A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
Jay of Stop the ACLU writes ACLU Accuses Bush Of Gutting Geneva Conventions Enforcement and Undermining Due Process For Terror Detainees “It isn’t suprising that the ACLU were quick to react to Bush’s jaw dropping speech admitting to secret CIA prisons and pushing Congress to pass legislation that would put captured terror suspects under the rule of a military tribunal…Of course the ACLU automatically accuse the U.S. of using horrific abuse to obtain our evidence without any evidence whatsoever to back that claim up. You can also bet that if one of their terrorist plaintiffs were to go before our court system they would make the claim that any evidence we have against them was obtained through such procedures and argue it was inadmissible.” (read more)
Paul Mirengoff of Power Line writes Are we less safe? “The Democratic party, led by the dim demagogue Harry Reid, is taking the position that the U.S. is less safe now than it was on September 10, 2001. According to this article in the Washington Times, Reid relies on a report by something called the Third Way National Security Project (how early-1990s a name). "Third Way," says the Times, is a group founded by Democrats who support gun control. Its president, Jonathan Cowan, served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the second Clinton administration. It's vice president for policy, Jim Kessler, was an aide to Senator Schumer. His areas of expertise appear to be gun control and domestic violence.” (read more)
Captain Ed writes A Rumor A Day Keeps The Fringies Away “Does anyone else get the distinct feeling that we're seeing a whispering campaign getting started against Joe Lieberman? Two days ago, Insight reported the all-but-unbelievable allegation that the Republicans sent millions of dollars into Joe Lieberman's campaign -- in the middle of a brutal midterm campaign where the GOP's control of Congress is in real danger. Today, the gossip du jour in Connecticut has Lieberman replacing Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon:” (read more)Little Green Footballs writes ISNA Seminar: How to Beat a Woman “At the Islamic Society of North America’s national convention, attendees learned that beating a woman is for her own protection. Muzzamil Siddiqi may be familiar to LGF readers. He was an imam at the Orange County Islamic Center when Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn converted to Islam there. Another session moderated by Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American Islamic Relations focused on empowering Muslims to file federal civil rights lawsuits:” (read more)
Dr. Rusty Shackleford at The Jawa Report writes Democrats Nominate 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist in Florida (UPDATE: More Dem 9/11 Conspiracists!) “Democrats in Florida's 15th district have nominated a 9/11 conspiracy theorist to run for Congress. Dr. Bob Bowman had 55 percent over 45 percent for John M. Kennedy. The winner will face incumbent Republican Rep. Dave Weldon. But don't worry, it's okay for him to "quesion" 9/11, because Dr. Bob Bowman is a retired Air Force officer. See how that works, if you served in the military, you get the pass from the Democrats. At least he's no chickenhawk.” (read more)
Hugh Hewitt writes The Clinton Censors “Howard Kurtz has the latest on the attempt by Clinton-era policy makers to kill ABC's "The Path to 9/11." ABC execs are under enormous pressure to bow to the airbrushers of history, but to do so will damage their brand for a decade. "The Path to 9/11" is a superb condensing of the American non-response to terrorism's growing threat beginning with the bungled surveillance of the first World Trade Center bombers right through the devastating attacks of 9/11.” (read more)
Jim Addison of Wizbang Politics writes Oops! - Dems missing big donors “All the analysts and pundits are pointing to Democratic successes in November, but they have a traditionally weak turnout in off-year elections, and the Republican get-out-the-vote effort has been refined into a well-oiled machine by Karl Rove. Just when the Democrats could use a few friends with fat checkbooks . . . ‘friends just can't be found’ . . .” (read more)
Bill Roggio writes The Islamic Emirate of Waziristan and Greater Talibanistan “With the Pakistani government ceding authority (but not autonomy) to the Taliban and al-Qaeda, Coalition and Afghan forces will now be placed in a more difficult tactical situation along the Afghan-Pakistani border. With the threat of the Pakistani Army removed in North and South Waziristan, the Taliban and al-Qaeda can now consolidate power and focus their efforts on attacking coalition forces in Afghanistan, as well as expand further into the greater North West Frontier Province.” (read more)
Cassandra writes Faith And Commitment II: The War Of Perceptions “An old adage maintains that war is just politics by other means, but it has often occurred to me that the obverse is equally true. As often as not these days, politics has come to resemble a ritualized form of warfare in which the participants don't even trouble to hide the knives when they go for the jugular. In war, though, the spoils are usually tangible: treasure, lives, cities destroyed or taken from the enemy. In politics they tend to be more ephemeral: reputations, poll numbers, the ability to sense and exploit a national mood.” (read more)
Mohammed of Iraq The Model writes What we need is a united vision. “The war with terror is still on and every new anniversary of the September attacks approaches is a reminder of how fierce this war is and how deep and cruel the evil inside that terror is. We in Iraq need no special occasions to remind us of that; the front is still on fire and the daily confrontation leaves no place for doubt in our minds about the aggressive nature of terrorism against everything that opposes its ideology even when the opposition is represented by an Arab or Muslim trend whether Sunni, Shia or any other variation, let alone the Christians, Jews, Buddhists or non-religious people.” (read more)
Sachi of Big Lizards writes Are Fascists Seizing Control of Japan? Or Has Leftist Rhetoric Run Amok? “The leading candidate to replace our going Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is Shinzo Abe, a hawk who is currently chief cabinet secretary and Koizumi's right-hand man. Abe is pro-American and has vowed to strengthen Japanese ties to the United States. But what's remarkable about him is that he is openly discussing revisiting the pacifist Japanese constitution, the third rail of Japanese politics.” (read more)
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