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Obama Too Easily Spooked

Posted by AJStrata on February 29th, 2008

We all know the political talking heads (left and right), the media elites and all the pols and political consultants in DC are some place else than America. They don’t get the country and they don’t understand how things resonate. They have been stumped by this year’s election path and will continue to […]

Decline In Violence In Iraq Continues Apace

Posted by AJStrata on February 29th, 2008

al-Qaeda has been attempting to salvage their losing effort in Iraq by increasing their body counts. They had some success in January in getting a slight up-tick in the US casualty number, as I noted in this post and as can be seen in the chart below from that post:

As the graph notes the […]

US Hits al-Qaeda Enclave In Pakistan

Posted by AJStrata on February 29th, 2008

US forces have taken another jab at the gathering al-Qaeda forces in the tribal areas of Pakistan - one of these times it will be Bin Laden, Zwahiri or Mullah Omar:
A missile strike on a suspected Taliban safe house in a remote tribal area of northwest Pakistan killed at least 10 people early Thursday, according […]

I truly enjoy reading of success in Iraq in the ‘pages’ of the NY Times. The NY Times is the epicenter of BDS and the SurrenderMedia’s defeatism on Iraq. So I savour the moments when they must actual perform real journalism and report how the Bin Laden’s butchers are being destroyed by the […]

You Can Be Anti-War And Support Continuing Our Efforts In Iraq

Posted by AJStrata on February 29th, 2008

My hat is off to Angelina Jolie. Today she penned a very important article in the Washington Post which demonstrates you can be anti-war and still support continuing our efforts in Iraq. How is this possible? It seems so obvious once you read Jolie’s words. She notes we are working […]

We know the SurrenderMedia has a very tough time discerning any moral difference between the West and the Islamic Terrorists, mainly because their morals are so shallow the historic gap between the culture of the West and the one espoused by Islamo Fascism (in all its brutality) cannot register for them. This lack of […]

We Now Have Our 3rd Infamous American Traitor

Posted by AJStrata on February 29th, 2008

Though I know many hyper partisans would like to include George Bush and Nancy Pelosi as traitors to America, the reality is (a) we are in a real war and (b) there are Americans siding with our enemies. The first traitor was John Walker Lindh who was captures fighting for the enemy in Afghanistan. […]

Interesting View Of al-Qaeda’s Dwindling Capability

Posted by AJStrata on February 27th, 2008

I you want to see how the War On Terror as succeeded in decimating al-Qaeda, and how the movement has moved from the Middle East to Europe due to the decimation check out this assessment:
The third wave of terrorists comprises mostly “terrorist wannabes,” said Marc Sageman, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in […]

Still No Oba-mentum

Posted by AJStrata on February 27th, 2008

Dem Presidential wannabe Barack Obama seems to have hit his ceiling in the democrat primary. For quite a while now the Gallup Daily Tracking poll has shown a dead tie between him and Senator Clinton.

The RCP average of good and ridiculously lame polls shows a different picture, but that is no surprise when […]

Been Really Sick, But Not Dead Yet!

Posted by AJStrata on February 26th, 2008

Finally got bitten by that damn cold/flu going around. Nailed me good - but not before I got to trade out of my mini van I have been driving for almost a decade and into some sportier digs. My new toys (actual colors and years - can click through images to articles):

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Global Cooling Is Here

Posted by AJStrata on February 25th, 2008

It is a very cold year with near-record snowfall across the Northern hemisphere:
Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966.
The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported that many American cities and towns suffered record cold temperatures in January and early February. According […]

News Update From Pakistan

Posted by AJStrata on February 25th, 2008

The impact of last week’s elections in Pakistan is still very much in doubt. The new government is learning that gaining power is not all it is cracked up to be, especially with an impatient and brutal force like al-Qaeda and the Taliban expecting immediate relief from being targeted. The irony is […]

Obama Not Gaining Any Momentum

Posted by AJStrata on February 25th, 2008

Barack Obama seems to be out of gas. He initially took some momentum from Super Tuesday and a small bit from the Chesapeake primaries. But he is not getting the jolt in the polls I would have expected from 11 straight wins. In fact, if you look at the RCP national average […]

Captain’s Quarters Going Into Dry Dock

Posted by AJStrata on February 25th, 2008

It is sad for me to hear Ed Morrissey is closing up his blog to join a confederation of conservative bloggers over at Hot Air. I have a lot of respect for Hot Air and Ed Morrissey, but I think the power of the Internet and Blogosphere was the independent voices of what was […]

The Cult Of Obama

Posted by AJStrata on February 25th, 2008

As I noted in a previous post the Cult of Obama is starting to become a liability as saner, wiser eyes look upon the groupies of Barack and see echos of Jamestown and Flying Saucers. Here’s the view of the mob-think from our friends in the UK:
There is “something just a wee bit creepy […]