Putting Iraq in Context
I found this article enlightening.
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/in_the_media/in_the_media_show.htm?doc_id=416744
Democratic “Strategy”
Ann Coulter has another classic article, taking it right to the Democrats. I enjoy her style that cuts so sharply to the point with her use of blatant facts that lay liberal schemes bare.
http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=144
This year’s Democratic plan for the future is another inane sound bite designed to trick American voters into trusting them with national security.
Do you see this in the media?
http://www.securitywatchtower.com/archives/003958seven_iedas_that_didnat_go_off.html
This blog illuminated my understanding about what has happened in Iraq, what is happening and what will probably happen in the future. Before reading stuff they were writing, I thought Iraq was as terrible as it seemed on TV. There is a serious disparity in the amount of good vs. bad news coming out of Iraq in the MSM, and I think most of it is due to President Bush’s political affiliation. It seems only things the magnitude of bombing Zarqawi make it to the American people. Otherwise, just bad news.
Take heart! The US is making progress.
My Response to Christopher Dickey’s “Blown Cover” Newsweek Article
The article can be found here.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14290815/
The following is my emailed response to Mr. Dickey.
Mr. Dickey,
You article was informative about a rarely mentioned aspect of the current tension between many Muslims and the United States and Britain. That being the reasons driving Muslims to commit mass-murder suicide.
I find it extremely naive to presume that military actions in “The Iraqi slaughterhouse, besieged Gaza, wasted Lebanon” somehow account for them. Americans are not slaughtering Iraqis, rather, Iraqis are slaughtering themselves. Gaza is “besieged” by a fed-up Israel that is the victim of suicidal attacks and sworn annihilation. Lebanon is the unfortunate scapegoat for the cowardly Hezbollah that uses the oft utilized tactic of hiding among civilians.
Strangely enough, it seems that Muslims have themselves to blame as much as anyone else. The last five years most certainly did not have a retroactive effect on the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Nor on the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing. Nor can I believe that the last five years retroactively influenced the 1998 African Embassies bombings or the attack on the USS Cole in 2000. No, I think that this runs much deeper than the last five years.
The attempt to apologize for terror plots is never justified and I would much prefer to read about real ideas of how to fight or avoid terrorism rather than criticism. According to you, President Bush is doing a lot of things wrong (despite no attacks on American soil) but I seldom hear good tangible alternative ideas. Only criticism it would seem.