A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
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Senate Confirms Casey As Army Chief of Staff “The Senate voted 83 to 14 yesterday to confirm Gen. George W. Casey Jr. as the Army's new chief of staff, a tally that included 10 Republicans voting against the general who has commanded the Iraq war for the past 2 1/2 years.” (READ MORE)
N. Korea Talks Resume With 'Fresh' Hope “Six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program resumed Thursday, buoyed by signs that North Korea is ready to return to serious negotiations.” (READ MORE)
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted “Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included ‘reporting of dubious quality or reliability’ that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence...” (READ MORE)
Hamas, Fatah make peace “Rival Palestinian factions signed a power-sharing accord aimed at ending months of bloodshed yesterday, agreeing that the Islamist militant group Hamas would head a new coalition government that would "respect" past peace agreements with Israel.” (READ MORE)
Israeli hospital treats Palestinian fighters “The wounded in the bitter Palestinian struggle between Hamas and Fatah fall in the dusty streets of Gaza, but it is to an Israeli hospital in a nearby coastal city that many are brought for treatment.” (READ MORE)
War resolution seen hurting morale “Senate Republicans yesterday contradicted top Pentagon officials who say Congress would not injure troop morale by passing a nonbinding resolution critical of President Bush's Iraq war plan.” (READ MORE)
'08 slate without standout for GOP “Many conservatives say they pick ‘none of the above’ when faced with a choice of Arizona Sen. John McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.” (READ MORE)
On the Web:
Jules Crittenden: Al-Khamenei Press “I’m no fan of the Associated Press. The wire service that is (a) American and (b) supposed to be providing non-partisan material to newspapers of all stripes, now carries al-Qaeda’s water in cases such as L’Affaire d’Jamil, has acted as an apologist for Saddam Hussein, and is prosecuting an unrelenting campaign of distortion against the Bush administration. I’m used to it. But this AP article floored me, as I performed the meatball surgery on it necessary to make it moderately acceptable for the print edition of the Boston Herald.” (READ MORE)
Charles Krauthammer: A Civil War of Words “National Intelligence Estimates are not supposed to be amusing. And the latest NIE on the situation in Iraq was uniformly grim. But the document's determined effort to split the difference on the use of the phrase ‘civil war’ did verge on the comical.” (READ MORE)
Oliver North: Selling America's Heritage “Since the new leaders in Congress claim that they intend to ‘root out waste, fraud and abuse,’ they ought to inquire just why the Smithsonian is in the hole. While they are at it, here are a few other questions:” (READ MORE)
Patrick J. Buchanan: Is Bombing Iran Bush's Call? “If an attack on Iran is among ‘options ... on the table,’ who put it there? Who gave President Bush the authority to attack Iran? And when was it granted?” (READ MORE)
Cam Edwards: Bloomberg's Smackdown in Gotham “New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s war on gun owners received a major hit yesterday, courtesy of the U.S. Justice Department, but Bloomberg is so far refusing to back down.” (READ MORE)
David Limbaugh: Known By the Company They Keep? “Memo to the national Democratic Party: Having a reputedly Hezbollah-supporting imam lead you in a Muslim-based spiritual and political prayer does not support your contentions that your values better reflect true Christianity than those of Republicans and that you support the troops.” (READ MORE)
Jeff Emanuel: All is not quiet on the Western Front of the War on Terror “Though it no longer seems real to far too many citizens of America, Great Britain, Canada, and much of the rest of the West, the terrorist threat facing us has not gone away, and has, on repeated occasions, shown itself in (largely thwarted, thankfully) plots against each of our nations and their citizens.” (READ MORE)
Jules Crittenden: Al-Sadr Press “But let’s give the AP credit where it’s due. Even though this article on the arrest of anallegedly corrupt deputy health minister is overly concerned with the reaction of Sadrist members of parliament, it does include some kickass details. This is surge as surge is supposed to be done, and gives me hope. I’d like to thank the Associated Press for the following imagery: ‘U.S.-backed Iraqi forces stormed the Health Ministry and arrested the No. 2 official, accusing him of diverting millions of dollars to the biggest Shiite militia and allowing death squads use of ambulances and government hospitals to carry out kidnappings and killings.’” (READ MORE)
Crazy Politico: Affordable Health Care for All? “Wal-Mart and some of it's biggest union critics got together yesterday to ‘push the debate forward’ on universal health care. Like Barack Obama stating last week that by 2012 if he were President we would have universal coverage, Wal-Mart and the Service Employee's International Union gave no indication how such coverage would be paid for.” (READ MORE)
Ian: Video: DNC imam Husham Al-Husainy on Hannity & Colmes “Imam Husham Al-Husainy appeared on Hannity & Colmes this evening to respond to a controversial prayer he gave at last week’s DNC winter meeting. Al-Husainy denied that he has attended or led any pro-Hezbollah rallies. Debbie Schlussel begs to differ:” (READ MORE)
Bryan: Blunder Twins: The hilarity continues “Greetings, fellow godbags! I’m hoping you can help me out with something. When you hear that someone’s been ‘smeared,’ what do you think has happened? Do you think a) someone took something the person in question said entirely out of context and mischaracterized it; or b) someone took something the person in question said and just quoted it, word for word?” (READ MORE)
Hugh Hewitt: Memo To Our Sources In Iraq “The Democrats in the Congress have decided to allow access to the intelligence in which your identity is either made explicit or from which it could be deduced. We are sorry that the Democrats have no grasp of the danger in which they are putting you, or if they do have that grasp, no concern for you, your family members, or the continuing effort to bring stability to Iraq.” (READ MORE)
GayPatriotWest: There’s Something about Mary (that gets the gay Left all upset) “I think Calarato may well be right when he suggested that: ‘the gay left’s hatred of Mary can be explained by their envy. . . . . Mary has a father who loves and supports her. Mary is out and proud, yet gets along with her family. Mary’s decision to be out, proud and pregnant has not cost her family’s love.’” (READ MORE)
Right Wing Nut House: Making the World Safe for Bigots “I want to congratulate former Senator John Edwards and the entire network of netroots activists who, through a combination of thuggish threats and wild obfuscations of the facts managed to cow a candidate for President into doing their bidding by keeping two female bigots on his staff.” (READ MORE)
ShrinkWrapped: Israel and the Lynch Mob “Lynch mobs do not behave in ways which reward rational responses. When hundreds of angry, fearful people are swept up in the irrational tide of hatred that leads to lynchings, there is no way to reason with them. They ‘know’ that the perpetrators of great crimes are guilty. They don't need any facts and no amount of argumentation will convince them otherwise.” (READ MORE)
John Hinderaker: The Conservatism Gap “Paul wrote last night about the ‘stature gap’ that Republican Presidential candidates enjoy over their Democratic counterparts. This morning, the Washington Times, reporting on a reunion of Reagan administration alumni, describes a different sort of gap between the three front-runners and the party's conservative base:” (READ MORE)
Flopping Aces: How Dare You Disagree “Ok, now this is some funny shite. The CIA and the Department of Defense is upset because the Office of Special Plans inside the Pentagon dared to disagree with the CIA when they ignored all the evidence that Saddam was incohoots with al-Qaeda:” (READ MORE)
Chickenhawk Express: Al Gore Featured on Jihad Website “I'll be honest - I've never liked Al Gore. I don't have enough time to go into the reasons but suffice it to say it's a deep deep dislike. I thought I could not despise him any more until I came across this on a Jihad website.” (READ MORE)
Neptunus Lex: Bit of a spat “Believing that they have all but won the War on Losing the War, those who Support Our Troops But Not Their Mission are now trying to shape the post-war environment.” (READ MORE)
LGF: Howard Dean and the Radical Imam “When Imam Husham Al-Husainy delivered his now-infamous lines about doom, oppression, and occupation at the DNC winter meeting, standing at his side was none other than party chairman Howard Dean.” (READ MORE)
Confederate Yankee: A Gathering of Eagles “Via Bill Faith of Small Town Veteran, A Veterans group calling themselves ‘A Gathering of Eagles’ will be on hand to protect the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C. on March 17, against anti-war protesters they feel might intend to deface the monument dedicated to the more than 58,000 Americans who lost their lives fighting the Vietnam War. Anti-war protestors recently defaced the steps of the U.S Capitol with anti-war slogans.” (READ MORE)
Captain Ed: They Were For Dissent And Alternative Analysis Before They Were Against It “The acting Inspector General of the Defense Department has issued a long-awaited report on the intelligence analysis provided by Douglas Feith during the period between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. According to Thomas Gimble, Feith and others did not violate laws or policies at the Department of Defense, nor did they mislead Congress -- but Gimble still concludes that their activities were ‘inappropriate’:” (READ MORE)
Uncle Jimbo: Al Qaeda in Iraq's binding resolution “While our Parliament of Whores chicken fights about how best to help lose the war but not get blamed for it, our enemies are under the impression that the battle is still ongoing. Our sad little collection of money-grubbing swine have interrupted their Porkfest long enough to try to cobble together some meaningless, political, ass-covering document saying ‘It's not our fault’. At the same time our enemy has their own plan, which like the President's has victory as it's goal.” (READ MORE)
Celestial Junk: Fighting Politically Correct War on the Backs of Soldiers and Civilians “As a supporter of the War and ongoing coalition efforts in Iraq, it’s with great interest that I’m watching the 20,000 surge and Baghdad housecleaning. I have a keen interest in strategic military planning and in that context, Iraq has become a laboratory for the ‘soft footprint’ doctrine.” (READ MORE)
Yankeemom: I Question Their Patriotism Now! “I’ve tried 3 times to write about how disgusted I am with Congress. I do not have the words (or the talent) to put up a profound essay on what is buzzing around in my mind. All I can say is that as a mother of a soldier, I am so ashamed of our Elected right now…” (READ MORE)
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