Via Drudge, under the headline, “REPORT: Bin Laden sought ‘operational’ relationship with Saddam for attacks on U.S. troops… “: Following are the ABC News Investigative Unit’s summaries of five documents from Saddam Hussein’s government, which have been released by the U.S. government. The documents discuss Osama bin Laden, weapons of mass destruction, al Qaeda and more. The full documents can be found on the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office
March 2006
March 23, 2006
“How Gullible Are We?”
Interesting email from frequent commenter Ray Smith: I pulled this off of Comedy Central. One of my employees sent it to me. “Science Project” A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science fair. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged people
March 23, 2006
“What if We Lose?” (updated)
“The consequences of U.S. defeat in Iraq.” From the WSJ, which, like me (or, say, Christopher Hitchens), is becoming “unhinged” and “unglued” for suggesting that some politicians and an ideologically /sensation- driven media are having an actual, tangible effect on our ability to wage the war in Iraq: Yet there’s no denying the polls showing that most Americans are increasingly weary of the daily news of car bombs and Iraqi
March 23, 2006
For your viewing (and chewing over) pleasure
Lying, traitorious, former Hussein Iraqi Air Force’s number two General George Sada pulls his CIA stooge routine and, like some Bushie puppet, outlines the Iraq WMD program (and it’s pre-war removal) on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. Not on CNN or NBC News, mind you—Christiane Amanpour and Keith Olbermann aren’t particularly interested in such clearly opportunistic book fodder (unless it comes from say, Richard Clarke or James Risen)—but on
March 22, 2006
in which protein wisdom finds he has OTHER fans on the left
Like, for instance, hilzoy from Obsidian Wings (who, not content simply to misunderstand the entire tristero incident, gives herself license to take a shot at my creative output, as well.) Ah! The joys of blogging! NOW, WHO WANTS PIE?
March 22, 2006
Overheard inside a Salah Ad Din bunker
First militant: “I must say, Widaad, I do not find the sound of heavily-armed enemy weaponry buzzing over our heads very…pleasing to the senses.”* Second militant: “Nor do I, Amal. Nor do I. But I will say this: I very much enjoyed your use of litotes in describing our dire predicament. There’s just such a… sophistication to you, my brother. And if you don’t mind my saying so, you are
March 21, 2006
My shelves are full, 7
DVDs for sale. $6 ea. or 3 for $15. Prices includes domestic first class shipping. All DVDs in perfect condition. Leave a note in the comments or email me if you are interested.
March 21, 2006
“Idealists and Realists Both Second-Guess Bush”
Andrew Ferguson, Bloomberg News: President George W. Bush released his second National Security Strategy last week, and almost immediately the capital’s foreign policy experts began pecking at it like barnyard hens. It’s a funny thing about these foreign policy experts. Washington is often caricatured as a transient town, a rootless place where ambitious people come to make their mark and then vamoose. We should be so lucky. The real problem
March 21, 2006
Should Rumsfeld go?
Jawa Report (among others on the right, including the Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes and Say Anything’s Rob Port) think so. Me, I think it a bad idea. I understand the whole political impetus for “shakeup,” but I agree with one of Rusty’s commenters that early CPA—as well as some early missteps in learning the grammar of middle eastern nation (re)building—were more responsible for the imperfections in the campaign than was