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31 American troops killed in helicopter shoot down
Horrendous news coming out of Afghanistan: A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops and seven Afghan commandos, the country’s president said Saturday. An American official said it was apparently shot down, in the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war. The Taliban claimed they downed the [...]
North vs. South Korea?
In an earlier post my colleague HughS mentioned a lengthy list of the problems currently facing the Obama Administration. Of course there are many more, and right now one of…
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…
Terrorists applaud Democratic debate
As reported by Hyscience: Let there be no doubt that the Democrat’s debate encouraged terrorists: Abu Nasser Aziz, the deputy commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the northern…
"O Lord make my enemies ridiculous."
A little while ago, I discussed why I am a supporter of Israel. It sparked a rather interesting discussion that lasted a decent while. But one commenter — "JP" –…
Teaching the New York Times a little logic
Confederate Yankee has a rather good piece up that takes the New York Times to task for an article they published on body armor and the US Marines. CY points…
From the mouths of babes in the woods…
The other day, I was stuck behind a car with Massachusetts plates and a remarkable collection of peace-oriented bumper stickers. I snickered at the naivete expressed by the various sentiments,…
Spot the war crime
Via Acidman, I discovered this story of an American sniper in Iraq, who scored what just may be a world record for the longest confirmed kill with a sniper rifle….
Answering a plagiarist
Last week, when I wrote why I am a supporter of Israel, one commenter was struck speechless. I so dumbfounded "Montreal" (the moron, not the city) cut and pasted an…
A Question of Timing
Note: This is an explainer for Kevin's earlier piece on the UK "torture memos." Remember back during the campaign every time the liberals got bad news they offered the same…
Why this agnostic WASP is a Zionist
Earlier this week, I spent a little time going after the Palestinians who organized the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, as sorta-kinda retold by Steven…
Iraq and the 60's
Discarded Lies is a pretty damned good site. It's unfortunate that it's largely known as a "second home" for some of the Little Green Footballs crowd, and it's so much…
The seductive cult of eternal victimhood
Steven Spielberg's latest masterpiece, Munich, is looking more and more like it's tanking. And good riddance. But by making a movie about something so relatively recent, it's allowed people who…
Democrats Are Right on NSA Spying Case
This might surprise some of you long time Wizbang readers, but I think the Democrats are absolutely correct. We need a congressional investigation. AND I don't mean an investigation by…
Quote of the Day: Hypocritical Left Edition
"The Department of Justice believes — and the case law supports — that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that…
Just like a good neighbor, Islam is there…
The Islamic Society of Boston is trying to build a mosque in Boston. I'm sorry, a MOSQUE — a $24-million-dollar building, with a 125-foot minaret, a 75-foot dome, and lord…
Iraqi elections and family road trips
As the Iraqi elections wound down, I took a quick survey of some of the left end of the blogosphere. And I noticed one recurring theme. In a nutshell (a…
More evidence of progress in Iraq
If you needed any proof that the current elections in Iraq are, indeed, very serious, here is some: Iran was caught trying to smuggle in thousands of forged ballots in…
It's hard to see eye-to-eye on a one-way street
A lot of people are discussing the generosity of Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, who forked over $20 million each to Harvard and Georgetown Universities, to enhance "Islamic Studies"…
The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step
I've often heard said, and repeated, that Islam is an "immature" religion, that it still is in its young, expansionist phase. Judaism and Christianity both went through their militant, conquering…
The deafening silence
A little while ago, I praised our ambassador to the United Nations, the "controversial" John Bolton, for some of his successes since assuming his office in New York. It turns…
A study in contrasts
Two people were in the limelight in Massachusetts yesterday, two people who have interesting perspectives on the war in Iraq. One of them was Former Sgt. Camilo Mejia, a National…
A lack of a clearly defined strategy
After carefully studying the news today, I have no choice but to reach the same conclusion as so many others: in the war in Iraq, there is a decided lack…
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