History will look back fondly on Tony Blair

Tony Blair has stood down as UK prime minister after 10 years in the job.

History will throw-up a little in it's mouth when remembering Senator Lugar.

A Memorial Day present to a fallen hero

Cindy Sheehan has decided to stop disgracing her son's memory.

Good Riddance Attention Whore

Hugo Chavez or Free Speech

Pick one.

Ron Paul is an idiot

The exchange between Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani regarding the 9/11 attacks that took place at a recent Republican debate is old news. If you've been busy with real life and would like a review, here's an article in The Nation. I'm only bringing it up because I heard some acquaintances discussing it today.

It seems to be yet another case of the wrong question being asked and followed-up upon, taking the whole discussion into never-never land.

Let's just say that Ron Paul is right. The reason we were attacked on 9/11 is that al Qaeda objects to U.S. foreign policy.

Good.

The real question is, who would want to live in a country with foreign policy that al Qaeda approves of?

Not me.

I want the murderous bastards to hate me. The alternative is repugnant.

Thomas Sowell can't figure it out either

That people on the political left have a certain set of opinions, just as people do in other parts of the ideological spectrum, is not surprising. What is surprising, however, is how often the opinions of those on the left are accompanied by hostility and even hatred.

Particular issues can arouse passions here and there for anyone with any political views. But, for many on the left, indignation is not a sometime thing. It is a way of life.

The Anger Of The Left

Good news for the U.S. Army

These generals don't work there anymore.

Good news for the CIA

George Tenet and this bunch of whiny asshats don't work there anymore.

Can I get a witness?

All of a sudden he just fired up and he wasn’t this smooth politician anymore. His hair, which is usually slicked back, was out of place, he had sweat on his brow, and he was gesticulating wildly. You could feel the energy from the back of the room. It was the moment when I felt I had touched on something real. That was the moment I really felt convinced.

Hallelujah!

I'm sure the feeling is mutual

Murtha: "I've Lost Confidence in the Military"

A herd of bison, a gaggle of geese ...

... a school of fish, a murder of crows, a pod of whales, a conspiracy of lawyers, a flock of sheep and a march of morons.

Give the Democrats credit

They are the only force on earth able to defeat the United States Military. Twice. I'll bet they're proud.

Today is Anzac day

Or tomorrow is or maybe yesterday. I can never figure out what day it is in Australia. I can figure out that Australia stands on the side of civilization.

Today, this small nation of 20 million on the other side of the world, with total air, land and sea forces of about 50,000, puts many nations to shame with its willingness to engage.

Jules Crittenden has more and some firsthand accounts of the battle of Gallipoli.

Also, a soft voice delivering a hard message.

What did we do to deserve such fine people?

I don’t understand the stance that the populace has taken towards our military. I feel as if I went off and did the wrong thing at times. Why can’t people see that we fight for a greater cause? We sacrifice so you can have freedoms. We don’t die and get maimed because we have done something wrong or our society has accepted something wrong. We fight the global war on terror. You all remember 9/12/01. You know what it felt like to lose people or feel helpless.

American Soldier

I would rather have his respect than the respect of all the congressmen and journalists in the world.

Bad news for Senator Reid

Just back inside some civilized wire (Camp Fallujah) and am reading Harry Reid's declaration then track back on the war in Iraq being lost.

The odd thing--is that I think there are parts of Al Anbar province where the war may be over and we just don't realize it.

Doesn't Look Lost To Me

More bad news.

Thank you for being here. Thank you. You are a reporter? Tell America how much we appreciate Marines. Tell the people thank you and that we want the Marines, the Army here to help us.

Tell America that the Iraqi Army is growing. We are getting stronger. Tell them thank you.

Message From Lt. Ala

What about the children?

Nearly 60 percent of children said they feared global warming and environmental disasters - such as hurricanes, tornados and flooding - more than terrorism, car crashes, and even cancer.

This child abuse is happening all over the place.

It's not like Cho drew a Mohammed cartoon

BLACKSBURG, United States (AFP) - Asian students at Virginia Tech university, where Korean-born Cho Seung-Hui shot dead 32, said Monday they felt no rebuke or blame from other students in the wake of the massacre.

Despite fear, campus Asians face no post-massacre backlash

Call for Senator Reid's resignation

The Senate's top Democrat has announced to terrorists a U.S. surrender in Iraq. Considering our new strategy's documented successes, Harry Reid's determination to lose is practically treasonous.

D is for Defeatism

If that one square of TP isn't enough ...

... those sleeves could come in handy.

Senator Joe says it ain't so

WASHINGTON - Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today made the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comment that the Iraq War is "lost:"

"This week witnessed horrific terrorist attacks by Islamist extremists in Iraq, killing hundreds of innocent civilians and leading Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to declare that the war is 'lost.'

With all due respect, I strongly disagree. Senator Reid's statement is not based on military facts on the ground in Iraq and does not advance our cause there.

Al Qaeda's strategy for victory in Iraq is clear. They are trying to murder as many innocent civilians as possible in an effort to reignite sectarian fighting and drive us to retreat from Iraq.

The question now before us is whether we respond to these terrorist attacks by running away as Al Qaeda hopes - abandoning the future of Iraq, the Middle East, and ultimately our own security to the very same people responsible for this week's atrocities - or whether we stand united to fight them.

This is exactly the wrong time to conclude that we have lost the war in Iraq, or that our new strategy has failed. Instead, we should provide General Petraeus and his troops with the time and the resources to succeed. We should not surrender in the face of barbarism."

Dear Monsieur Reid

Senator Reid: When you say we've lost in Iraq, I don't think you understand the effect of your words. The Iraqis I speak with are the good guys here, fighting to build a stable government. They hear what you say, but they don't understand it. They don't know about the political game, they don't know about a Presidential veto, and they don't know about party politics.

But they do know that if they help us, they are noticed by terrorists and extremists. They decide to help us if they think we can protect them from those terrorists. They tell us where caches of weapons are hidden. They call and report small groups of men who are strangers to the neighborhood, men that look the same to us, but are obvious to them as a foreign suicide cell.

To be brief, your words are killing us. Your statements make the Iraqis afraid to help us for fear we'll leave them unprotected in the future. They don't report a cache, and its weapons blow up my friends in a convoy. They don't report a foreign fighter, and that fighter sends a mortar onto my base. Your statements are noticed, and they have an effect.

Finally, you are mistaken when you say we are losing. We are winning, I see it every day. However, we will win with fewer casualties if you help us. Will you?

Respectfully,

LT Jason Nichols, USN
MNF-I, Baghdad

More letters to Senator Reid at MichelleMalkin.com