Now here’s a really different kind of American Muslim. Of course, he would be a lawyer:
"…the Southern libertarian in me, raised in the heart of Dixie, and educated by some of the great conservative thinkers of the American South, refuses to go away."
Well worth a look, a read, and a bookmark.
Via Winds of Change
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Another good reason not to convert to Islam (in addition to not being able to safely change your mind):
"In the grave, the deceased Muslim – this composite of spirit and corpse – encounters two terrifying angels, Munkar and Nakir, recognized by their bluish faces, their huge teeth and their wild hair."
It gets weirder.
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When they crossed the line into commentary, they left the news behind in favor of anti-Bush narrative, as Badger 6 shows in a post about happenings in his area of operations.
UPDATE Hastening to dumb down the headline when it comes to Hamas and Mickey Mouse, via LGF.
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Tagged Associated Press, Badger 6, Iraq, media bias
The French Leftists celebrate the end of an election in their usual, unfettered, boisterous manner:
"In the Place de la Bastille in Paris riot police fired tear gas and at least one burst of water cannon after hundreds of rioters – some wearing masks – began throwing bottles, stones and other missiles."
This guy Sarko might just be worth knowing. At least Chirac is over. Adios Jacques.
Well, Iraq is not hurting retention or recruitment in the Army National Guard, full-strength for the first time since 1999.
Via Instapundit
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Some soldiers say they can turn it around in Iraq in eighteen months. Military historian Victor Davis Hanson bets they have six.
"The war will be won or lost, like it or not, fairly or unjustly, in the next six months in Baghdad. Either Gen. Petraeus quells the violence to a level that even the media cannot exaggerate, or the enterprise fails, and we withdraw. For all the acrimony and hysteria at home, that in the end is what we face—the verdict of all wars that ultimately are decided by the soldiers, and then either supported or opposed by the majority at home with no views or ideology other than its desire to conform to the narrative from the front: support our winners, oppose our losers. In the end, that is what this entire hysterical four years are about."
I hope he’s wrong. If he’s right, there will be hell to pay.
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