Live from Fallujah, here’s Bill Ardolino: Commenced on May 29 and ending last week, Operation Alljah was the latest and most successful bid to achieve security in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, marrying projection of force with aggressive civil affairs outreach. During the operation, the city was subdivided into 10 neighborhoods in efforts dubbed “the swarm,” a coordinated series of counterinsurgency components: US troops and Iraqi Security Forces rolled
September 2007
"MoveOn.org Calls Petraeus a Traitor" (UPDATED)
That’s right, we said it. AND HOW DARE YOU QUESTION OUR PATRIOTISM FOR QUESTIONING HIS PATRIOTISM! From Iraq War vet Pete Hegseth, executive director of Vets for Freedom, writing in the Weekly Standard: […] as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress — the antiwar group MoveOn.org is running a full-page advertisement in the New York Times [today] under the headline: “General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking
The Useful Idiot's Guide to Useful Idiocy [Karl]
The Leftosphere had a collective hissy fit over the suggestion that Osama bin Laden sounded like a member of the Leftist nutroots in his latest video. What the complainers want to ignore is that OBL has always sounded like them. OBL has been complaining about global warming since his 2002 “letter to the American people,” perhaps earlier. Many elements in the ideology of al Qaeda — set forth most clearly in OBL’s 1996 “Declaration of War
Adam Gadahn (Shazzam the American) Responsible [Dan Collins]
for stupid, rambling bin Laden progg talking points: Gadahn, who as a teenager reviewed albums for a metal music magazine, moved to Pakistan in 1998 and became an associate of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks. In 2004, the FBI named him as one of seven al-Qaeda operatives planning attacks in the US. A little reverse psychology here: cut his head off, dude; he’s embarrassing you. Also,
Pregnant Argument [Dan Collins]
Bin Laden Branded ‘Virtually Impotent’ Happily, cybersex generally proves so. And yet, he seems to have affiliation and affinity with some amongst us. Also, I blogged all weekend and managed not to get a single link, which must be some kind of record, even for me!
Who'da Thunkit? [Dan Collins]
Time changes modern human’s face Fortunately, there’s revitalizing lotion!
Do You Know the Muffin' Men? [Dan Collins]
***Must credit Bride of Protein Wisdom!*** Packers stiff Eagles 16-13 due to two muffed punts. Had to write the headline before I see it elsewhere. Resurgent Brewers: They’re not that good, and their division sucks (but don’t tell them that).
A Little Too Freudian for Me [Dan Collins]
And he walked on down the hall: Over the last six years, hundreds of teenage boys have been expelled or felt compelled to leave the polygamous settlement that straddles Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah. Disobedience is usually the reason given for expulsion, but former sect members and state legal officials say the exodus of males  the expulsion of girls is rarer  also remedies a huge imbalance in
Guy Seduces Woman into Raping Him [Dan Collins]
Asshole: A woman falsely accused of date-raping a wealthy businessman has told for the first time how the ordeal ruined her life. Tanya Hutchison, a 42-year-old mother of five, was cleared of sexual assault but said the nightmarish police investigation had left her permanently scarred. “My life is in ruins, all because of a claim that was totally ridiculous and should never have been taken seriously,” she said. Can’t wait
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose [Dan Collins]
Mark Steyn: Six years on, most Americans are now pretty certain what they’ll wake up to in the morning: There’ll be a thwarted terrorist plot somewhere or other – last week, it was Germany. Occasionally, one will succeed somewhere or other, on the far horizon – in Bali, Istanbul, Madrid, London. But not many folks expect to switch on the TV this Tuesday morning, as they did that Tuesday morning,
