A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
Some Soldier’s Mom writes Brought Tears to My Eyes... “Back in July, a bunch of my favorite milbloggers and I were promoting the opportunity for you all to help send a bunch of disabled vets SURFIN' out in Cali... and today I received this message via the comments... it brought tears to my eyes... literally. Good Morning "Mom," I just want to thank you and all of the others who helped to support and get the word out about the Surfamp clinic in Pismo Beach this past weekend. As a member of the Pismo Beach Longboarders, I was fortunate enough to be a volunteer working with the vets all week, and it was an experience I'll never forget.” (read more)
Victor Davis Hanson writes Excuse After Excuse “What makes two-dozen British Muslims want to blow up thousands of innocent passengers on jumbo jets? Why does al Qaeda plan hourly to kill civilians? And why does oil-rich Iran wish to "wipe out" Israel? In short, it's the old blame game, one that over the past century has taken multiple forms. Once, a tired whine of Islamists was that European colonialists and American oilmen rigged global commerce to "rob" the Middle East of its natural wealth. But they were pretty quiet when the price of crude oil jumped from around an expensive $25 a barrel to an exorbitant $75.” (read more)
Allahpundit at Hot Air writes Video: ‘We’re not leaving so long as I’m president’ “There’s a lot going on here — patriotism, the NSA decision, the connection between Saddam and 9/11, America’s “soul” — but the sound bite is the line I quoted. The full transcript is here.” (read more)
GayPatriotWest at Gay Patriot writes Steny Hoyer Must be Gnashing his Teeth “House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) must be gnashing his teeth that he lost his bid for the job he now has to Nancy Pelosi in October 2001. Had he been elected Whip that year, he would likely have succeeded Richard Gephardt as House Minority Leader in 2002 and would be the face of House Democrats today. With Hoyer at the helm, Democrats would be in a far better position to win a majority in the House this fall. With a Gallup poll showing Republicans closing the gap (from an 11-point deficit to just 2 points) in the “generic Congressional ballot” and with the recent AP poll that Bruce cited earlier today, it’s far from clear that a Democratic takeover of Congress in the offing for this fall.” (read more)
Dan Reihl writes Ahmadinejad: Bow And Surrender “If there was any wonder about how Iran in the person of President Ah-might-need-a-job would respond to the UN on the 22nd, I'd say this about sums it up. If you want to have good relations with the Iranian people in the future, you should acknowledge the right and the might of the Iranian people, and you should bow and surrender to the might of the Iranian people. If you do not accept this, the Iranian people will force you to bow and surrender. And it gets much better.” (read more)
Cassandra writes Faith and Commitment “This is a difficult post, one I have misgivings about publishing. For the past week I've been trying to decide whether there is any real value to anything I've done for the past two and a half years. I am still not sure what the answer to that question is. All I know is that I am more troubled than I have felt at any point I can remember. I sit down to write in the morning and more often than not I feel sick. And angry. Very angry. That is not a place I want to be. I have always striven to bring some degree of objectivity, of distance, to my writing despite the admittedly strong feelings and convictions I bear towards the subjects I write about.” (read more)
Dafydd writes How to Read Polls 101 “Some interesting and encouraging electoral news comes from perennial doom-and-gloomer Larry Sabato, who consistently (and dolefully) underestimates Republican performance in elections. But you have to think a second time to realize which way it actually cuts. In the last midterm elections of 2002, Sabato and his famous and invaluable Crystal Ball report predicted that the final makeup of the Senate would be 51 to 49 in favor of the Democrats; in the actual vote, Republicans ended up controlling the Senate by the same margin instead, 51 to 49.” (read more)
Captain Ed writes Iraqis Keep Reporting For Duty “A week ago, I wrote that the United States needed a commitment to win in Iraq, rather than playing not to lose, or we should get out of the country. Rick Moran said much the same thing in his essay from yesterday. However, the Iraqis still show that they have committed to self-government and the rule of law, even in the difficult province of Anbar:” (read more)
Fbl writes Something's Wrong Here “Grim says it best, and in fewer words. But if you'd like the long version, read on: Cutting programs that support the treatment and rehabilitation of veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) right now is absurd. TBI is one of the most common combat-related injuries coming out of Iraq today. Anybody who has suffered severe wounds from an IED blast also likely suffers from TBI caused by the blast wave of the explosives. Even those with only very minor shrapnel wounds or scratches can end up with serious TBI.” (read more)
Tom The Redhunter writes The Nature of our Enemy, Part I “Who exactly are we fighting in this war, and why is our enemy so upset at us? By "this war", I refer not to Iraq, but to what is called the "War on Terror." Generally speaking, there are two schools of thought on the matter. One side says that we are at war with "Islamofascism", or Islamic radicalism, or Islamism, or jihad, call it what you will. The other side says that we are fighting people who are against various US policies. They fight us because they have a specific grievance.” (read more)
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