“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

Democrats continue to choose treachery over patriotism, siding with our enemies while ignoring the realities on the ground in Iraq as well as throughout the rest of the world.

While there is now some Democrat infighting over MoveOn.org’s recent character assassination of 4-Star US Army General David Petraeus (and rightfully so), there is no public Democratic Party disavowal of the attack on this American patriot. As a result, there is increasing outrage among military families and average Americans over these horrendous tactics designed specifically to divide the country. The only 2 conclusions one can draw from Democratic silence over MoveOn.org’s cheap shot courtesy of the New York Times are either political cowardice or outright approval.

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Technorati Tags: al Qaeda, General David Petraeus, Iraq, MoveOn.org

Last week, I made the case that liberals lacked the will and the spine to fight when necessary. Liberal opposition to that column was minuscule but very loud, which is in and of itself, stereotypically liberal. There is yet to be one cogent, coherent liberal argument why we should allow Iraq to fall under the control of al Qaeda, because a US withdrawal could mean just that.

All they can muster is some name-calling and emotional arguments that we are the aggressors who bombed the hell out of innocent Iraqis. Oh yeah, they also love the troops and want them to come home. That and some nutty conspiracy theories that the US wants Iraqi oil or permanent bases so the neo-conservatives can take over the world is all they’ve got. The reason why John Murtha’s treasonous strategy is a non-starter and the reason why liberals are now beginning to lose momentum on the debate over the war, is that they are –once again– appealing to emotion instead of reason and ignoring the real central issues of the Iraq debate. The truth and consequences.

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Technorati Tags: al Qaeda, Iraq, liberalism, Terrorism

This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit. My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy. - U.S. Marine Corps Rifleman’s Creed.

The Rifleman’s Creed exemplifies what it means to be a Marine. The rifleman is the most basic element of the Marine Corps command structure. Without the rifleman, the Corps is nothing.

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Technorati Tags: al Qaeda, Frank Wuterich, Haditha, Iraq, John Murtha, Terrorism, USMC

Milestone - mile - stone `mI(-&)l-”stOn

(n.) - A stone serving as a milepost. A significant point in development

2006 has now been relegated to the archives of history. It was a year to remember and a year to forget. It was a year of scandal and of missed opportunities; a year of increasing divisiveness, as demonstrated in the midterm elections and the year that the American conservative movement repudiated it’s Commander-In-Chief.

It was a year that found the New York Times leaking sensitive information on two occasions, while arguing that the public’s –therefore by default al Qaeda’s– right to know outweighed the Bush Administration’s right to use electronic intercepts to track our enemy’s domestic phone calls or money transfers, both of which incidentally would precede a major terrorist attack.

Above all, It was a year of milestones, most of which were never fully realized and even a few that were manufactured specifically to divide the country in a time of war.

Ted Kennedy, The Associated Press, Reuters News Service and other mental midgets in the media rang in the New Year celebrating the historic milestone of the 3,000th US servicemember killed in Iraq. Kennedy called it a “tragic milestone”, while the media variously referred to it as a “grim milestone” or “the death toll milestone”. Both Reuters and the AP were practically drooling, awaiting the announcement of the next dead soldier. As a matter of fact, for about two hours on New Year’s Eve, Yahoo News posted an article attributed to Reuters entitled “US death toll in Iraq reaches 2,999″ with no byline. A few hours later, it was replaced with the three thousand figure. The article was then attributed to Claudia Parsons (Reuters), and has been updated on several occasions.

Reuters is straining sooo hard to emphasize that this is a milestone, that the story was accompanied by those unauthorized photos of flag-draped coffins being offloaded at Dover Delaware that are several years old. In addition, according the the source they’re citing for the casualty figures, there has yet to be an official confirmation of the three thousand figure, yet the Reuters headlines scream “3,000 dead”. The figure was followed in the next paragraph by a sentence indicating the number of casualties had not been “officially confirmed” and then the author’s own insinuation that the figure was not being confirmed so Bush’s critics wouldn’t have any ammunition to attack him.

Let me clarify the misconceptions you are being inculcated with by liberals in politics and the media.

A milestone is something you use to measure either a). distance or b). progress. So unless you’re cheering for the terrorists in Iraq, no number of dead US soldiers is a “milestone”. And no body count should ever be the measure of the success or failure of an entire military campaign. Using the published methodology for icasualties.org, which is the source for the Reuters article, as of publication of this piece, there are 2,991 confirmed deaths with 11 pending confirmation for a total of 3,002 . I surmise that I subscribe to the same Dod feed that icasualties does and as of the publication of this column, US Army Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer, 23 Mont Alto, PA was the last confirmed US military death in Iraq. The trouble is that his death occurred on December 27th. The most recent death confirmed by DoD occurred on 12/28.

The entire methodology is suspect. In this first screenshot, observe the timestamp. The “current time in Baghdad” was 9:43:07 PM 1/1/07. There were reportedly 2,993 deaths with 9 pending confirmation. In the second screenshot , also observe the time. It reads: 10:33:24 PM, forty minutes later, but the confirmed body count went down by two in the 40 minutes between the two screenshots. How is this possible? Rushing to be the first and not confirming your sources, that’s how.

If the latest death was confirmed on 12/28/2006, and the icasualties figures keep bouncing up and down on 1/1/2007, Reuters, through Ms. Claudia Parsons has some ’splainin to do about the accuracy of her article. I have monitored DoD casualty reports for two years. DoD only confirms military deaths upon notification of the families and sometimes they are posted on DoD’s website out of chronological sequence. Therefore, I submit to you that the entire premise of this piece of garbage propagated by Reuters and then modified at least three times over the course of six hours is in question. The number 3,000 cannot be confirmed by any independent source and yet Reuters reported it as fact.

Even worse, not only does Ms. Parsons report suggest that an unconfirmed US body count is some sort of measure of progress, she disrespects all US soldiers by devoting half of her article on their deaths to the details of how Saddam Hussein was mourned in his hometown. Apparently she sees Saddam Hussein as morally equal and therefore deserving of just as much attention. What a sicko.

And people wonder why the influence and subscription rates of mainstream media publications continue to plummet. The only milestone worthy of mention here is the new lows that some people and organizations will descend to in order to advance their agenda.

Technorati Tags: al Qaeda, Iraq, Media Bias, Reuters

IRIB2 - Tehran, Iran - November 14th, 2006 in English-

<ANCHOR>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad says Iran favors dialogue with all governments across the world, based on mutual respect, except the Zionist regime of Israel, which is illegal. President Ahmedinejad made that remark Tuesday at a press conference, while he also criticized the bullying attitude of Washington as a stumbling block between possible talks between the two nations.

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Technorati Tags: al Jazeera, al Qaeda, Iran, propaganda, Terrorism

When terrorists struck the United States, the eyes of America were finally opened to the threat we are facing. But while we are dealing with the prospect of rogue nations possessing nuclear weapons or IEDs killing American combat soldiers on a daily basis; while we’re focusing on short term goals in Iraq and Afghanistan; we’re ignoring an even grater threat not just to the Middle East, but to worldwide stability. To our peril, we’re ignoring or at the very least not paying enough attention to the other undeclared war; the propaganda war.

Joseph Goebbels used it to deadly effect for Nazi Germany; first to dehumanize, relocate, then incarcerate millions of Jews, opening the door to their eventual extermination if the Allies hadn’t stopped them. Now it is being used by Arab governments to influence their populations and incite hatred of the West. And we’re just standing here in silence, failing to heed the warnings of the past and allowing it to happen.

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Technorati Tags: al Jazeera, al Qaeda, Iran, propaganda, Terrorism

Syria Satellite TV, Damascus, Syria - 11/14/2006 -

<ANCHOR:> Outgoing US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, regardless of where and when they were committed.

<REPORTER:>One who is not familiar with the hawk may try to roast it. Let me rephrase the saying. Anyone who is acting like a hawk will eventually be cooked. The aforementioned saying can easily be applied to one of the most harmful hawks of the US administration, Donald Rumsfeld.

Rumsfeld, who was an American hawk not long ago, was recently stripped of his title, and his claws were clipped. Some believe that Rumsfeld was a scapegoat, who was being sacrificed to exonerate his master’s sins at the White House. His day finally came. The hawk lost his wings, so he could no hurt any more victims, especially those locked up birds in the cages of Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

After their victory in the midterm elections, regaining control of Congress, the Democrats started capitalizing on the political downfall of their Republican counterparts. Rumsfeld was one of the first big hawks to fall, and others may soon fall as well. Nevertheless, some still believe that Rumsfeld was made the scapegoat, so that others can go free.

Who are the others? Let me give you a hint. Some have played roles in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib prison scandals. If the walls of Abu Ghraib could talk, they would tell us a real tale from the crypt. The victims were subjected to an elaborate scheme of torture and humiliation in the name of Democracy. Who will heal the wounds and redeem the souls of those sexually assaulted in the name of a free world? History will judge the united States of America and it’s allies for their crimes against humanity in Iraq Afghanistan, and elsewhere. What is next? The killer hawk is still at large. He may not be flying anymore, but he is free. Who will bring him to justice?

Civil rights activists filed a lawsuit Tuesday, asking German prosecutors to open a war crimes investigation of Rumsfeld for his alleged role in allowing torture to take place at US prisons in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay Cuba.”

“The US Administration has been known for deserting it’s fallen hawks, regardless of how big they were. Rumsfeld, or “Don” as Bush used to call him, was one of Bush’s favorite aides, and he was given more latitude than other White House staff. However, he has recently become the punching bag for Washington’s politicians. As he leaves the White House, he leaves unhappy memories behind.”

Technorati Tags: al Jazeera, al Qaeda, Donald Rumsfeld, Iran, propaganda, Terrorism

Insanity (L.) - In ~ `san ~ i ~ tee -

1. A disease, defect or lack of understanding of such severity, that one is prevented from having the mental capacity required by law to understand the nature of their acts or the difference between right and wrong.

2. Endless repetition of the same task with the expectation of a different result.

The media should really stop floating phrases such as “turning point” to describe the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It is really irresponsible. We’ve heard of turning points in this war many times before.

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Technorati Tags: al Qaeda, Iraq, President Bush, Terrorism