I’m pretty short on time today, so you’ll have to make do with these links I’ve rouned up from around the Internet. Watch out for that second one.
The Intifada has ruined the Palestinian economy. The Palestinian Authority is convinced the Intifada was a good thing. “We killed a lot of Zionists,” says one official (not really).
The Internet will collapse around us. Thank God. I was worried for a second they were talking about the sun.
See, this is why voting for Nader is such a crock. Bush supporters know he’ll take away votes from the Dems, so they want him on the ballot. Dems howl that it’s blatantly partisan to allow Nader on the Florida ballot. That old bumper sticker that says “Screw ‘em. Vote Nader!” doesn’t really hold a lot of water.
The Al Quaeda brand name: 1,000 Bin Ladens in Every Cell!
The UN continues to spin its wheels on the Darfur genocide. Hell, spinning wheels would be a step up. The UN has actually removed the key and gotten out of the car. It’s nice to have a world ruling body so efficiently disinterested in ethnic cleansing and mass murder on a national scale.
Putin’s power grabbing. It’s not looking good for Russian democracy.
Instapundit thinks the Kerry campaign expects to lose, and cites the assault weapons ban noise Kerry made yesterday as evidence. I’m not sure about all that, but Kerry’s been on a downward spiral and he’ll be scrabbling for every point from here to November.
Heretical Ideas thinks the Bush Plan for Iraq is to let the terrorists take over. It’s looking rather more and more like there is no solid plan for demolishing the enemy anymore, just pacification and retreat.
Outside the Beltway is underwhelmed at the prospect of Star Wars Episodes 7, 8, and 9, but is intrigued at what Mark Hamill recently had to say about them.
VodkaPundit says Al Gore is channelling Rip Torn, but then backs off immediately. Personally, I think he looks more like convicted pedophile Jeffrey Jones.
Chrenkoff continues his good work with No. 10 in the Good News from Iraq series. Not all is lost, yes?
Greg Piper says Nazi-like euthanasia is being practiced in the Netherlands–on children. Europe continues its slide into sick dehumanization.
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I couldn’t help but agree with much of what was said in the article link to 1000 Bin Ladens in every cell. It is quite true that we have done a lot of good in Iraq…but I believe more harm than good. The Physician’s oath “First do no harm” might have been thought about before launching into a conflict with no end in sight and no direction on how to find an end. It is very disturbing to me that people who openly criticize our actions in Iraq are often assailed as “unpatriotic” or worse. I can easily support the troops but not support the underlying decisions that sent the troops into action. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Bin Laden is alive and Al Queada (in whatever form) is very much alive and well. Insurgents/militants continue to cut the lifeblood of Iraq (oil) and continue to spill the blood of civilians and allied military alike. Let’s be realistic, when we say “allied” we really mean US military. How many UK troops have been killed? How many Poles? I don’t know, but I know it is far fewer than the US.
I TRULY TRULY hope that the sacrifices made by our troops and the families that support them are not in vain. I hope that the administration has some plan for cleaning up the quagmire that exists, despite their best attempts at glossing over the very real and very serious problems that exist. I hope that I am proven completely wrong and off base in my opinions. Nothing would make me happier.
More than two-thirds of Iraq is as peaceful as Oxford on a summer day, and the regions that are in ferment are fairly limited to zones where the US has allowed Iraqi forces to begin taking over operations. It is slowly working. I find it difficult to understand how one can support the troops without supporting their mission. That’s like supporting getting a triple bypass even though you think that it’s wrong to unclog your arteries through invasive surgery. What’s it going to be, a heart attack or your “principles” intact? I’m not sure you can have both.
I don’t know if bin Laden is alive or dead. I do know that the uS hasn’t suffered a terrorist attack in 3 years, and though Al Quaeda is still active, it’s been severely limited in its reach and abilities.
How many UK troops have been killed? How many Poles? I don’t know, but I know it is far fewer than the US.
Does that mean their sacrifice is less? It’s this sort of quantifying that makes me suspicious of “compassionate” liberals. They’re all heart unless it countermands their beliefs about a subject, then it’s stats and numbers.
I am skeptical of the Bush administration’s future plans for Iraq, or rather, what seems to be a lack of a plan. However, I don’t see what’s currently going on as a “quagmire”. What war is carefully planned and orchestrated? What conflict does not contain these self same elements as what we’re seeing today? WWII was just as fraught with problems and difficulties, if not more, than this conflict. This too shall pass.