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November 10, 2007

Waterboarding Is Not Torture (Bumped)

By Matt Margolis at 05:03 PM

Looks like Democrats are trying to make waterboarding an issue in the nomination of Michael Mukasey for Attorney General. Democrats want him to condemn waterboarding as torture. But, waterboarding is not torture, and I have no idea why Democrats want terrorists to be coddled, not interrogated. A friend of mine...
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November 09, 2007

Joe Lieberman on the Democrats

By Mark Noonan at 09:32 AM

Yep: In the weeks and months after September 11, Democrats and Republicans put aside our partisan divisions and stood united as Americans. As late as October 2002, a Democratic-controlled Senate voted by a wide bipartisan margin to authorize President Bush to use military force against Saddam Hussein. As the Iraq...
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November 06, 2007

Pushing for Religious Liberty in Saudi Arabia

By Mark Noonan at 09:32 AM

Surely an uphill climb: Abu Dhabi, Nov. 5, 2007 (CWNews.com) - A visit to the Vatican by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah should lead to greater religious freedom for Christians in that country, according to the Catholic vicar for Arabia and Yemen. "I am not expecting to be able to build...
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October 20, 2007

New Rules About War Crimes Accusations

By Mark Noonan at 09:11 AM

These rules will, of course, only apply to Blogs for Bush, but they should apply universally. Rule 1: If you wish to post an accusation of war crimes against servicemembers of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, you had better have stand-up-in-court evidence to back it up....
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October 09, 2007

This is What We're Fighting to Change

By Mark Noonan at 09:26 AM

This comes to your home town one day, if we don't prevail in the War on Terrorism: Gaza, Oct. 8, 2007 (CWNews.com) - A prominent Palestinian Christian was kidnapped and killed by Islamic militants in Gaza this weekend. Rami Ayyad, the director of the only Christian bookstore in Gaza, was...
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September 28, 2007

The Shift in the War

By Mark Noonan at 08:50 AM

Our lefties are getting more and more out of touch with reality, and Charles Krauthammer takes note: Ahmadinejad at Columbia provided the entertainment, but Sarkozy at the U.N. provided the substance. On the largest possible stage -- the U.N. General Assembly -- President Nicolas Sarkozy put Iran on notice. His...
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September 24, 2007

A Hero

By Mark Noonan at 02:14 AM

We do have them, though the MSM actually thinks that bogus stories of evil Americans will sell more papers: FORT CHAFFEE MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ark. - Capt. John F. Vanlandingham's mission for Operation Iraqi Freedom was to train Iraqi National Guard troops to defend their country. When insurgents attacked the...
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September 19, 2007

Dozens Die in Syrian-Iranian Chemical Weapons Accident

By Mark Noonan at 12:07 AM

Not good news: Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the proliferation and development of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane's Defence Weekly report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian officers were killed in a July 23 accident in Syria. According...
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September 18, 2007

Possible Terror Threat for San Diego?

By Leo Pusateri at 08:43 PM

While looking at my histats at The Ice Palace, something peculiar came up: (click to enlarge) My hair stood on end. I thought it somewhat peculiar that anyone would be searching for blueprints for the San Diego Sewer system; so I went and checked out the IP address: OrgName: Latin...
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September 11, 2007

9/11 Plus 6

By Mark Noonan at 11:11 AM

I was awakened that morning by a phone call from my step-daughter. She said there had been a plane crash in New York City and she was wondering if we had any contact with her sister, who worked not far from WTC. My wife had already gone to work, so...
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The US Military Meets Recruiting Goals

By Mark Noonan at 09:29 AM

Read it and weep, lefties. As usual, I always say watch what people do rather than what people say - people say the war is unpopular...and yet people do join the military, even though anyone who joins these days knows its almost certain they will wind up in harm's way....
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September 08, 2007

More Evidence Haditha Marines are Being Railroaded

By Mark Noonan at 01:47 AM

I read today that there's someone out there who thinks our war is being "lawyered to death" - this Newsmax story is a strong indicator that such is a reasonable position to hold: video taped from a Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle – purported to show the action that took...
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September 05, 2007

Stand by the Mission

By Mark Noonan at 02:56 AM

Victory Caucus has a new Stand by the Ameircan Mission in Iraq petition. Go. Sign it. Now....
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September 03, 2007

Some More of Them Harmless "Students"

By Mark Noonan at 02:44 AM

The news story - from NRO's The Corner: Remember those two Egyptian "students" arrested in South Carolina back in early August for possessing what CAIR spokesman Ahmed Bedier claimed were fireworks but turned out to be pipe bombs according to state authorities? They've now been indicted by the Justice Department...
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August 31, 2007

The Dratted War Just Isn't Going According to Plan!

By Mark Noonan at 03:55 AM

Democrat plan, that is. Remember back in January where the President was supposedly on the political ropes and would shortly be forced to begin withdrawing from Iraq? "Lame Duck" didn't even begin to describe President Bush as that time - heck, even the GOP base was abandoning him. Well, now...
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August 24, 2007

A Poll to Confirm What We Already Know

By Mark Noonan at 07:04 AM

Fascinating survey from Rasmussen: Republicans, by a 58% to 19% margin, believe the U.S. and its allies are winning. Democrats, by a 43% to 24% margin, believe the terrorists are winning. Among unaffiliated voters, 38% believe the U.S. team is winning while 32% say the opposite. What is truly amazing...
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Political Poison

By Mark Noonan at 02:14 AM

My good blogosphere friend, Dean Esmay, takes note of an article by Captain Ed (who I know less well, but have the highest respect for) talking about the prospect that President Clinton might have exaggerated his record vis a vis going after bin Laden and/or terrorists in general. Ed has...
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August 23, 2007

The President at the Veterans of Foreign Wars

By Mark Noonan at 02:05 AM

An excerpt: The lesson from Asia's development is that the heart's desire for liberty will not be denied. ... ...In the aftermath of Japan's surrender, many thought it naive to help the Japanese transform themselves into a democracy. Then as now, the critics argued that some people were simply not...
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August 21, 2007

"Don't Surrender To Al Qaeda"

By Mark Noonan at 05:41 AM

Real Clear Politcs has the video of a new Vets for Freedom ad asking Congress - and, in this case, Senator Warner (R-VA) - not to embrace surrender and American defeat in Iraq. It is a powerful ad, and it should be broadcast and re-broadcast all over America. Say whatever...
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August 15, 2007

To Join, or Not to Join

By Mark Noonan at 04:37 AM

My views on whether a person who supports the war should join the military over at Battle Born Politics....
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August 11, 2007

The Real Problem With Islam

By Mark Noonan at 09:16 AM

Is this sort of thing: Cairo, Aug. 10, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Egyptian state security agents have arrested 2 Christian community leaders in Cairo, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) reports, saying that the arrests "are part of Egypt's alarming and growing trend of state-sponsored persecution of Christians." Adel Fawzy Faltas and Peter...
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August 06, 2007

Democrats Graciously Allow Us to Monitor Terrorist Communications

By Mark Noonan at 12:43 AM

Mighty nice of them, huh? CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) - President Bush on Sunday signed into law an expansion of the government's power to eavesdrop on foreign terror suspects without the need for warrants. The law, approved by the Senate and the House just before Congress adjourned for its summer...
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August 05, 2007

Terrorists Captured in South Carolina?

By Mark Noonan at 08:44 PM

A bit of breaking news: Goose Creek - Two men are being held in the Berkeley County Detention Center after police find explosive making devices in their car. There are conflicting reports as to the quantity of explosive making materials in that vehicle. FBI reports are saying that there is...
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July 31, 2007

Dare We Offend?

By Mark Noonan at 09:36 AM

Christopher Hitchens asks what we are afraid of: Why, then, should we be commanded to "respect" those who insist that they alone know something that is both unknowable and unfalsifiable? Something, furthermore, that can turn in an instant into a license for murder and rape? As one who has occasionally...
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July 26, 2007

Jogging With the Troops

By Mark Noonan at 08:58 AM

There is one thing that is starting to impress itself on my mind - that the members of the military are starting to have a monumental contempt for the Democrats. It was Grant's "boys in blue" who essentially kept the United States Republican for a generation after the Civil War...
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July 24, 2007

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR

By Princella Smith at 04:15 PM

Today the President Bush made a significant speech that answered critics of the war in Iraq who continue to claim that the battle there is not a central front in the War on Terror and who believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that al Qaeda in Iraq is a homegrown,...
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July 19, 2007

Senate Rejects Moving Gitmo Detainees To U.S.

By Matt Margolis at 09:12 PM

The Senate, in a 94-3 vote for The McConnell amendment, rejected transferring the terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the United States. Senator Mitch McConnel (R-KY) made a statement following the vote. “Some in Congress have actually proposed that we require the President to move terrorist detainees held...
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July 16, 2007

Guess the Source

By Mark Noonan at 12:05 AM

Here's the quote: The daily said in an editorial that the September 11 terrorist attack in 2001 was made under suspicious circumstances for which Ben Laden was held responsible, but, political observers were aware of the fact that Ben Laden had connections with the US where he had undergone training...
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July 15, 2007

Surrendering After Victory (Bumped)

By Mark Noonan at 12:00 AM

(A desire has been expressed to keep this thread going, so up to the top it goes; enjoy!) It becomes more and more clear that the Democrats - and a few week-kneed GOP yellow-bellies - are running up the white flag just as we're securing political and military victory in...
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July 14, 2007

The President Will Not Back Down

By Mark Noonan at 01:20 PM

As is noted over at NRO: Forget the leaks and the speculation, President George W. Bush is not looking for a way out of the surge and the Iraq war. In a session with about ten conservative journalists Friday afternoon, a confident and determined president made it clear that he...
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July 13, 2007

Time to Stand Up for America

By Mark Noonan at 08:26 PM

Do you want Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to force American defeat in Iraq? Do you want the likes of Michael Moore and Sean Penn shouting with delight as we retreat shamefaced out of Iraq? Do you want the terrorists of al Qaeda and other organizations sharpening their knives for...
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July 03, 2007

Joe Lieberman for Senate Majority Leader

By Mark Noonan at 01:54 AM

As many of you might recall, after the 2006 and the noting that Lieberman held the balance of Senatorial power in his hands, I was of the opinion that Lieberman should maintain the Democratic majority in the Senate. I felt this for two reasons: 1. The Democrats won fair and...
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July 02, 2007

A Rising Threat of Terror This Summer?

By Mark Noonan at 09:40 AM

The left will likely think this is being manufactured by Chimpy McSmirk BusHitler in order to start another war to steal oil, fight for Israel and throw more innocent people into Gitmo...but for normal people, it is something to be concerned about: A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for...
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June 29, 2007

But Democrats Say There Is No War on Terror

By Matt Margolis at 09:17 AM

An apparent terror attack was thwarted this morning in London when "an explosive car loaded with gas cylinders, nails and a detonator" was defused by police. Democrats like John Edwards think the war on terror is just a bumper sticker slogan. I'm sure the would-be car bomb had one of...
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June 28, 2007

The Defeatists are Wrong

By Mark Noonan at 01:30 AM

And Victor Davis Hanson explains why - I won't quote it; you critics will have to go read it yourselves. If you have the courage to do so....
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June 21, 2007

Support the Troops

By Mark Noonan at 08:43 AM

This is from Blackfive - seems the Marines of the Fightin' 6th would like to hear from the American people: If anyone -- you know, just sit down, jot us -- throw us an e- mail, write us a letter, let us know that the American public are behind us....
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June 09, 2007

Paris or no Paris, There is Still a War On

By Mark Noonan at 05:04 AM

I've said my prayers for Ms. Hilton - mostly that she'll find a genuine friend who will tell her that she has to really cool it, stop being in love with stuff and start doing something useful with her life. Other than that, there's not much to be done with...
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June 06, 2007

The Real Two Americas

By Mark Noonan at 02:33 PM

Jack Kelly nails it: On ABC's "This Week" program Sunday, Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Pa) said the JFK airport plotters were provoked by the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Rep. Murtha has difficulty with time lines. Sep. 11, 2001 happened before March 19, 2003, when the Iraq War began. So did the...
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June 03, 2007

Tony Blair Educates

By Mark Noonan at 01:30 PM

Good job on the part of the Prime Minister, but it does show the level of ignorance we are up against as we fight the War on Terrorism: I was stopped by someone the other week who said it was not surprising there was so much terrorism in the world...
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June 02, 2007

Terror Plot Thwarted at JFK Airport while ACLU Helps AQ Suspect Sue Boeing

By Matt Margolis at 01:05 PM

President Bush and other Republicans can't talk about terrorism without being accused of using fear tactics to scare people into voting Republican, but, as the news about the thwarted terror plot at JFK Airport reveals, the threat of terrorism is alive and well. Meanwhile, the left-wing "civil rights" group ACLU...
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May 29, 2007

Al Qaeda loves its (stolen) cars...

By Leo Pusateri at 12:02 AM

It seems that Al Qaeda terrorists are using stolen cars--American stolen cars--to fund their jihad. So says a Florida private investigator, and he says he has proof. But it would appear that those involved in this auto-laundering scheme are trying to sue the investigator, for telling the truth! Along with...
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May 24, 2007

The Bush Doctrine Is The Only Option

By Matt Margolis at 10:23 AM

So says expert Robert Kaufman:Urging the United States to press on with its mission in Iraq, a policy expert argued Thursday that the Bush Doctrine is the "only option we have." Robert Kaufman, a professor of public policy at Pepperdine University and author of the book "In Defense of the...
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May 23, 2007

The Idiocy of Amnesty International

By Mark Noonan at 09:54 AM

From a once-honorable human rights group to a knee-jerk anti-American group: Fears stoked by the post-9/11 "war on terror" are increasingly dividing the world, Amnesty International said Wednesday, while rapping rights abuses from China to Darfur and Russia to the Middle East. The gap between Muslims and non-Muslims notably deepened,...
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May 17, 2007

The Propaganda War

By Mark Noonan at 12:28 PM

Jonathan Foreman over at NRO gives some great examples of the sort of reporting that is undermining our war effort: The second story is even more illustrative of the nearly impossible task faced by the Coalition — and the way the media make it even more difficult. In the last...
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May 16, 2007

More Impossible (For Lefties) News

By Mark Noonan at 06:14 AM

This sort of thing is just not supposed to be happening: NASHVILLE - The number of new soldiers in the Tennessee Army National Guard increased 57 percent in the last fiscal year, and many are younger and without prior military experience, according to the latest recruitment numbers. A new focus...
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May 10, 2007

67 Years Ago Today

By Mark Noonan at 06:43 AM

The price of appeasement and wishful thinking started to be paid by the French: The Germans launch Operation Gelb, the offensive in the west. Army Group C (Leeb) holds the German frontier opposite the French Maginot Line while Army Group A (Rundstedt) makes the main attack through the Ardennes and...
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May 09, 2007

Troops Petition Congress To Stop Calls For Retreat

By Matt Margolis at 06:08 PM

The Appeal for Courage, a petition signed by more than 2,700 U.S. service members since February 2007 asks Congress to fully support the mission and reject calls for retreat. According to the site, 60% of the signatories are serving, or have previously served, in Iraq. Check out the petition here....
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May 03, 2007

Democrats Back Down on Timetable

By Matt Margolis at 01:22 PM

Despite a lot of defeatist rhetoric and tough talk, Democrats will now drop the timeline for surrender in Iraq from the war spending bill. Though the debate isn't over, it's a huge victory for President Bush and the troops....
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May 02, 2007

The Guardian: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Before War Began

By Matt Margolis at 02:55 PM

The Guardian, which is by no means a conservative paper, in reporting on the dealth of Abu Ayyub al-Masri (the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq_ effectively conceded that Al Qaeda was in Iraq before the war began. Security experts say [Abu Ayyub al-Masri] became a terrorist in 1982 when he...
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April 30, 2007

The World is Watching What We Do

By Mark Noonan at 01:36 AM

And while our lefties are more concerned about the good feelings of Frenchmen, others are watching with delight as the Defeaticrats undermine our war effort - as Mark Steyn notes: The Defeaticrats are being opportunist: They think they can calibrate the precise degree of U.S. defeat in Mesopotamia that will...
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April 29, 2007

It is Hard to Love Them

By Mark Noonan at 02:01 AM

Victor Davis Hanson puts his finger on the prime reason for the increasing unpopularity of our effort in Iraq: ...the American voter is tired and saturated with negative imagery. Public opinion polls are notoriously fickle. But most show a sharp increase in negative views of Muslims in general. A 2006...
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April 26, 2007

218-208

By Mark Noonan at 08:45 AM

That was the vote in the House in favor of surrender...a bare majority; and this after the Democrats have assured us for the past couple months that November's election was a clear, unmistakable signal from the American people that we should, in Pelosi's asinine phrasing, "wind down the war in...
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April 21, 2007

Blogs for Bush Defines Victory

By Mark Noonan at 03:07 AM

Victory in the War on Terrorism: When no State dares to shelter or support any group which uses terror as a means of attaining political goals. Victory in Iraq: When the legitimate, elected Iraqi government is determined - by mutual agreement between the United States and Iraq - to be...
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April 16, 2007

We Must Fight Them

By Mark Noonan at 09:04 AM

Amir Taheri points out the folly of shaking hands with barbarians: Until just a few days ago, most policymakers and analysts in the West often cited Algeria as a successful example of dealing with Islamist terror through political means rather than the use of force. The idea is that accommodating...
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April 15, 2007

Victor Davis Hanson Had a Dream

By Mark Noonan at 12:50 AM

And part of it went thusly: In this apparition of mine, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in Syria at the time, would lecture the Assad regime that there would be consequences to its serial murdering of democratic reformers in Lebanon, to fomenting war with Israel by means of its...
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April 14, 2007

Adesso vi faccio vedere come muore un italiano!

By Mark Noonan at 07:40 PM

It is the third anniversary of the heroic death of Fabrizio Quattrocchi. The terrorists wanted him to die like the dog they think we all are, but rather than give them the satisfaction, he took off the hood they had placed on him and shouted out the above quote, which...
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April 06, 2007

Vice President Cheney on Pelosi's Trip and the Defeaticrats

By Mark Noonan at 02:58 AM

On Rush Limbaugh's radio show, Vice President Cheney showed why we still love him: RUSH: It may not just be Iraq. Yesterday I read that Ike Skelton, who chairs -- I forget the name of the committee -- in the next defense appropriations bill for fiscal '08, is going to...
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April 04, 2007

President Bush Stands Firm

By Mark Noonan at 09:34 AM

He will veto the bill - in fact, he's looking forward to vetoing it: It has now been 57 days since I requested that Congress pass emergency funds for our troops. Instead of passing clean bills that fund our troops on the front lines, the House and Senate have spent...
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20th Century Victims of Peace

By Mark Noonan at 02:13 AM

This is something I wrote a few years ago, but with demands for "peace" rising high in the left, I think it wise to re-post: 1920 – Winston Churchill urges Anglo-French to unite to destroy the Bolshevik regime; Churchill is derided as a "war monger", trumping up phony fears of...
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April 02, 2007

Iraq The Model vs the Left

By Mark Noonan at 08:42 AM

The other day, President Bush quoted Iraq The Model when speaking of the need to stand strong in Iraq...for some reason I can't explain, I didn't think to immediately check the leftwing blogosphere to watch them go into conspiracy-theory melt-down mode over it. As could be expected (but wasn't by...
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March 30, 2007

The Left is Not Pleased

By Mark Noonan at 08:23 PM

Long-time Commie and all around Pinko of the Century, Alexander Cockburn rips into the Democratic leadership: Will Congressional opposition to the war now get stronger, anchored by Pelosi's bill? Not likely. The window of opportunity for that flew open right after the election, when antiwar forces roared in outrage after...
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March 29, 2007

The State of our Union

By Matt Margolis at 01:12 PM

On September 20, 2001, President Bush said to the country and the world, "The entire world has seen for itself the state of our Union -- and it is strong." Today, that is no longer so. Democrats have taken every last ounce of unity that came to life in the...
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March 23, 2007

218 to 212

By Mark Noonan at 09:36 PM

That was the vote - with a 15 seat majority, the Democrats barely scraped by with the help of two rather misguided GOPers. President Bush had this to say: Today I'm joined here at the White House by veterans, family members of people serving in combat, family members of those...
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March 21, 2007

GOP Congressional Office Vandalised

By Mark Noonan at 07:20 AM

Yeah, those tolerant, love-filled anti-war people are at it again: Congressman Mike Rogers' home is under police guard after his Lansing office was severely vandalized last night. The case is being handled by the FBI and the US Capitol Police, who have requested that the Lansing Police investigate the matter....
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March 20, 2007

The Choice We Have to Make

By Mark Noonan at 11:43 AM

Go over to Move America Forward to see the ad which is going to give the left fits. It is way past time that we started to have some fight back against the defeatists....
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March 15, 2007

Ignorance and Leftism

By Mark Noonan at 09:21 AM

I'd like to say that they go together all too often, but the truth of the matter is that without the former, you can't sustain the latter. I remember back in the 80's when the Democrats would complain about this or that new weapons system - and, usually, the complaints...
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March 08, 2007

Who Do The Democrats Want To Welcome To America?

By Matt Margolis at 04:26 PM

By now, you're aware that Democrats want the terror suspects at Gitmo sent to the United States... here are a few of the terrorists they want to roll out the welcome mat for:Khalid Shaikh Muhammad (KSM)-Mastermind behind the 9/11 attacksHambali-Mastermind behind the Bali Nightclub bombings of 2002Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri-Mastermind of...
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Dems Want Iraq Pullout in Time For 2008 Election

By Matt Margolis at 11:33 AM

It doesn't get more obvious than this... Instead of leaving when the job is done, Democrats want American soldiers to cut and run out of Iraq at a politically convenient time for their party... So that's their strategy... plan a war around their political ambitions....
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March 07, 2007

Just Thought I'd Point Out...

By Mark Noonan at 07:10 AM

That the most recent stats for military recruiting are that in 2006, the services met their goals...and that for January of 2007 (the most recent month availble), all four services met or exceeded their goals, while four of six reserve/guard services exceeded their goals. What is amazing is that we're...
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March 01, 2007

The Islamist Whine

By Mark Noonan at 11:36 AM

Some times it is good to pause and realise just how pathetic our enemies are - dangerous, yes, but also pathetic specimens of humanity. These are people who are resentful and fearful - who wish to kill us, but who also want the things we have. Victor Davis Hanson takes...
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General Petraeus' Message on Taking Command

By Mark Noonan at 01:45 AM

Got this from NRO: To the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Civilians of Multi-National Force-Iraq: We serve in iraq at a critical time. The war here will soon enter its fifth year. A decisive moment approaches. Shoulder-to-shoulder with our Iraqi comrades, we will conduct a pivotal campaign to improve security...
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February 28, 2007

Negotiate With Iran?

By Mark Noonan at 12:05 PM

It is in the news, and NRO is blowing a gasket over it - the story is that the United States is going to enter into negotiations with Iran and Syria...and, of course, this means we're surrendering in the War on Terrorism and other gloom-and-doom scenarios on the right. Looking...
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Just a Reminder

By Mark Noonan at 10:44 AM

Yesterday, President Bush met with the President of El Salvador - an ally in the War on Terrorism. For those of you too young to remember, back in the early 1980's, communists were attempting to take over El Salvador and turn it into another Cuba. When Reagan sent aid to...
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February 27, 2007

Ed Koch Issues a Timely Warning

By Mark Noonan at 07:24 AM

Pay attention, everyone: In response to terror attacks on its soil, Spain withdrew its troops from Iraq and changed its government. Britain's Labor Party repudiated its leader, Prime Minister Tony Blair, ordering him to resign by next September, as well as beginning the reduction of its military forces in Iraq....
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February 26, 2007

Here's Another Moral Issue

By Mark Noonan at 04:21 PM

Very interesting - from NRO: Congress is not powerless here. It has an awesome power: to deny funds for the war and thereby end it entirely. If Levin wants U.S. combat operations to end by April 2008, he can simply work to cut off any funding past that date. But...
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February 22, 2007

She Can Dish It, But Can't Take It

By Matt Margolis at 09:53 AM

Vice President Cheney said (accurately, I must add) that the "Democrats' attempts to thwart President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq," validate the al-Qaida strategy has Nancy Pelosi crying to President Bush with complaints. "I think if we were to do what Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Murtha are suggesting, all we...
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February 20, 2007

The Defeaticrat Risk

By Mark Noonan at 12:37 PM

Brendan Miniter notes what is required for the Defeat...errr...Democrats to prevail with their political strategy over Iraq: What then is next in the war over the war? The House passed its nonbinding resolution last week and won votes of just 17 Republicans. Rep. John Murtha, who's spent more than two...
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February 19, 2007

Poll: 66% Think Victory in Iraq is Important

By Mark Noonan at 05:55 AM

Wazzat? Huh? But, but, but...the American people have spoken and they voted to withdraw...which is why the Democrats are standing tall with....non-binding resolutions and slowly knifing the troops in the back. The poll is from Investors Business Daily and it asks the actual question: do you want to win? We'd...
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February 17, 2007

Blocking the Cowards in the Senate

By Mark Noonan at 07:29 PM

From Senate Minority Leader McConnell, via NRO's The Corner: Today we are being asked to do something entirely different. The majority party in the Senate wants to vote on a resolution that condemns the President’s plan and which “disagrees” with Gen. Petraeus, who said before he left for Iraq that...
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The Conscience of the Senate

By Mark Noonan at 09:32 AM

Is Senator Joe Lieberman (Patriot-CT): WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a statement on the Senate floor today concerning the non-binding Iraq resolution, Senator Lieberman stated: “The non-binding resolution before us today, we all know, is only a prologue. That is why the fight over it – procedural and substantive – over...
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Semper Fidelis

By Mark Noonan at 02:17 AM

That is the motto of the United States Marine Corps - "always faithful" - and though it is rightly the property primarily of our Marines, it is also a responsibility for each and every American citizen at home during war time. We must remain always faithful - we must not...
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February 16, 2007

We're Going to Stop This Surge?

By Mark Noonan at 07:01 AM

So says Jack "Cut and Run" Murtha in this news story. Interesting - the surge is already ongoing....how do you stop what has already happened? As we noted in our "slow bleed" thread, the claimed strategy of the Democrats is to slowly hem in the President with various restrictions on...
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February 14, 2007

The Unending Failure of Anti-War Sentiment

By Mark Noonan at 12:52 AM

Quote 1: "The greatest gift our country can give the Cambodian people is not guns but peace. And the best way to accomplish that goal is by ending military aid now." -- Rep. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) Congressional Record March 12, 1975 (a mere 50 days before Saigon fell -...
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February 13, 2007

Victory Caucus

By Mark Noonan at 02:24 AM

Tired of the endless leftwing drivel about the war? Concerned that the future of America is threatened by enemies abroad and fools at home? Well, there's an antidote - the Victory Caucus: Our Mission Deliver the perspectives and news on the war effort which the mainstream media neglects to help...
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February 08, 2007

Operation Baghdad

By Mark Noonan at 02:26 AM

Keep in mind that our troops and their Iraqi allies are in the fight for us - the latest from Iraq the Model: Operation Baghdad, Day 2. Last night continued to be quiet for the most part and nothing indicated that the operation in Azamiyah faced resistance. I woke up...
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February 03, 2007

Senate GOP Discovers a Spine?

By Mark Noonan at 03:24 AM

Could be: Senate Republican leaders today vowed to block consideration of Senator John Warner’s compromise resolution against a troop increase in Iraq unless their alternatives are offered up as well. At a press conference this afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said all 49 Republican senators would stand together against...
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January 31, 2007

The Irresponsible Democrats

By Mark Noonan at 01:27 AM

Today I received an e mail from Senator Barak Obama. In it, he advocates a bill he has introduced called the "Iraq War De-Escalation Act". It is a prime example of just why the Democrats are not to be trusted with the destiny of our nation. First off, there isn't...
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January 30, 2007

Non-Binding Resolution Failing?

By Mark Noonan at 01:55 AM

So says Let Freedom Ring: Robert Novak is reporting that John Warner has rejected Biden’s overtures: The Democratic plan was for Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden to sit down over the weekend with his longtime Republican colleague, Sen. John Warner, and hammer out a consensus bipartisan resolution opposing...
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January 24, 2007

A Symbolic Victory For The Al Qaeda Wing Of The Democratic Party

By Matt Margolis at 09:40 PM

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 for a resolution opposing the surge of troops in Iraq-- a surge many Democrats were advocating just a few months ago. The only Republican to support the measure was Chuck Hagel....
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100 Terrorists Bite the Dust...50 more taken out of circulation

By Leo Pusateri at 04:38 PM

As my son and others have told me, the Iraqi citizens are more than willing to cooperate with our troops, if given the knowledge and confidence that we will stick with them and not abandon them to the wolves. My son and his comrades, for instance, have spent the better...
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January 22, 2007

Rendering the Highest Honor

By Mark Noonan at 12:00 AM

All I can say is, God bless him, and all of the thousands of mothers and fathers who have suffered as he has: A high school athletic director from Jefferson Township, N.J. is going to Iraq. For him, it has been a goal since April 6, 2004, when his son...
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January 19, 2007

Democrats Warn Bush Against Winning War

By Mark Noonan at 05:49 PM

Democratic leaders in Congress, worried that victory in the War on Terrorism might harm their electoral prospects in 2008, gave aid and comfort to the Iranians by demanding President Bush get their never-gonna-happen permission before taking action against Iran. "The president does not have the authority to launch military action...
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January 18, 2007

An Important Point

By Mark Noonan at 09:05 AM

Our liberal and left critics are endless in their this or that size of majority is opposed to the war in Iraq. Usually, the poll is a question along the lines of "do you approve of President Bush's handling of Iraq" or "do you approve of what is going on...
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January 17, 2007

Bush Won't Reauthorize Terrorist Surveillance Program???

By Matt Margolis at 04:46 PM

Not. Good. News.President Bush has decided not to renew a program of domestic spying on terrorism suspects, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Wednesday, ending an law-enforcement tactic criticized for infringing on civil liberties. "The president has determined not to reauthorize the Terrorist Surveillance Program when the current authorization expires,"...
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January 13, 2007

The Disgusting Debate

By Mark Noonan at 05:01 AM

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. - Isaiah 5:20 Bill Kristol is calling the critics of the new strategy in Iraq, "Boneless Wonders" - taking his cue from...
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January 11, 2007

The Widening War

By Mark Noonan at 12:01 AM

With the recent reports of US military action in Somalia to assist the Somalis and Ehtiopians clear out the terrorists, one would think that this passage in the President's speech would be the headline: Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity and stabilizing the region in the face...
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January 10, 2007

Excerpts From Bush's Speech To The Nation On Iraq

By Matt Margolis at 08:58 PM

Tonight President Bush will address the Nation from the White House to lay out his plan for a new way forward in Iraq. On the new strategy: Tonight in Iraq, the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in a struggle that will determine the direction of the...
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The Way Forward in Iraq

By Mark Noonan at 01:13 PM

A few hours from now, President Bush will give his speech to the nation and we'll know for certain what his plan is. While it seems certain that there will be a substantial increase in the number of US combat troops, especially in the Baghdad/Anbar areas of Iraq, no one...
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President Plans to Present Proposal

By Princella Smith at 11:17 AM

Tonight at 9pm est. , our valiant Commander-In-Chief will deliver an address to the nation on his new plan for Iraq. I will be tuned in, and plan to provide a synopsis and review of the speech. Join me tonight in supporting our President and listening to his message in...
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January 09, 2007

Victory in Somalia: A Premonition of Democatic Disaster

By Mark Noonan at 12:43 AM

This, I must say, came as a surprise - but a nice surprise: (CBS/AP) A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively. The targets included the senior al Qaeda leader in East...
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January 06, 2007

Fight Terrorism? How Dare He!

By Matt Margolis at 03:27 PM

Democrats are planning a slew of "oversight" hearings to "investigate," amongst other things the war in Iraq, and terrorist surveillance. You get this? Apparently, fighting terrorism is a bad thing, and must be treated as a potential crime. What should we be calling the Democrats now? Defeatist Democrats? Cut and...
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Some Questions Democrats Must be Forced to Answer

By Mark Noonan at 11:12 AM

This is a follow up post to my War and Politics piece. As I pondered the issue through the night - with the Mrs still in the hospital, I'm not getting much sustained sleep - I came across some questions which, if pressed hard, will expose the Democratic position for...
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War and Politics

By Mark Noonan at 02:00 AM

WIth the release of the Reid/Pelosi letter calling for an end to the campaign in Iraq (the exact phrase used was, "it is time to bring the war to a close"), we have our political marker from the Democrats: President Bush and the GOP are to admit that Iraq is...
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January 03, 2007

Bush Hasn't Seen Saddam Hanging Video

By Matt Margolis at 01:24 PM

Reuters reports that President Bush has not seen the video of Saddam's execution... I suspected a while back that somehow video would get out on the internet, and between YouTube and GoogleVideo there would be no hassle in finding it. So, anyway, I saw it. I was satisfied. How about...
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January 02, 2007

Terrorist Fighting, 101

By Mark Noonan at 05:53 AM

How to fight terrorists: Rule 1: Kill them. Rule 2: See rule 1. As the Ethiopians are showing: MOGADISHU, Somalia - Fighters belonging to a militant Islamist movement fled into a rugged, forested corner of Somalia from rapidly advancing government forces Monday, and the prime minister offered amnesty if they...
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December 29, 2006

Saddam: Hanged By Sunday?

By Matt Margolis at 11:05 AM

That's the word, but I doubt we'll be so lucky... Something will delay it. Of course, if I am wrong, and Saddam is executed on Sunday, then I can only envy the quickness of the justice system in Iraq. In America, Saddam would likely die of old age before he...
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December 28, 2006

A Letter From Senator Obama

By Mark Noonan at 11:42 PM

I received in my e mail today a letter from Senator Barak Obama. The crux of the letter was this part: There is no military solution to this war. Our troops can help suppress the violence, but they cannot solve its root causes. And all the troops in the world...
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December 21, 2006

What to do in the War

By Mark Noonan at 09:44 AM

Victor Hanson gives us a set of war proposals which should be made into a laminated card and sent to all members of government: ...how, aside from killing jihadist terrorists, can we defend ourselves against the insidious spread of radical Islam? Here are a few starting suggestions: Bluntly identify radical...
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December 20, 2006

Zucker on the Iraq Study Group

By Mark Noonan at 01:15 AM

Informative video here....
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December 18, 2006

Will Democrats Put An End To Terrorist Surveillance?

By Matt Margolis at 04:17 PM

It's a good question... They've already flip-flopped on implementing all of the 9/11 Commissions recommendations... but what are they going to do about the surveillance of terrorists, something they've so passionately opposed since the NSA Terrorist Surveillance program was leaked. Jonathan has more......
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"W" Stands for "Win"

By Mark Noonan at 12:06 AM

I know our Democrats think that this past November resulted in Prime Minister Pelosi who will now run the country pending President Bush's impeachment and draw-and-quartering, but the plain fact of the matter is that President Bush is, well, President - as Fred Barnes takes note: It turns out you...
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December 14, 2006

Fighting for Victory

By Mark Noonan at 09:30 AM

As noted earlier, we are punishing the enemy rather hard in the War on Terrorism. This is good, as far as it goes, but in war perception means a great deal. Thanks to our MSM, the leadership of the Democratic Party and the American left, the perception has grown that...
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December 12, 2006

Soldiers Say We Can Win

By Matt Margolis at 03:15 PM

Sean Hannity interviewed soldiers in Iraq on Hannity and Colmes last night... here is a portion of that interview:HANNITY: "Do you hear the politics and do you hear the debate?" UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER: "Oh, sure. We watch this and we compare it to the others, it's politicized no matter where you...
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The Alternative to the Iraq Surrender Group

By Mark Noonan at 01:03 PM

It is coming out this Thursday, according to NRO's The Corner: On Thursday, military analyst and AEI scholar Fred Kagan will present a report: “Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success.” They will have some impressive and provocative ideas, including a “sustained surge of U.S. forces to secure and protect critical...
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December 07, 2006

The Issue of Israel

By Mark Noonan at 09:04 AM

What was missing in the Iraq Study Group report? Any place for Israel. When mentioned at all, Israel is positioned as a problem to be solved. In the regional conference envisioned, Isr