Category Archives: The War

Fred sees red

So the Iranians are hot about the new "300" film, which shows a few Spartans kicking a lot of Persian you-know-what. Not because the Iranians find it enthralling, but galling. And so they have complained–where else?–to the UN. Potential GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson shows what we might expect from him in dealing with the mullahs:

"People who want to blow Jews off the face of the earth. The regime that stormed our embassy in 1979 and kept Americans captive for 444 days. Iran’s Hezbollah puppets have killed more Americans, than any other terrorist group except Al Qaeda. Explosive devices from Iran are being used right now against our soldiers in Iraq. They’re clearly more skittish about cultural warfare than the sort that actually kills people – like the one against Israel that Iran financed just a few months ago."

Go get ’em, Fred. Victor Davis Hanson, who teaches the subject, liked it.

He aims to misbehave

"My name is Adil. I have been born and raised among dutiful and obedient Muslims, and I aim to misbehave."

Why uni-culturalism, i.e. the ascent of the immigrant Muslim kind, is remodeling Great Britain. 

Smoke

More good reporting/writing by Teflon Don on why Friday in Iraq is the day for car and truck bombs:

"There’s all kinds of smoke in Iraq. There’s the plumes that signify a fire- white for wood or reeds, black for vehicles, and grey for buildings. Mushroom clouds mean a bomb of some sort- white or grey, especially with a lot of dust, for an IED, and black for car bombs."

UPDATE  Omar at Iraq the Model on why the chlorine bombs, which TD also refers to, could be a good turning of the screw for us. 

Public Affairs Iraq

Multi-National Force Iraq has a new YouTube connection that’s worth a periodic look for new videos.

Via Badgers Forward

Fred Thompson for president?

"As Republican counsel in the Watergate hearings, he began building a reputation as a straight-shooter. It was he who asked the question that forced a White House deputy to admit that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his Oval Office conversations."

I still prefer Rudy Giulliani, but Thompson might have an easier time getting the GOP nomination. 

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Losing it

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Global incident map

This’ll keep you occupied, in case you’re bored or just need a police blotter fix, from a haz-mat scare in Richmond, Va., to a bomb squad rushed to Los Angeles airport. Lot of stuff going on out there.

Via TerroristWarning.com.