davidl on April 8th, 2007

From – the – Washington Post,  Karla Adam:

LONDON, April 7 — An Iranian official said Saturday that allegations of mistreatment from a British naval team seized last month in the Persian Gulf were unfounded and stage-managed.

“The mistreatment

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davidl on April 7th, 2007

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Ahmadinejad must be particularly pleased to see “deep thinking” journalists making the case that American actions in Iraq were the true cause of the kidnappings.

Fred Thompson, Red State.?

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Eric Florack on April 7th, 2007

Noted in passing at the Washington Post:

On any given day, one isn’t likely to find common cause with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He’s a dangerous, lying, Holocaustdenying, Jew-hating cutthroat thug — not to put too fine

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Eric Florack on April 7th, 2007

I admit it; There are times when I look out of my double screened, computerized window on the world, and despair at what I see.
Michelle Malkin:

Whatever happened to “Let’s Roll?”

Answer: It became “Let’s Roll Over.”

Dean Barnett

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davidl on April 7th, 2007

Speaker PelosiDhimminitude Nancy in addition to being an an unindited felon, Logan Act, has gone delusional.   Anne Flaherty reports Mrs. Pesoli’s babblings: 

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, deflecting White House criticism of her trip to Syria, said

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Eric Florack on April 5th, 2007

There was something Stockholm Syndrome-ish about the amount of happness with which the press and some of the public, received the 15 British Marines home a few hours ago. The Brits have always been somewhat fatalistic  from my perspective,

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Eric Florack on April 5th, 2007

Bruce McQuain points out that while some are trying to define Iraq as a failure, the fact show a different story. Does a pretty fair job of it, too. As usual.

 

What Bruce is pointing up, however is but a

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davidl on April 4th, 2007

Speaker Pelosi

The modern Democratic leadership

Charles Johnson, Little Green Footballs.

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davidl on April 3rd, 2007

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“Announcing a surrender date to al Qaeda is a dangerous military policy, cedes the initiative to the enemy, and directly contradicts the 96 Senators who just last month voted against funding cuts for troops in the field. The chosen date

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Eric Florack on April 3rd, 2007

Marshall Fouche was credited (perhaps incorrectly) with saying “there are no atheists in foxholes” Others credit Ernie Pyle, and still others Bill Casey.

As Bill Cosby once said, “When the ground starts shaking, you’re going to look up. “

So

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A.J. Strata, Strata-Sphere, reports on the blow back from one assassination too many, Sunni’s and the Iraqi army teaming up to attack al Qaeda.

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Eric Florack on April 2nd, 2007

OK, I know that the Russians are not particularly our freinds.

I also know that this has not been verified.

But here it is from the Jeruselem Post:

The United States will be ready to launch a missile attack on

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Eric Florack on April 2nd, 2007

TEHRAN, Iran —AP- The standoff over 15 captured British sailors shows no signs of abating, and analysts say that Iran’s tough stance is a demonstration of the power of hardliners unafraid to confront the West.

Events on Sunday only further

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -AP- If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as promised, Congress quickly will provide the money without the withdrawal timeline the White House objects to because no lawmaker “wants to play chicken with our troops,”

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Eric Florack on April 1st, 2007

David and I have both expressed our reservations as regards John McCain… As a senator and as a Republican, much less as a Republican president.  Yet, the blind pig will find the acorn occasionally.

McCain’s people have got him

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