We have goggles, but we'd rather have food! How ridiculous is this? The commander of an Army Reserve detachment is begging friends back home to send food for Iraqi police dogs. "The dogs are starving and urgently need dry dog food," Capt. Gabriella Cook, commander of...
The Army Reserve is finally stating what's been obvious for some time:"While ability to meet the current demands associated with OIF (Operational Iraqi Freedom) and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan) is of great importance, the Army Reserve is...
Glenn Reynolds, while claiming to be personally opposed to (legal) torture (even before Alan Dershowitz was promoting it!) uses his bully pulpit to link every pro-torture argument in the known universe while offering almost no opposing argument. Reynolds even offers...
Martial, who works with humanitarian organizations and NGOs, has a good post up about what to do and not do to help: Ten Myths About Disaster Relief If anyone has any questions about humanitarian response, Martial is a good person to ask. I've pestered him with plenty...
Fallujah doctors are starting to get the word out about deaths in Fallujah and the news is as depressing as you might have expected.FALLUJAH, 4 January (IRIN) - "It was really distressing picking up dead bodies from destroyed homes, especially children. It is the most...
In an article on the assassination of Baghdad Governor Ali Radi al-Haydari this morning in Baghdad, RFE is reporting:Kurdistan Satellite television reported on 3 January that the Kurdish and Iraqi parliaments will call on the Council of Ministers and the president to...
I was going to update this post when Jarvis made a correction, but even though he slashed his original Blair number in half, he still uses a false number in his post, so Jarvis stays on the hook for this one. Also, Jeff "news is a conversation" Jarvis has ignored both...
The IDF is now fighting a two front war against Palestinian children and deranged settlers. They're also scoring the occasional journalist, as well. Of course, this solution is just too sensible:I’ve been thinking that since the Gaza withdrawal is unilateral, should...
The Poorman throws a cyber-bucket of icewater on John Derbyshire's head. These NRO Corner people are evil. If anyone called Derbyshire on his comments, I couldn't find it. It's implausible to imagine that they haven't seen the photos.
From NYT magazine:I hear one of the balls will be reserved for troops who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Yes, the Commander-in-Chief Ball. That is new. It will be about 2,000 servicemen and their guests. And that should be a really fun event for them. As an...
