Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
In some recent writings, Rich Lowry and Max Boot have announced that the MSM was right all along in claiming the war a disaster from the get-go. J.R. Dunn, writing at American Thinker, disagrees, and carefully explains why. As for me, I was not a huge hawk at the war’s
Continue readingBy gaining control of Congress, the Democrats suddenly found themselves with a problem. It’s one thing, when you have to power to effect changes, to demand that the US withdraws from Iraq; it’s another thing, when power is yours, to have to figure out a way to make that withdrawal
Continue readingAmericans are increasingly convinced that the war in Iraq is a failure and that the Iraqis are desperados, desperate to see the US leave. Their understanding is unsurprisingly, given that the MSM keeps pressing this view, despite the fact that there is more and more evidence that the media, unable
Continue readingHaving spent the day in boring busy work, I’ve had the chance to ruminate about the many, many things wrong with Barbara Boxer’s attack on Condi Rice. To refresh your recollection, here’s what happened (courtesy of the New York Post, which fuliminates at Boxer’s tackiness): Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, an
Continue readingJules Crittenden, writing at the Boston Herald, has this to say. I’ve added some less than sanguine comments at the end: When a company defrauds its customers, or delivers shoddy goods, the customers sooner or later are going to take their business elsewhere. But if that company has a virtual
Continue readingI’ve got actual work I have to do today (how dull), so blogging will be light. However, before I sign off to help support my family, I urge you to take some time to check out Michelle Malkin’s comprehensive summary about what’s going on in the fight between AP and
Continue readingHere’s a quick chronology, followed by my comments. First, during this summer’s Israeli/Hezbollah War, AP, along with several other news outlets, was shown to have relied upon doctored and staged photographs, and false and/or misleading stories fed to them by local stringers sympathetic to Hezbollah. (You can read all about
Continue readingMy friend Curt, who blogs at Flopping Aces, has made a couple of major news discovery: First, the story about Shiite men burning Sunni men alive is almost certainly untrue. Second, the man the MSM identifies as the source for this story has identified himself as an Iraqi Captain is
Continue readingCharles Rangel wants the draft back not to aid our military in the war, but to create a 60s redux, with potential draftees undercutting the entire military effort: Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 under a bill the incoming chairman of the
Continue readingYou need to read the whole article, but I was especially struck by this point: Of course, the critics look right because we hardly seem to be winning the war in Iraq. But even here the critics are too smug. We have not won the war in Iraq because of
Continue readingJames Q. Wilson carefully explains that the MSM is no longer reporting the news, but is actively attempting to shape events — in this case, it is working assiduously to ensure that the US backs out of this war, precisely the same way it backed out of Vietnam. His article
Continue readingKerry’s gaffe (whether he spoke intentionally or not) highlighted the “intellectual” class’s disdain for the military. I use the word “intellectual” carefully here, so as to distinguish it both from actual intelligence and from education. The intellectual class is a self-selected group whose members may not have done very well
Continue readingIt’s Mark Steyn, so it’s really incumbent on you to read the whole thing, but I particularly enjoyed these gem-like paragraphs: In fairness to Kerry, he didn’t invent the Democrats’ tortured relationship with the military. But ever since Eugene McCarthy ran against Lyndon Johnson and destroyed the most powerful Democrat
Continue readingI was also thinking of titling this post “when you’re in a hole, stop digging.” Either expression would apply to Kerry’s recent press conference. Given the chance to explain his musings about education and the military, he stated that he was, in fact, attacking Bush. Considering that Bush graduated from
Continue readingIf you have time, read Michael Fumento’s entire article about Iraq War correspondents who opine about events all over Iraq, but seldom leave the comfort of their Baghdad hotel rooms. If you don’t have time, you’ll still get the point from this single paragraph: Vietnam was the first war to
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