The recent NIE on Iran’s nuclear weapons program (the NIE does confirm the program exists BTW, the question is whether it is still suspended from 2003) is turning out to be a huge political debacle. The LA Times is now noting that folks on the left are siding with Bush instead of the NIE! Iran […]

The last of Saddam’s top thugs was almost captured overnight, but US and Iraqi forces did find a treasure trove of intel regarding his work with al-Qaeda. The former vice-president of Iraq, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has escaped from forces who had cornered him in an overnight raid. Al-Douri managed to escape the raid following intelligence […]

The the term “scourge of humanity” is becoming highly applicable to al-Qaeda. They have been pushed on their way out of Iraq for months now and their last remnants are in now grasping to hang on in Northern Iraq. They are doing their usual bloodthirsty thing and making it easier and easier for the US […]

The liberal media is a bit upset their politicization of the latest NIE on Iran is not working, so they claim all those who raise legitimate doubts about the NIE are – of course – politicizing the NIE. Kettle, meet pot. We can see this in the way the SurrenderMedia portrays the debate. Their frustration […]

If the drop in violence in Iraq is sustained and reconciliation continues to proceed then we could see 21,500 US troops out of Iraq by summer. Petraeus outlined a strategy for handling what he called “the thinning out of our forces” as 17,500 soldiers and 4,000 Marines depart by July. He said he has asked […]

Some stories folks might find interesting which probably won’t make the national news media (their too busy dealing with a Mormon Presidential candidate discussing religion in America to focus on our ongoing war efforts). First up we are getting great news from Pakistan on the efforts to purge that country of the Ilsamo Fascist waging […]

The Democrat leaders in Congress have once again bet the house and lost in their uselessly lame attempts to appease their far left base and somehow not appear to be pulling the rug out from under our troops on the front lines. It is impossible to do both things at the same time, so the […]

We are seeing more and more conferences and meetings across Iraq where the various tribal leaders from all the sects continue to meet and pledge alliance for Iraq and against al-Qaeda. The uprising, solidarity of Iraqis against al-Qaeda continues to spread. What an unbelievable shift from the days surrounding 9-11.

Addendum: I want to put this snippet from the recent NY Times piece at the top because it underlines what my points have been over the last few days. The post below outlines why we are right to question this sudden change in view on Iran. But my other recurring point is this NIE was […]

Lots and lots of progress still pouring out of Iraq. First up is news of a Sunni-Kurd power sharing deal in the North of Iraq – ironically the last bastion of major al-Qaeda activity: Sunni Arabs ended a yearlong political boycott Tuesday in Kirkuk — the hub of Iraq’s northern oil fields — under a […]