A short recon at what’s out there that might draw your attention.
Justice Soldier writes Summertime is Kid Time “Greetings everyone from the confines of a fledgling country of great people. Lately, the children have been coming out more - it is summer after all. Kids are great around the world, no question about it. I do not have any, so I live through my sibling’s and cousins’ kids - gotta love em’. The kids here in Iraq are no different, I want you all to know. They have those same smiles, that same curiosity, and that same desire to be loved, and love life.” (read more)
Captain Ed writes America's Stock Rises Among The Sunni -- As They See The Alternative “The New York Times reports on an interesting development among the Sunni in Iraq, who had bitterly opposed the American presence in their country. They have discovered mathematics and demographics -- and realized that the Shi'a outnumber them almost 3-1. This epiphany has led to a growing sentiment among the former ruling class of Iraq that the Americans may be the only thing standing between them and oblivion:” (read more)
The Armorer writes SSG Bellavia's Medal of Honor Nomination “On the night of 10 November 2004 Third Platoon, A Company, Task Force 2-2 IN near OBJ Wolf in Fallujah, Iraq, was ordered to attack to destroy six to eight Anti Iraqi Forces (AIF). 1LT Edward Iwan, the A Company Executive Officer, had identified six to eight AIF who had entered a block of twelve buildings. These AIF had engaged A55 and tanks from Team Tank with automatic weapons and rocket fire. Having a 25 mm cannon malfunction, 1LT Edward Iwan cordoned off the area and called Third Platoon to enter and clear all buildings until the AIF were killed or captured.” (read more)
Atlas Shrugs writes Disproportionate Delusions “You can hearing the low but insistent drone of the some left wing voices saying, "this is not our war,"" what's the big deal about a couple of captured (note captured, not kidnapped) soldiers," and their new favorite word, ‘disproportionate.’” (read more)
GayPatriotWest of Gay Patriot writes Violence & Murder Unprovoked–It’s What Terrorists Do “Last Tuesday, AOL briefly had as one of its rotating headlines, “Group Claims GIs Killed Over Rape, Murders.” By clicking on the link, we learned that the group referenced was an “Al-Qaida Group.” It stunned me that, on its Welcome Page, this news source identified a terrorist group merely as a “group” without any further descriptor.” (read more)
Bandit 36 writes Winning in Iraq - Why I'm Doing This Part II “Prior to coming to Iraq, I was skeptical about the situation here. I had never been deployed before and I had only been on Active Duty for about a year and a half. All I really knew were the stories that I'd heard from the Soldiers who had already been here and from the news, both of which I took with a grain of salt. I always believed that we were doing a lot more good in Iraq than was being reported, but I had no way to verify that belief.” (read more)
David Horowitz of Front Page Magazine writes Fellow Travelers “At the outset of Iran’s proxy war to obliterate the state of Israel, the editors of the Nation – the oldest and most influential magazine of the American Left – published a lead feature condemning Israel as a terrorist state and blaming the war itself on Israel’s “oppressive occupation” of Arab lands. Written by a Palestinian Arab, Marwan Bishara, the article – “Israel On The Offensive” – claimed that Israel had “exploited” the kidnapping of its soldiers as a pretext for an aggressive war against Hamas and the “besieged” territories.” (read more)
Neptunus Lex writes In defense of democracy Over at NRO’s The Corner these weekend, several of the natives spent time analyzing the pro’s and con’s of the Middle Eastern Democracy Project - the hearts and minds element (not to mention moral underpinning, once you lay preventative self-defense aside) - of the GWOT. Andy McCarthy is sceptical that the game is worth the candle, while Michael Ledeen insists that there is no other way out from a multi-generational war. But all of this is neatly tied together by TigerHawk, who also adds this thought:” (read more)
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