A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
Outlaw13 writes News the networks ignore... “It's amazing to me the amount of real news that gets ignored. The news that if reported would actually lend context to the arguments about the war in Iraq. Stories like this one from The Rocky Mountain News...but I guess that would be too much to ask for.” (read more)
Midnight writes Memoirs of a desk jockey “It’s not often one would complain about being promoted to a higher-level position. However, in the military it’s the lower-level units (platoons, teams, etc) that actually conduct operations and most directly impact the war. Higher level commanders, while having much more responsibility, just don’t get outside the wire as often. They direct larger-scale operations and provide supervision to the units actually doing the grunt-work. This makes staff and support jobs undesirable to most Marines.” (read more)
Serving the People of Iraq writes Remember When? “…I know just about every one of us can remember where we were on September 11, 2001. But how well do we remember how we felt that day? And does it really matter?” (read more)
Glen at The Babylon Blog writes There's A Tank In My Front Yard “Every now and then we here a rumble and the clanking of treads. I look out the front door and see the top of a turret and a 50 cal machine gun roll by behind our wall. The tanks are back.” (read more)
Just Another Thunderhorse Roughneck writes Out of The Woodwork “They came out of nowhere. I gave some candy to this kid this morning and all kinds of kids started coming out of nowhere. They were going wild! I thought, oh shit, what did I do? A few kids are ok but a crowd could be distracting.” (read more)
Dafydd writes Criminal, Schriminal - We're Talking PRIVILEGES Here! I think it was Paul Mirengoff over on Power Line who wondered how long it would be before the blatant bribery case against Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA), was sent to the back of the bus while yet another accusation of George W. Bush's "unilateral approach to the use of [executive] authority" hopped into the driver's seat instead. (read more)
Captain Ed writes Subpoenas Not Enough? “The corruption case of William Jefferson took a strange turn yesterday when several Republican members of Congress objected to the execution of a subpoena on the uncooperative subject of the investigation. House Speaker Dennis Hastert questioned the constituionality of the FBI search, and House Majority Leader John Boehner predicted that the Supreme Court would have to decide the issue:” (read more)
Mohammed at Iraq the Model writes A new oil policy. ‘While a few months ago we were hearing calls from inside the former government for giving a big role for Russian investments in Iraq's oil, now we're hearing a new and different tone; one that calls for opening the door for investments from countries that "stood with Iraq".
Nori al-Maliki also said during a meeting with the S. Korean ambassador that he appreciated the humanitarian role of the Korean troops in Erbil and called for reactivating the Iraqi-Korean cooperation committee to give it a bigger role in Iraq's reconstruction.” (read more)
Michelle Malkin writes MEESE: IT IS AMNESTY Ed Meese III, attorney general of the United States from 1985 to 1988 and Heritage Foundation fellow, calls out the amnesty-deniers this morning in the NYTimes. As the AG who presided over the Reagan amnesty of 1986, he (unlike most of the pols blubbering that their amnesty is not an amnesty) knows what he's talking about: (read more)
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