Regarding yesterday's prediction of a likely shift in liberventionist rhetoric, reader Daniel Larison sends the following thoughts:You might also consider that, conversely, the mayhem in Iraq is doing more to convince people in the Near East that "freedom" and...
(submitted by Matt Kaufman)On Tuesday, WorldNetDaily posted an Insight magazine story titled "Clarke's Friends Say He's Lost Credibility." Curious to know just who these "friends" were, I went to find out: Being a journalist myself, I naturally assumed what any...
Only joking, of course, and so is he. His April 1 hoax succeeds so brilliantly because it sounds just like Glenn Reynolds and the other warbloggers--well, actually, it's much more coherent in its ridiculousness than any of those guys ever are. Priceless:But then I...
Blackwater Security Consulting, the firm that employed the four American "contractors" who were brutally killed in Fallujah yesterday, has an unusual logo which is quite prophetic.The logo is one of a car on fire which has just blown up. Is this a typical occurrence...
Sydney Morning Herald reports: It said the action was in revenge for Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin. "This is a gift from the people of Fallujah to the people of Palestine and the family of Sheik Ahmed Yassin who was assassinated by the...
An intelligent reader calls BS on John Derbyshire over at The Corner. In other news, the Derb and Glenn Reynolds retain joint custody of their brain cell, while Rick Brookhiser just tries to be one of the boys.
There's one liberventionist argument that practically every Iraq war supporter uses-- that by establishing a democratic, pluralistic society in Iraq, we plant the germ for the entire Arab/Muslim/oppressed/backwards world. With the current mayhem in Iraq and its...
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said at a briefing in Baghdad that it was not known what the coalition contractors were doing in Fallujah — apparently without a military escort — when the attack occurred. U.S. officials, who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity, said...
Courtesy of NY Press. The list is screechy and absurd, as all such things are, but several of the honorees truly deserve unceasing contempt and ridicule. I second the following choices with every cell in my body: 37. ADL director Abe Foxman (I'd go a little higher)...
Iraqis Drag Four Corpses Through Streets Picture - WARNING: Graphic
