Seminar, […]
This post has been updated No, that's not a typo. The senate majority leader with the vast military background, labeled Marine Gen. Peter Pace "incompetent" and reportedly made "similar disparaging remarks" about Army Gen. David Petraeus -- the man that the Senate, including Reid, unanimously confirmed less than six months ago. Though the fifth and […]
Sorry, but the first thing that came to my mind when I read this story was: "Candygram for Mongo."
Today's Wall Street Journal features an editorial on last week's belated funding for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. I want to pick out two paragraphs to share. First, on the Democrats: Hamilton and Madison knew what they were doing when they gave the bulk of the war powers to the President, and it's hard […]
President Bush has signed the emergency supplemental bill funding the war in Iraq with no deadlines or limits on the use of military force, just a bit of pork and a minimum wage hike. Finally. The votes in the House (280-142) and Senate (80-14) have to be a little disconcerting for the retreat now coalition. […]