A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
In the News: (Registration may be required to read some stories)
7 GOP Senators Back War Debate “Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush's new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.” (READ MORE)
Veterans Group Speaks Out on War “When Iraq war veteran Jon Soltz accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) of "aiding the enemy," the Democratic senators gathered around him yesterday did not wince.” (READ MORE)
Iraq Security Plan Underway; Crash of Marine Copter Kills 7 “On the day the U.S. military announced that American and Iraqi forces had begun implementing their long-awaited security plan, a U.S. Marine transport helicopter crashed northwest of Baghdad, the fifth deadly loss of an American helicopter in Iraq in less than three weeks.” (READ MORE)
Distrust Hinders FBI In Outreach to Muslims “The FBI's worst fears that hidden homegrown terrorist groups could take root in this country were fanned here in the summer of 2005, when four young Muslim men were charged with conspiring "to levy war against the United States" via deadly attacks on military installations...” (READ MORE)
War foes will not hurt morale “The Defense Department's top civilian and its top military officer, undercutting the White House and other senior Republicans yesterday, said Congress doesn't endanger troop morale by voting on nonbinding resolutions opposing President Bush's Iraq plan.” (READ MORE)
Chavez largess hurts Venezuela oil firm “Venezuela's national oil company is buckling under the burden of financing President Hugo Chavez's more than $9 billion a year in social and political ventures.” (READ MORE)
GOP dismisses civility's return to Annapolis “Republican lawmakers say the Democrat-controlled General Assembly appears more civil than in years past because the legislature's one-party rule allows little opportunity for debate or change.” (READ MORE)
From the Front:
Bill Roggio: Deploying the The Snake Eater in Khalidaya “A much needed biometric technology is brought to the battlefield in Khalidaya - In the middle of January, I embedded with the joint U.S. Marine and U.S. Army Military Transition Team based in Khalidaya in Anbar province. The MTT was then commanded by Major Owen West.” (READ MORE)
Bill Roggio: Al-Qaeda's anti-aircraft squads “Al-Qaeda in Iraq is believed to be operating Strela missile teams, courtesy of Iran - The past three weeks has seen a dramatic increase in the downing of U.S. helicopters operating in central Iraq. Five helos have been shot down since January 20th, four U.S. Army helos and a civilian Blackwater helo. Twenty-six Americans have been killed in the five shoot-downs.” (READ MORE)
Jack Army: Rules of Engagement “Subtitle: Why the Flap Over the Rules of Engagement is a Red Herring - An interesting discussion at Blonde Sagacity that I fear is based on a non sequitur, particularly in view of the source commentary in the Washington Times. My first point: the ROE in the commentary is not the current ROE used by US military forces in Iraq. I know because I was there, and will be back there when my mid-tour leave expires.” (READ MORE)
Omar: Operation Baghdad, Day 2. “Last night continued to be quiet for the most part and nothing indicated that the operation in Azamiyah faced resistance. I woke up late this morning and again it was very quiet. I asked Mohammed if there was anything going on and the answer was negative.” (READ MORE)
GWOTdotUS: Hook, line and sinker “Yesterday morning was an interesting one. At O-dark thirty in the morning I was awoken to go on a QRF (Quick Reaction Force) mission. Apparently, an ANP (Afghanistan National Police, I know, all these acronyms) checkpoint was fired upon. The attackers’ intent, as we found out, was not to cause harm to the ANP but rather to draw out our QRF team in a classic baiting maneuver.” (READ MORE)
On the Web:
Robert D. Novak: Who Won in the Senate? “Listening to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell last weekend boast he had the votes to prevent closing Senate debate on Iraq, Republicans opposing President Bush's troop surge in Iraq feared the worst.” (READ MORE)
Larry Elder: Global Warming Turns People Gay “Global warming alarmists -- despite their best efforts -- seem incapable of convincing the Bush administration. So here's my suggestion. Make the scientists tell the president that global warming turns people gay.” (READ MORE)
Megan Basham: Oscar-Winning Monster Mouths Off “In a rare example of journalistic integrity, CNN correspondent Rick Sanchez actually called A-list actress Charlize Theron (most famous for her Oscar-winning portrayal of serial killer Eileen Aileen Wuornos in the film ‘Monster’) on the carpet for the anti-American idiocy she proceeded to spew during their interview last Sunday.” (READ MORE)
Alan Reynolds: Inequality of What ... and When? “President Bush recently announced that inequality has ‘been rising for more than 25 years.’ But what did the president mean by inequality? And when, during that 25- year period, was inequality rising?” (READ MORE)
Ann Coulter: Yellowcake and Yellow Journalism “To see how liberal history is created, you need to tune into the nut-cable stations and watch their coverage of the Scooter Libby trial.” (READ MORE)
Crazy Politico: Maybe He's Too Stupid.... “To be in the Army. I'm speaking, of course, of Lt. Erhen Watada, who had a mistrial declared today at his courts martial. Why do I think he's too stupid to be in the Army, or working anywhere but with K-Fed (see my last post)? It has to do with the reason for his mistrial. You see, the ‘good’ Lieutenant's lawyer wanted the jury instructed to ignore the statement of fact that he signed in order to get two of the four counts of conduct unbecoming an officer dropped.” (READ MORE)
Bryan: IMPORTANT ACTION ALERT: Stop taking yourselves so seriously “So our friends on the left are all atwitter tonight because of the apparent (and as of yet unconfirmed by the Edwards campaign) firing of official bloggers Amanda Marcotte and Melissa, er, I can’t remember her last name. Over at MyDD this incident has been taken with the seriousness of a nuclear attack:” (READ MORE)
GayPatriotWest: Hungry for Media Attention, Jimmy Carter Tacks Left “About six months ago, I defined a term, Huffingtonitis to describe an individual who ‘defines his political views and makes public statements in order to win social approval and/or acceptance.’ I also think some people take certain political stands in order to get media attention.” (READ MORE)
A.M. Mora y Leon: Chavista Food Shortages “After years of braying about ‘food security’ - Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has accomplished the opposite of that: widespread empty shelves for basic food stocks like meat, throughout Venezuelan retail stores, duplicating Soviet-style food shortages. The next step will be rationing.” (READ MORE)
Right Wing Nut House: Final Thoughts on Marcotte “Learning came late in life in my case. For 25 years, I goofed off in school, barely squeaking by as I was ushered from grade to grade, from high school to college, graduating only because of the kindness of professors I was wise enough to suck up to.” (READ MORE)
John Hawkins: Liberals Vs. The Troops “Want to make a liberal get so mad that he can't see straight? Well then, just tell him that he doesn't support the troops and wait for ranting and a stream of obscenities to begin. But, the truth is, despite their politically motivated protestations to the contrary, the majority of liberals genuinely do not like or support our troops.” (READ MORE)
Greyhawk: Meanwhile, Back in Iraq “A Sadr loyalist is arrested: Will the ‘Baghdad security operation’ be reported as anything other than ‘increasing violence’? We'll know soon enough. But it may be difficult to tell when operations kick into high gear, as even though rarely reported, operations throughout the country have never ceased.” (READ MORE)
Captain Ed: Seven GOP Senators Demand Complete Debate “After the failure to approve cloture on the single amendment allowed to reach the floor by Harry Reid, it appeared that the Democrats had decided to allow the effort to pass a non-binding resolution to die on the floor -- and blame Republicans for supposedly ending the debate. Seven Republican Senators have decided to push back against that decision, demanding that GOP and Democratic leaders reach some level of accommodation for a full debate on all proposals, a surprise that Reid attempted to ignore when it arose during yesterday's session:” (READ MORE)
Dafydd: Putin Wants Nuclear Armed Iran; Sanity Questioned “In another bizarre and unfathomable maneuver, Soviet Communist Party Chairman Vladimir Putin -- I'm sorry, I meant Russian President Vladimir Putin, of course -- has completed the delivery to Iran of 29 advanced TOR-M1 air-defense missile systems, despite American and even U.N. protest; and now the Iranians have tested them and integrated them into their air-defense strategy:” (READ MORE)
Wretchard: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall “John Edwards may have fired two staff bloggers who stayed in their previous character.They hadn't changed a bit since he hired them, but he didn't fully understand what that implied. The NYT reports that messages the Netroots bloggers sent out to ‘liberals’ were too much for Edwards.” (READ MORE)
Spook 86: Paging Dr. Phil “In the wake of astronaut Lisa Mowak's bizzare meltdown on Monday, various psychoanalysts (professional and amateur) are trying to make sense of it all, offering their own explanations as to what went wrong.” (READ MORE)
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