Moonage Political Webdream

Osama Bin Laden lived in peace and completely unfettered there for a decade.  Our helicopter that got shot down going after Bin Laden was given access to the Chinese.  They have terrorists a few hours from Islamabad.  They sometimes like us, they sometimes don’t.  And, they have nukes. We are currently on target to give [...]

Immediately after Obama took office in January, the Department of Homeland Security seemed to take a drastic turn in policy.  Rather than concerning itself with terrorism associated with known terrorist groups, it seemed to target everything BUT known terrorist groups: DHS Report on Right Wing Extremism – Normal people just groaned.  It was that kind [...]

In my world, the ultimate definition of a pacifist is to enter a war and not be terribly concerned with winning.  You do this by not acknowledging it’s actually a war, then equivocating what the ultimate outcome must be.  In Korea and Vietnam, the United Nations, with an assist from the United States, would not [...]

Scott Ott has been one of my favorite authors for quite some time.  Here is yet another reason why: …..Sen. Obama, a man who aspires to be our commander in chief, tells us that a nation called Afghanistan is where this threat dwells. Yet, he says, it does not dwell in Iraq. He tells us [...]

I am reading right now that Benazir Bhutto died in the suicide attack on her rally. This is awful news. I have heard a lot of speculation that Al Qaeda has focused on Pakistan since it’s getting its butt kicked in Iraq and Afghanistan.   That makes sense.  What doesn’t make sense there is attacking Bhutto.  [...]

Fred Thompson was speaking in Sioux City, Iowa.  When asked about progress in Iraq, he gave an answer that sort of baffled not only some people in the audience, but apparently a good part of main stream media.  To wit: “They said, ‘You gotta quit smoking,’” Thompson explained to a questioner asking about progress in [...]

Michael Chertoff created a buzz, and has done a weak job dealing with it. Basically he insinuated there’s a growing threat from Al Qaeda due to increased chatter. What he has not done is say there is an increased threat from Al Qaeda due to increased chatter. He upped that concern by saying it’s something [...]

President Bush’s favorability rating has hit traditional lows for a lame-duck president. Congress’s approvals are pretty much where they always are, which is pretty miserable. However, a LOT of people are saying this proves we need to be out of Iraq whether it means cutting and running, handing an entire country and military over to [...]

From my buddy Hedonistix: Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman? Is it conceivable that Al Qaeda, as defined by President Bush as the center of a vast and well-organized international terrorist conspiracy, does not exist? He is referring to an article in the L.A. Times titled the same as this post. Here are some [...]