Anbar is where the a change in US deployment strategy combined with Iraqis repulsed and fed up with al-Qaeda’s brutal tactics to create the original model for what would later be known as The Surge. Because it was the example for the broader Surge across Iraq Anbar is the first in province in Iraq is […]

The media is trying to blunt the news that the tide is turning on the Surrendercrats and the SurrenderMedia, but the fact is a new poll shows an ever changing view on Iraq that follows the drop in violence, but with a 4 month delay: By 52 percent to 41 percent, most said the U.S. […]

The idiocy of the NIE continues to reverberate through the media and blogs. Major points about the NIE include the fact it was not a consensus of the intel community and there are dissenters in the career analyst corps who disagree with the key finding of moderate confidence – like the conclusion Iran continues to […]

The Islamic religion has its many defects – as do all religions. I am not religious but spiritual – mainly because all religions hold onto some antiquated perceptions I find offensive. The Christian faith (I was raised Roman-Catholic/Christian) has its out of date views that women are not the equal of men and cannot lead […]

The GOP is going through an interesting process – the far right is trying to find anyone but Rudy Giuliani or John McCain to support who can beat the Dems. These two RINOS stick in the craw of the far right. There is no option because the far right as done such a great job […]

Why do so many think there is something fishy about the latest NIE on Iran? For starters there is the result the NIE has had in undoing years of diplomatic efforts to hold Iran accountable for its nuclear weapons ambitions (now a high-confidence conclusion). By hinting (never a slam-dunk conclusion) Iran is not designing warheads […]

The Democrats have lost the ability to lead or govern. All they do now is stomp their feet, pout and complain to the media that it is too hard to get their work done. The latest example – in a year of unending examples – is the inability of Congress to fund the Federal Government, […]

I feel sorry for the folks on the leftward fringes in this country. They keep thinking they have a smoking gun conspiracy to finally take out Bush and it always fizzles out. The latest one, torture by the CIA, is just not going to fly. First off, making someone scared or uncomfortable is not what […]

ABC News has a bit of a bombshell interview with an ex-CIA agent who participated in the waterboarding of one of our captured terrorists, Abu Zubaydah. The discussion is frank and doesn’t insult the intelligence with simple platitudes and 1950’s morality. It covers the tough trades we have had to make when faced with possible […]