Help put ’em away – – –

If you don't know yet, the German Court system, claiming world-wide jurisdiction over torture, is re-hearing a complaint against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA Director George Tenet and others, alleging that...

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The Logic of National Review

In reply to those who point out that we defeated the Nazis in less time than we have now been fighting in Iraq, National Review (Sept. 25, 2006) agrees that it only took three years and five months to defeat Germany, but then adds: "But is that how long it took to...

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Good News From National Review

Over at The Corner, we learn today that: *Jonah Goldberg has lost whatever mojo he once imagined he had. *Ditto for Bush and Olmert. *The admission of defeat in Iraq may lead to the end of belligerent American exceptionalism.

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Here’s a Plan: Leave

People send us all sorts of byzantine plans about what to do in Iraq – a change in tactics, a redeployment, a gradual draw-down, etc. – but there's no way out but out.

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Thousands of U.S. Troops Are Security Risks

Thousands of U.S. troops have been disqualified from overseas duty because they are considered security risks. One reason: many soldiers are in debt way over their head. According to the Pentagon, there are two concerns: "Financial problems can distract personnel from...

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My Latest Terrorist Tendencies

I was subwaying into Washington last night when I learned of a grave new terrorist peril. The train’s driver kept repeating, “For safety and security reasons, please do not take pictures or video recordings of Metro trains and buses.”  He recited this core...

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Al Qaeda wants the U.S. to stay in Iraq

Like the Republicans, al Qaeda is in desperate shape. Just as George Bush Jr. insists that US forces must stay in Iraq because the Terroristsâ„¢ are there and want them out, the "foreign fighter jihadist types" need the American presence to fight. Without the...

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Rummy and the Markets

The markets react to the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld: US Stocks End Higher After Rumsfeld News Military Contractors' Shares Fall on News of Rumsfeld Resignation Hmmm.....

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Throw Condi on a Plane

Okay, Rumsfeld is out, Cheney is in his cave, here's what you do: Put the worst secretary of State since Colin Powell on a plane to Tehran. Have her tell them that we will leave Iraq and shut up about their enrichment of uranium to 3.6% for their electricity program...

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