The stories of al-Qaeda’s problems are starting to avalanche as Iraq turns the corner, causing a domino effect across the Muslim world in terms of al-Qaeda’s falling credibility and respect. The wave of good news is so strong I can only synopsize and link to the stories these days. So here we go: Coalition forces […]

Ohio is a notoriously bellweather (or maybe in this 50-50 nation that should be weathervane) state. It totters left and right depending on the prevailing mood of the country. Like FL it is considered a purple state at best. So it is always useful to know what the people of Ohio (my mother’s home state) […]

While there is reasonable caution that things in Iraq could still reverse, I think those reasons are swiftly vanishing. Let me first start with the new picture of Iraqi life, as presented by Newsweek: Meanwhile, though, I can contemplate activities that were once unthinkable: like going out to dinner. Baghdad’s famous mazghouf restaurants, selling barbecued […]

We in America our experiencing a Tsunami of good news out of Iraq (see all my posts on Iraq here). It is becoming all too clear I will not be able to keep posting on all of them – there are now just too many! But let’s do one more simply because it is from […]

Only Hitchens can say the obvious with such power and force. A tidbit: A few weeks ago, in Britain’s Prospect magazine, the paper’s foreign editor, Bartle Bull, published a bold essay saying that the high tide of violence in Iraq was essentially behind us and that the ebb had disclosed some interesting things. First, the […]

The led zeppelin of defeatism on Iraq is crashing and burning like the Hindenburg did when it brought an end to airships. Gateway Pundit has a graphic showing the stunning numbers on the drop in violence across Iraq. The entire country of Iraq must be thanking George Bush for “staying the course” and not giving […]

This article in the WaPO is too funny to read. Basically it says Bush was right on many important topics the media claimed he was wrong on (Iraq, North Korea, the economy, the deficits). But so far (hint, hint) he is not getting the credit he deserveds. Oh, he will get the credit – not […]

The streets of Iraq are not only becoming a hunting ground for al-Qaeda, they are becoming the place where political reconciliation is taking place from the ground up Some much so even the LA Times took notice: Despite persistent sectarian tensions in the Iraqi government, war-weary Sunnis and Shiites are joining hands at the local […]

When liberals complain the US is bullying other nations, or that we are force our views on others and make them angry, it might be wise to read Mark Steyn’s take on Thanksgiving and America and note that we ARE the oldest democracy out there. We know Eastern Europe was a totalitarian prison until the […]

I really dislike posting on news reports that begin with ‘a classified program’, because I cannot tell if the story is the news media willing to sell out this country for the big bucks of scoop or a deliberate leak by the government. Needless to say I would be more cautious in reporting on classified […]