LJ Strata called to let me know about this article about a man who was a hero of 9-11 and then went to Iraq, and who takes on John Kerry and the Democrats and the liberal media: November 2, 2006 — In a moving letter to The Post, a heroic New Yorker serving in Iraq […]

Think we are losing the war of hearts and minds in the ME with what is going on in Iraq? Think again. “Then [after a while,] the [Al-Qaeda in Iraq] organization suddenly and inexplicably began to act in a strange manner. They began to liquidate religious scholars… I do not want to mention names, for […]

The liberal democrats who are the core of the Democrat party are truly a strange breed. How else does one respond to a press release which claims a Republican candidate’s service on the battle fields of Iraq is not serving is constituents or his nation? Arizona Republican State Representative Jonathan Paton was deployed with his […]

Update: It should not be missed that Europe is already under attack by Islamo Fascists, even though most of AQ focus is on Iraq and Afghanistan right now. So the release of pressure will only free up efforts in France and elsewhere. [H/T Ed Morrissey] – End Update Why has the Iraq war dragged on […]

Only a few thought the Iraq war would be quick and easy. We all hoped it would turn quicker and smoother into the new Muslim democracy. But Al Qaeda and ethnic friction (as we see in Bosnia and the old Yugoslavia) can make the transition from dictatorship to free nation take longer than it should. […]

Well, it seems one of Sadr’s militia’s have attempted to take over an Iraq city. This shows things are coming to a head in Iraq. It seems the Sadr’s Mahdi army is feeling put upon and so took over the city. I expect to see some effort to negotiate the Mahdi militia to stand aside, […]

The Washington Post is illustrating again why journalist majors should avoid trying to think when reporting and listen to the experts. In this piece the reporter is trying to communicate an interesting new twist in the relationships between the militias and the radical insurgents. The news is there is a split happening, a parting of […]

Someone posted an interesting reminder for America to ponder this year. And that is the Iraq war was authorized under the auspices of a Democrat controlled Congress. The Democrat party was leading all the committees and held the gavel, and are the ones who actually authorized the Iraqi invasion. In a major victory for the […]

Ralph Peters is on one of his frustration tears again, saying we should give Iraq one more year, then… WITH 26 American troops dead in Iraq in the first nine days of October, the combination of bad news and pre-election politics has those on one bench arguing for bailing out immediately and those on the […]

Ed Morrissey notes another round of positive news coming from Iraq as tribal leaders in the insurgent infested regions of Iraq have become our allies and our now purging their regions of Al Qaeda. As tribal leaders from Iraq’s troubled Al Anbar province met last week with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, pledging their support […]