Wandering about my logs and discovered this article all over again! Someone else was interested in it this morning and after re-reading it I can understand why. This is from 2003…
We are fighting a new sort of war and it bears remembering that our foes have not quit just because our economy is being ruined by our Government. Matter of fact if I were a betting man I would bet that Al Qaeda sees an opportunity now. We have less resources than we did in 2001 and we have a Commander in Chief who is either incompetent or on the otherside, this is a perfect time to attack to delivery a coup de grâce.
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Time to remember why we went to war again since the Bush Administration cannot be bothered to make the case.
This was published as a blog post to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of 9/11. It is time to remember why we are fighting in Iraq.
Why did I make this list of Saddam’s Connections and Collaborations with Al Qaeda?
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By Pierre Legrand
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Multiculturalism is such a sweet success in England.
Another resident said: “I loved it, I was hanging out of the window trying to hear. It’s a unique sound that reminds me of travelling and I’d much rather hear it than church bells.”
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The audacity and idiocy of the press continues unabated. Certainly much of this is driven by the fact that no one feels much danger these days. But regardless believing that it is immoral to force a reporter to give up his sources when those very same sources are breaking some very serious laws strikes me as absurd. Naturally it doesn’t strike the press corps as absurd…they have a right to aid and abet treachery in our supposedly secret services.
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By Pierre Legrand
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Also posted in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Bin Laden Dead, Blogs for Bush, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Saddam Al Qaeda links, Terror war, leftwing wackos, mainstream media crime
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Just to prove just how stupid we can be…we are training terrorists. Did the body snatchers grab President Bush and replace him with an idiot or have we been this goddamn stupid all along? Hat tip to Andrew McCarthy who is just about as angry as I am about this.
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Democracy as a solution to terror.
Here is candidate Bush discussing nation building during a debate with Gore in 2000.
I don’t think so. I think what we need to do is convince people who live in the lands they live in to build the nations. Maybe I’m missing something here. I mean, we’re going to have kind of a nation building core from America? Absolutely not. Our military is meant to fight and win war. That’s what it’s meant to do. And when it gets overextended, morale drops.
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UPDATES: Corrected for clarity and spelling errors…sorry but busy as a one armed paper hanger.
A long time ago in another life my mother warned me about the Red Cross and it appears that as usual Mom got it right. Lots of money ill spent by corrupt people more intent on making money than helping people.
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A while back, during the riots in France, I asked a question: As we watch one of the most beautiful countries in the world get torn apart by the sort of thuggery that has always seemed to be part of Islam I wonder, would Muhammed have defined himself as an Islamist? How would President Bush describe Muhammed? Would he describe him as a moderate, peaceful man or would he describe him as an Islamist?
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That is the interesting theory of Dean Barnett over at Hugh’s place.
So why doesn’t he communicate it? My theory is that he just doesn’t think America is ready to hear it. Whatever the case, I highly doubt his purported difficulties expressing himself lie at the heart of the matter.
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Now for you slow readers out there Brain-Surgery with Spoons has hooked you up. Unbelievably he was able to secure a recording of the original Walter Cronkite recording of this sad tale. This is so funny I am moving the post up so all 20 of my readers can find it!
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The entire house of cards upon which the meme that all terror is being promulgated by stateless actors is shaking pretty darn hard. But we can count on both the governments committing such acts and the governments which are supposed to be stopping such acts to deny it. It is a lot handier for both sides of the equation to simply blame unhappy madmen. Naturally the entire point of Iran supporting proxies in their attacks is to make us change our position without Iran suffering a war. From the point of view of our Government blaming stateless thugs allows them to not retaliate against those who murder us in the thousands. It has become increasingly apparent that given any excuse they will avoid it. Take a look at this article by Edward Epstein then take a look at the record of terror we know was sponsored in large part by either Iraq, Iran or both after this snippet of Mr. Epstein.
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John Podhoretz in a surprisingly heated debate with Andrew McCarthy. JPod offers up a defense of the idea that bringing democracy to the Middle East can win the war on terror for us. This is in line with the Neo Conservative view that all we need is love and everything will be alright. No one apparently asked the Muslims how they felt about adopting freedom and democracy instead of Islam. Perhaps the President really does believe that nonsense about Islam meaning peace…heh.
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Defining victory seems to have gotten complicated in these modern times. For instance instead of winning wars we send signals and obviously if the public buys into that nonsense well then it makes it very easy for politicians to declare victory. Witness President Bush attempting to describe the Israeli retreat as a Victory against Hezb’Allah. Hezbollah started the crisis, and Hezbollah suffered a defeat in this crisis. And the reason why is, is that first, there is a new — there’s going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon, and that’s going to be a Lebanese force with a robust international force to help them seize control of the country, that part of the country.
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Like this wasn’t predictable?
Arutz Sheva – Israel National News:Neighbors Smell Blood in Israeli Cease-Fire Acceptance 16:53 Aug 13, ’06 / 19 Av 5766 by Ezra HaLevi Arabs and Muslims from Iran, Hizbullah and the PA are celebrating Israel’s acceptance of the UN ceasefire, dubbing it a “surrender” and calling on Arab states to attack the new “weak” Israel. “After one month of war against Lebanon’s resistance, Israelis are the absolute losers and Hizbullah is the absolute winner of the war,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamida-Reza Asefi said Sunday. “The occupiers of Jerusalem failed, despite their military, economic, intelligence and diplomatic backings.”
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The monumental error of this boggles the mind. The sacrifice of the Israelis who have lost their lives fighting to end Hezballah’s reign of terror in Southern Lebanon has all been for naught. The poor people of Lebanon whose lives, homes and families were destroyed in the war have paid a dear price for nothing. Israel has finally been beaten on the battlefield.
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This is a very disjointed attempt at collecting my thoughts on our terrible peril. We are at danger right now like no other time in the history of our nation.
Against our hopes we find ourselves spiraling away into a war against both Sunni Radicals and Shiite Radicals. The question that might be asked is should the UK Terror Plot against airliners be considered part of a plan by both houses against us, meaning Iran was sponsoring Al Qaeda. Which seems to be possible based on the reports of aid flowing from Iran to Al Qaeda even though Al Qaeda is Sunni and Iran is Shiite. Those two factions of course have battled throughout history for the leadership of Islam but there is also historical precedent for a joining when faced by a stronger foe. The prospects of facing both Wahhabis’s and Shiite terrorists should be enough to give pause to those optimists who have been declaring victory in our war against Radical Islam.
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From Drudge…
WSJ: Scholar Warns Iran’s Ahmadinejad May Have ‘Cataclysmic Events’ In Mind For August 22
Tue Aug 08 2006 10:22:35 ET
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Andrew McCarthy a former US Prosecutor of Terrorism doesn’t appear to be thrilled with this statement by Tony Snow. Gee why not after all Tony is banking on something that is pretty certain to be true.
Andrew C. McCarthy on War on National Review Online Snow responded with an extraordinary statement of his own: “Why would it be our war? I mean, it’s not on our territory. This is a war in which the United States — it’s not even a war. What you have are hostilities, at this point, between Israel and Hezbollah. I would not characterize it as a war.”
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Was struck by this photo essay linked by PJ Media . Watching Israeli soldiers prepare to go to war with those we should be fighting was bad enough but then I noticed something else something that made it even worse for me. Go take a look and see if you notice what I saw…then scroll down and see if you agree with my findings.
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Words, merely empty words meant more to calm a nation than a clarion call to arms, is that all these words were President Bush? Saddam was a terrific start even if it was executed haphazardly due your administrations confusion, and no I don’t consider Afghanistan a start it was merely a warm up. With Iran baldfacededly throwing insults and threats towards our very civilization do we now back away from those words? Were those words mere signals to show how serious you were? Did you never conceive that another nation might just call your bluff? Now we face the main powers behind some of the worlds worst terror and in the face off we have not merely blinked but have closed our eyes and turned away. Did you mean these words President Bush?
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I had exactly the same reaction to this drivel of nonsense spewed by Tony Blair as quoted by Daily Pundit. Was actually puzzled why Wretchard would think it worthwhile enough to post then realized he must be alerting us to the continuing idiocy of our “strongest” ally. This same “ally” who probably forced upon us all the wisdom of going to the United Nations prior to taking down one of the most notorious Terrorist sponsors and enablers in the ME, Saddam Hussein. No doubt that President Bush should have told Blair to take a walk but I don’t think that President Bush had a clear picture of our “problem”. I still don’t think he does.
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Was doing some research regarding a post I am working on and came across this March 2003 interview of Dr. Thomas Barnett author of “The Pentagon’s New Map”. This book sought to define the sort of wars we might find our country involved in these coming years and was so revolutionary and at once commonsensical that it found a wide audience and became a New York Times Bestseller. It was interesting to take a look at what he was saying years ago to see how well his predictions stood the test of time, even though 3 years doesn’t seem so long ago.
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A sampling from around the blogsphere regarding our war against Islamic “radicals”. It is not a time to be optimistic about our chances of success given the viewpoints that are starting to spring up. In this country we do not seem to have anyone in any position of influence be it political, national press or in higher education who remember what it is like to face an enemy who doesn’t wish for concessions but victory. No one seems to be able to shake away the idea that negotiations and a war of signals, compromise and half measures will work against an enemy who merely wants your civilization to end.
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I hope that he really means this and that someone will step forward to help him. Mel has been one of my favorite artists for a very long time. Passion was one of the best movies I have seen in my life. All of my life I have believed that Israel had a right to exist and that the Jewish faith deserved to be honored for its accomplishments. When Mel goes against that he loses. His drunken idiocy attacked my Great Great Grandmother on my mom’s side of the family. Not good.
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UPDATE: Rightwing Nuthouse with more
Man I tell you I was shocked, shocked I tell you when I read that our intelligence agencies were caught “off guard” by the sophistication of the missiles being fired into Israel. After all they have had such a sterling record of prognostication these last few years, being caught “off guard” by India’s test of a Nuclear weapon, being caught off “guard by Pakistans test of the same, etc…guess super sleuth Joe Wilson was busy.
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Those who have followed my postings since 9/11 know that I am what is defined as a Hawk. I believe fervently that the war must be taken to the enemy before the enemy takes it to us. When I searched for my sister who I understood to be working in one of the towers on 9/11 I understood that the time for negotiation was past.
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Certainly one can quibble with a few items in this piece but overall this is certainly the best post I have seen on the stakes of this war. Certainly he has spoken a truth that is seldom uttered even by conservative blogs, we can lose. This is such a striking insight that if that was the only insight of this marvelous post it would still be well worth the read. It is not an attack on President Bush to speak of losing, certainly he knows one prays that it is certainly within our grasp to lose. If I were to quibble with this article it would be to point out that there are some in the opposition in this country who would like nothing else but for us to lose. Thanks to LGF.
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