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WikiLeaks memos the mainstream media doesn't want you to read
A few weeks after the huge WikiLeaks dump of diplomatic cables last November, Rush Limbaugh observed that the leaked documents contained virtually nothing to back up the various "vast right…
PostSecret 'Soldiers' Secrets'
If this video from PostSecret doesn't touch you, you might want to check to see if you're really a robot….
The last year in Iraq
The progress since December 2006 in Iraq in terms of areas contested by al Qaeda, coalition soliders killed in action, Iraqi civilian deaths, and incidents of ethnic/sectarian violence, in handy…
Rudy at Veterans Memorial
The following video depicts Rudy Giuliani at a ceremony at the Jacksonville, Florida Veterans Memorial. You don't often see political candidates turning over the podium to others, but he invites…
Iraq may be moot point in campaign after Bush deal
The Bush Administration expects to sign a new deal with the Iraqi government this summer which will replace the UN Security Council Resolutions in governing our relationship, and could also…
Soldier adopts handicapped Iraqi orphan
An American veteran returns from Iraq and, despite being unmarried and unemployed and Iraqi law prohibiting in, begins fighting to adopt an orphaned Iraqi boy he met on his combat…
Senate approves $70 billion for wars
After months of posturing and posing, Senate Democrats bow to President Bush yet again and approve the money they have withheld for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Manu Raju…
If there is no Quagmire, it is necessary to invent one
You may recall, during the deadliest months of the Iraq War, how major media defended their incessantly negative coverage. It was, as one CNN big-wig put it, their “obligation to…
“Antiwar” General endorses the surge
General John Batiste, until recently affiliated with VoteVets, an antiwar veterans’ group, now believes the surge is necessary, and is working. He has joined Vets for Freedom, a group which…
Major troop draw-down planned for Iraq
Iraq and the United States are currently negotiating the terms of troop reductions next year which could leave as few as 50,000 active-duty American military in the country by the…
De Palma’s anti-Iraq film flops
Brian De Palma’s “Redacted” was a big hit at the festivals, praised by many leftist critics, and promoted by a fawning media. It still flopped at the box office. Richard…
WaPo: Hillary lied, antiwar left cried
The Washington Post has done as fine a job of any Old Media outlet in burying good news from Iraq, including regarding the "surge" strategy, deep inside the paper or…
Lying leftist liars stonewall about their lies
After The New Republic published purported "Iraq diaries" by an active-duty deployed soldier, Scott Beauchamp, which swiftly proved implausible and unverifiable, they promised a swift investigation into the matter. Since…
Nonsense of the Senate
The United States Senate passed the Biden-Brownback resolution advocating a partition of Iraq with semi-autonomous regions. Their stupidity is exceeded only by their arrogance. Anne Flaherty reports for the Associated…
Iraq's most revered Ayatollah slams media coverage
The most influential spiritual leader in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has issued a statement condemning media depictions of the situation in Iraq as a "civil war." The Iranian Mehr…
MoveOn.org to pay full price for NYT ad
Now that The New York Times has declared the discount rate given MoveOn.org for their "General Betray Us" ad attacking the character of General David Petraeus was an "error," MoveOn…
Another Democrat surrender bill defeated
Another day, another defeat for Harry Reid and the Defeat Caucus, reports Anne Flaherty for the Associated Press: The Senate rejected legislation Friday that would have ordered most U.S. troops…
IED – up close and personal
We hear about the "Improvised Explosive Devices" being used to target our troops in Iraq. The following video clip may give this added perspective. NOTE: One of the soldiers utters…
Harry Reid jumps thru hoop, falls flat on face
Only two days after being called on the carpet by his Masters of the antiwar Left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to deliver on his whiny promises as the…
What if they gave a war protest and nobody came?
Despite the call to protest the congressional testimony of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, not many showed up today, as Mark Hemingway reports for NRO: Indymedia may be a clearinghouse…
"Slimed in the Green Zone"
No, it's not a "B" horror flick from the '50s – it's what Democratic members of Congress are saying about their recent trip to Iraq, as reported by Jonathan Weisman…
Haditha prosecution crumbling?
Only one Marine still stands charged of actions at the scene of the alleged "Haditha massacre," and the case against him is in doubt, writes Paul Von Zielbauer of the…
The Iran Dossier
The latest in-depth report from Iraq by the Weekly Standard's Kimberly Kagan: But one thing is very clear: Iran has consistently supplied weapons, its own advisors, and Lebanese Hezbollah advisors…
Kutie Couric goes to war
CBS is sending Katie Couric to Iraq. Unfortunately, they also intend to bring her back. Michael Learmonth reports for Variety: One year after Couric jumped from NBC's "Today" to CBS…
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