The Numbers Game

Interesting response from NATO, to the questioning of Chuck Simmins, about why they don’t publish numbers of enemy dead.

It is ISAF policy not to release enemy lossses. This is not a measure of success for us.

Ummmmm…. Yeah….

The Global War on Terror, on the home front:

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration took action Tuesday against an Iran-based foundation, including its U.S. branch, for allegedly providing support to Hezbollah, a terrorist group the United States

Michelle Malkin says:

The newspaper that was hoaxed by Jayson Blair covers the magazine that was hoaxed by Stephen Glass, and which is now under tough scrutiny over the work of pseudonymous soldier “Scott Thomas.”

I am not

The Times (UK) is  reporting al Qaeda “rebellion from the ranks:”

Fed up with being part of a group that cuts off a person’s face with piano wire to teach others a lesson, dozens of low-level members of

I find it disgusting that the Times is more concerned with the sanctity of Harry Potter’s conclusion than the serial disclosures of national security secrets that help jihadists avoid detection.

Doug Ross

Hat Tip: Don Surber.

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Steyn, today:

How do you feel about the American hostages in Iran?

No, not the guys back in the Seventies, the ones being held right now.

What? You haven’t heard about them?

Odd that, isn’t it? But they’re there. For

Diana West at TownHall.com:

Somehow, American war goals have become a secondary consideration when America wages war. As Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Mellinger put it to The Washington Times: “We could absolutely crush every one of (our enemies in Iraq),

William Kristol , in an article due out in the 7/30 edition of the Weekly Standard:

Cindy Sheehan, mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq, emerged on the American political scene two years ago. Distraught and unstable,

Courtesy of Rusty, here’s a list of the Democrats who want us sued for reporting terrorism activities:

Akaka (D-HI)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Dodd (D-CT)

Personally speaking, I figure it’s about time somebody told the Democrats off in Iraq. May as well start with this one…

WASHINGTON -AFP- The Pentagon has rebuked Democratic 2008 front-runner Hillary Clinton, warning her questions about how it would mount

Now can we question their patriotism?   The Democrats have killed the John Doe provision in the Home Land Security bill.  Representative Peter King:

“This is a slap in the face of good citizens who do their patriotic duty and

McQ, this morning, at Q&O links a story from CNN…

U.S. forces should go into Pakistan to rout al Qaeda from the safe haven it has found in the mountains on the border with Afghanistan, a co-chairman of the Iraq

Hume, last night:

News reports have repeatedly characterized the Reed-Levin amendment, which brought the Senate to a halt, as requiring U.S. troops to be out of Iraq by the end of next April. But the actual language of the

Laurie Kellerman at the AP:

 So much for forcing Republicans to filibuster all night.

Like anyone actually expected Harry Reid to keep his word?

Keith Ellison has given a new dimension to moonbattiness.  Ellison proves you don’t have to a either a white male, Ron Paul, or Dennis Kuchinich, or a black female, Cynthia McKinney to be a full raving moonbat.

Commentary from, Pat