I just got a kick out of the double standard the media has for anonymous sources. President Bush has discovered bloggers. Iraqi bloggers. Bush – a man not known for his love of the working press, and certainly no fan of anonymous quotes – cited two Iraqi bloggers yesterday in a speech asserting that his […]
Last week, House Democrats (and two Republicans) voted through a supplemental defense bill that included a deadline for withdrawal from Iraq and more than $20 billion in pork projects. (Fourteen Democrats voted against the measure, seven because it continued funding the war and seven because the measure was wrong.) The entire process was despicable and […]
Today the House of representatives voted 246-182 to cut off funding for the Iraq War. Oops. No they didn't. They voted 246-182 for a non-binding resolution disapproving of President Bush's "surge" plan to reduce violence, and kill insurgents and terrorists in Baghdad and the Anbar province. However, you couldn't really tell that from what Nancy […]
Muqtada al-Sadr has reportedly left Iraq for Iran -- like lots of other terrorists. This is probably the next best thing to Sadr pushing up daisies. What are the odds that Bush and his troop surge get any credit for this development. Yes, the answer is somewhere between slim and none.
New York Times public editor Byron Calame -- and the Times as an institution -- are a disgrace. They've taken the "citizen of the world" idea and embraced its anti-Americanism. At the end of Calame's Sunday column, we learn that the Times' chief military correspondent, Michael Gordon, was recently reprimanded for comments he made on […]
Senate Democrats -- and a few too many Republicans -- have gone schizophrenic when it comes to the new Bush plan for Iraq. It should be noted that the Senate earlier this week confirmed Gen. David Petraeus by a vote of 81-0 for his fourth star. The same Gen. Petraeus who during his Senate confirmation […]
Buried in the latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll is a question that reveals that the leftists who used to blame America first, now hate America first. 19. Do you personally want the Iraq plan President Bush announced last week to succeed? Yes No (Dont know) 16-17 Jan 07 63% 22 15 Democrats 51% 34 15 […]
Most of the commentary in the mainstream media and the blogosphere is rather predictable and easily classified. However, for those who are interested, I wanted to highlight this piece by the Brookings Institution's Michael O'Hanlon in Sunday's Washington Post: A Skeptic's Case For the Surge.
The man who replaced California Democrat Rep. Jane Harmon as the head of the House Select Committee on Intelligence doesn't appear to be one of the more thoughtful, responsible or stalwart political figures of our time. From the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) via National Review: From the office of Congressman Joe Wilson (R, SC): In […]
This should be the lead story on all of the television networks tonight, but it won't be. President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Corporal Jason Dunham The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor a President can bestow. The Medal is given for gallantry in the face of an enemy attack that […]