Eric Florack on May 8th, 2007

The Star-Ledger is reporting:

Federal investigators last night arrested six Islamic radicals who were planning a heavily armed attack against soldiers at Fort Dix as part of a jihad against America, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

In a statement

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Eric Florack on May 6th, 2007

Fukuyama, in the LAT today, argues, ‘so what if Iraq ends up in a civil war’?

An intensifying civil war will be a tragedy for Iraq, but it is not the worst outcome from a U.S. standpoint to have a

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Eric Florack on May 2nd, 2007

As has become standard fare, around here of late, I’m going to take a very correct statement and make an observation that will take the comment in a whole new direction.

 

McQ over at Q&O:

 

I think Tony Blankley touches

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Eric Florack on May 2nd, 2007

 Any discussion of the president’s veto of the Democrats surrender bill must begin with the realization of one simple, basic, incontrovertible fact. The Democrat leadership of this country awakes every single day with one desire on their mind: They want

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davidl on May 1st, 2007

Abu Ayyub al Masri Academic Elephant, Red State, is reporting that Abu Ayyub al Masri has assumed room temperature.  Surge on.   Dirty Harry Reid was not available for comment.

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davidl on April 29th, 2007

Jessica Lynch

The Gaineville Timesand others,  smears our military: 

It comes down to a question of trust.

For the most part, Americans trust the U.S. military. The question is, why doesn’t the military trust us?

Two incidents in our

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davidl on April 28th, 2007

Barack Obama gave a less than sterling silver response to how he would deal with a terror attack.   Yet Mrs. Clinton, of all people, had the audacity to question Obama’s response, or lack thereof.   The Clinton campaign claimed,

“Hillary was

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davidl on April 26th, 2007

On May 17, 2006, Jim Miklaszewski and Mike Viqueira, NBC News reported on an alleged massacre in Haditha, and said the story was confirmed by John Murtha:

Military officials told NBC News that the Marine Corps’ own evidence appears to

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Eric Florack on April 21st, 2007

One of the hallmarks of insanity, is a disconnection from reality.  As an example;

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The same people who think Mitt Romney being a Mormon is a problem, ignore that Harry Reid is a Mormon, too.

Another example;

After years

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davidl on April 18th, 2007

Cho Seung-HuiSister Toldjah is on the emerging story that Cho Seung-Hui used the nom de plume of “Ismail Ax”   The possible Islamic connections should not be over looked.

I find it interestng, revealing and disturbing that idiots like Keith

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davidl on April 15th, 2007

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Next time, read the fine print.

Glenn Reynolds’, Instapundit, comment on this “heated exchange.

More, Ed Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters.

Hillary Clinton has had a difficult conundrum facing her ever since the beginning of her presidential campaign.

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davidl on April 9th, 2007

If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. 

From Article III, United States Military Code of Conduct.

There is difference between being captured and surrendering.  The former is physical state, whereas the latter is

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2007

Oil prices fell. The stock market rose. Video images of smiling British soldiers with Iranian President Ahmadinejad were everywhere. So were pictures of the 15 freed hostages embracing family members back home. The relief over the return of the Brits

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2007

From this morning’s Telegraph:

Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to and do so with impunity.

The bullish reaction from

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davidl on April 8th, 2007

William Douglas, McClatchy Washinton Bureau, asks the really dumb question of the day:

WASHINGTON – It’s become President Bush’s mantra, his main explanation for why he won’t withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq anytime soon.

In speech after speech, in

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