The Chronicle says that 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October 2006. Kind of puts the ~100 American troops in perspective a bit, doesn’t it? At some level we – the U.S – have to accept part of the responsibility, I think, when the TCOTWII, Total Cost of the War in Iraq, is computed.
Month: November 2006
“Experts” Pan Houston’s Sekula-Gibbs
Shelly Sekula-Gibbs ran off all of Tom DeLay’s staffers – hooray! That ought to be a good thing but now the so-called experts are all up in arms against her. Gary Polland, a former Harris County Republican chairman: “if she decides to run in two years, the story will be, ‘That’s right, Shelley was in…
D-R-A-F-T
That’s what Charles Rangel of New York wants to re-instate. He says: There’s no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft, and members of Congress and the administration thought that…
4 Years Ago Today: Big Brother is Coming
4 years ago I wrote: The fact is, there is always going to be a certain amount of risk involved in living. No President can change that by ordering profiles created on each of us. A better first step would be to build a working immigration and naturalization system. Non-citizens inherently have lower expectations of…
Lou Dobbs Democrats
Lou Dobbs: “It seems nothing frightens our free trade and pro-illegal immigration orthodoxies more than putting the common good and the national interest above dominant special interests, corporate America and, of course, our darling elites in both political parties and the media.”
Stinkers of the Day
O.J. Simpson’s New Book “If I Did It” may be the truest thing the smug bastard’s said in years. Can’t wait to not read it! On a personal note, I got some benefit out of the case – it taught me what it really means to be a racial bigot. In those days I worked…
Illegal Immigration, Again
In a move worthy of the best political spin artists, illegal Elvira Arellano apparently sent her 7 year-old son to Mexico City so he could beg the Mexican Congress to try to keep her from being deported from the U.S. Incredible. It’s truly moving how desperate some of these people are to stay in this…
Illegal Immigration, Again
In a move worthy of the best political spin artists, illegal Elvira Arellano apparently sent her 7 year-old son to Mexico City so he could beg the Mexican Congress to try to keep her from being deported from the U.S. Incredible. It’s truly moving how desperate some of these people are to stay in this…
Troop Levels in Iraq
Michael Gordon’s interview is a must-hear. The summary? We need more troops on the ground and we’ll be there for years if we don’t do something irresponsible like bolt in a Democratic panic. Recent events like the daylight kidnapping of Ministry of Higher Ed employees demonstrate the scarcity and competency of police resources. Most or…
Troop Levels in Iraq
Michael Gordon’s interview is a must-hear. The summary? We need more troops on the ground and we’ll be there for years if we don’t do something irresponsible like bolt in a Democratic panic. Recent events like the daylight kidnapping of Ministry of Higher Ed employees demonstrate the scarcity and competency of police resources. Most or…