A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
Victor Davis Hanson writes The Path to 9/11—A Postmortem “Americans who watched ABC's The Path to 9/11 saw a well-crafted dramatic interpretation of what rendered the United States, both under the Clinton and Bush administrations, vulnerable to terrorist attack. Perhaps the producers were conservative, but no more so than most of their Hollywood counterparts are liberal — and not to the degree that their politics slanted the presentation of the narrative. But why, then, the hysteria?” (read more)
Allahpundit writes Video: Left-wing nitwits defend Rosie O’Donnell on “Scarborough Country” “This comes to me via my one and only lefty tipster, who told me that watching it made her want to switch parties. With good reason, as you’ll presently see.
The woman in the glasses is Rachel Sklar of HuffPo; the other, who provides most of the fireworks, is Jennifer Pozner of Women in Media and News (WIMN). Pozner’s position is actually quite straightforward: American women have at least as much to fear, as women, from radical Christians as they do, as Americans and women, from radical Muslims. Scarborough should have asked her which group she considers to be her archenemy. Her answer would have been illuminating.” (read more)
GayPatriot writes Terrorists Own Words Debunk Liberal Myths “Our in-denial friends on the Left have been trying to convince themselves that the 9/11 attacks were “America’s fault.” It is summed up pretty well in this recent comment by one of the Clansmen of the Lower Cases.” (read more)
Dafydd writes The World Turned Upside Down “It's impossible not to note the hysteria sweeping through Congress, culminating with the literally insane vote in the Senate Armed Services Committee to allow terrorists on trial -- and their al-Qaeda lawyers -- to see all the classified evidence against them, including (one presumes) information that would identify spies we have placed in that group, allowing for quick and easy executions of deep-cover agents, as well as blowing other surveillance programs to allow al-Qaeda to evade detection in their future plans.” (read more)
Captain Ed writes Since When Has Geneva Protected Our Troops? “The arguments employed by the opponents of George Bush's plan to establish specific definitions for Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions make one argument over and over again, and rarely get challenged on it. They claim that any redefinition or apparent backsliding on the Geneva Conventions will put our own troops at risk; Colin Powell made the same argument yesterday. However, they fail to explain how the GC has ever protected American troops during wartime:” (read more)
Neptunus Lex writes The Empty Chair “The wardroom is where the officers dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat however - it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult daily exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.” (read more)
Dadmanly writes Big Men and Little Men “David Warren, writing at Real Clear Politics, speaks of Big Men and Little Men, and who are our real enemies: ‘I frankly admire both Bush and Blair, as courageous politicians, with open minds, doing their best within the limits of what is politically possible in their respective spheres. They are both towering figures, in comparison to the little men who oppose them. We won't know what trouble is, until the little men replace them.’” (read more)
WO1 Michael Fay writes Bloody, But Unbowed “…Our first day was spent at Bethesda, and Sergeant Herman was the Marine NCO-in-charge conducting the morning formation. He quickly organized the guys willing to be sketched and photographed, and identified a quiet well lit space to use as a make-shift studio. Sergeant Herman has been enduring almost two years of multiple facial reconstruction surgeries.” (read more)
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