If the news media really cared about America and her heroes, if they really cared about the soldiers who must enforce the policies of this administration, they would honor them regularly with stories of their acts of bravery – and how they SURVIVED. Sydney Freeberg Jr, writing in the National Journal today (H/T RCP), notes […]

ABCNews is reporting that Iranian weapons material has been detected by the US Military in Iraq heading to Moqtada Sadr’s Mahdi Militia: US military intelligence sources tell ABC News that large shipments of weapons have been smuggled to Iraqi militia over the past five weeks, including dozens of Iranian supplied EFP’s , or Explosive Form […]

The old adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” should be a warning to Democrats intent on their socialistic tax and spend policies. The US economy is doing just great (thanks George Bush!), the job market is looking as good as the stock market, and the Federal deficit is dropping. In fact, the Feds […]

To understand the debate on the Iraq and the ME one should do as much homework as possible to engage in a manner that will result in a success. I am woefully behind on this and constantly find people with so much to educate us on what is going that it baffles me that we […]

I posted previously on the empty threat coming from Congress to stop funding for the new strategy in Iraq. Basically my point was the DoD has the money to get everyone in place and going for some time. So the Congress cannot stop the effort. Add to that Congress needs to override a certain veto […]

It is good to see decisive action being taken on Iraq. But what is most encouraging is all the souls being laid bare in the process. The facade’s of people are being ripped off as they are confronted. One facade now gone is that covering Muqtada al Sadr – the spiritual head of much of […]

Update: I am really wondering about the reporting on this article, which was repeated in many news outlets. The earlier reporting had Shvets claiming Litvinenko told Shvets about the incident (making Tempester’s comment below correct): “Litvinenko told me he met Lugovoy and other Russians and they offered him tea that wasn’t made in front of […]

Obama the Wannabe: We’re not going to baby sit a civil war,” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told NBC’s “Today” Show. No junior league Senator. You are going to witness decisive leadership and a will to win. The lesson is just beginning. And you my son, are not ready to lead this nation. Watch and learn.

The most intriguing and vague part of the Litvinenko Polonium-210 trail relates to those sights that could truly be implicated in contraband nuclear smuggling effort. These sites all share some common traits: (1) they are all business associates of Litvinenko and Berezovsky, (2) they are sites of Po-210 outside the restaurants, hotels, planes (public areas […]

Secretary of State Rice put both Iran and Congress on notice not to interfere with our new Iraq strategy. The US stepped up pressure on Iran Thursday with the secretary of state warning that Washington will not stand “idly by” if Tehran disrupts a new strategy to stabilize Iraq hours after US troops raided an […]