This is a stunning number: 83,000. That is the number of terrorists the US has detained in the war on terror (and now in not-so-secret CIA interrogation camps across the globe – thanks Washington Post and your rogue CIA agent pals). The United States has detained more than 83,000 foreigners in the four years of […]

While the Republicans implode as their years long efforts are coming to fruition in Iraq, the other side may be imploding faster. I touched on the disastrous misstep Zarqawi made by bombing innocent Muslims in Jordan previously. And as expected, the response in the Muslim world is taking root and spreading: Last week’s suicide attacks […]

UPDATE: How many times do we need to be warned before we get serious? END UPDATE I was stunned to see this Reuters news item flash across the screen (especially in the post 9-11 world of hyping intelligence): U.S. atomic expert doubts report of Iran weapons work David Albright, head of the U.S.-based Institute for […]

UPDATE: Here is a later article confirming the UK position that troop reductions are possible next year if conditions warrant. END UPDATE I know the MSM is always finding grey clouds amongst all the silver lining shimmering across Iraq these days – but there is a lot of good news out there. The US led […]

UPDATE II: How could I forget about Massey Mess that Michelle has been following [slaps forehead really hard]! The example which best shows the media’s gullibility when a story feeds their most ardent fantasies (e.g., Rathergate and Mape’s drooling over forgeries]. Today some in the media pull back from the Massey mess – but is […]

Interestingly enough, the continued calls for our surrender in Iraq by the liberal media here and in the West can easily be interpreted by all as the last key element of hope driving Al Qaeda’s resident butcher Al Zarqawi. In his desparate hope to stoke more western media consternation and fear and calls for surrender, […]

UPDATE: Latest death toll in Jordan for the liberals to lash out at Bush with. END UPDATE Check out this post by Stan at Two Minute Offense regarding a CNBC producer’s comments on the bombings in Jordan today: CNBC has been running with the story about the bombings in Jordan. A little while ago they […]

While the left-which-cannot-move-on is mired in the past, with a microscope squarely aimed at irrelevant intelligence and conspiracy theories from the leftward fever swamps – real progress is being made in the War on Terror. Police arrested 17 terror suspects in Australia’s two biggest cities Tuesday in raids authorities said foiled a plot to carry […]

France needs to get control of the situation, and soon. The violence will continue to escalate, and has continued to escalate, as long as they allow it to do so. The nation is on fire [hat tip Drudge]: Despite an assurance from Philippe Douste Blazy, the foreign minister, that France was “not a dangerous country”, […]

Is anyone thinking it would be wise to allow Iran nuclear technology when Bin Laden’s sons and Al Qaeda openly roam the streets of Tehran? Iran is permitting around 25 high-ranking al Qaeda members to roam free in the country’s capital, including three sons of Osama bin Laden, a German monthly magazine reported on Wednesday. […]