A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
This is the Weekend Edition of the Web Reconnaissance it is updated periodically throughout the weekend as time and family permits.
In the News: (Registration may be required to read some stories)
GOP eyes success on war funding - Senate Republicans yesterday said Democrats are weakening in the war-funding standoff with the White House, citing party infighting and the capitulation of its leaders to meet next week with President Bush. (READ MORE)
Iraq's parliament defiant after Green Zone attack - Iraq's parliament met in an extraordinary session of "defiance" yesterday, the Muslim day of prayer, and declared it would not bow to terrorism. (READ MORE)
From the Front:
On the Web:
Caroline B. Glick: The Long Road to Victory “The US's difficulties with confronting Iran have little to do with the decision to invade Iraq. Rather, America's feckless diplomacy toward Iran to date is the result of the administration's early misunderstanding of Iraq and of Iranian and Arab interests.” (READ MORE)
DJ Drummond: Cancer Politics “They say you should on a subject you know. It just occurred to me that this should be an easy column for me, matching up the issues of political opinion and Cancer. If you know anything about me, you know my political opinions are strong, and I am one of those people who has been diagnosed with Cancer, but I have not - yet - had to pay a heavy cost in dealing with it.” (READ MORE)
Jay Tea: She's not the messiah, she's a very naughty girl “Every now and then, Scott Adams performs a little sociological experiment on his blog readers. He'll post a position, a question, a dilemma, designed to elict certain responses. It's always done so cunningly that almost no one smells the setup, and he usually ends up proving just what he'd argued for a little while ago -- and had been roundly denounced for. Here's a perfect example.” (READ MORE)
ShrinkWrapped: The Accelerating Clash: Part III “Our historical approach to the Middle East has led to the current difficult straits in which we find ourselves. We have traditionally ignored internal Muslim politics and appeased the powerful in the Middle East; this approach reached its peak when the Carter administration facilitated the overthrow of the Shah by the Islamic fascists in Iran and ended on 9/11 and continues to characterize our approach to the Saudis. Since 9/11, there have been two main approaches suggested for dealing with the problem.” (READ MORE)
Fortress of Solitude: First Amendment? “I swore to myself that I wouldn’t post anything about the Don Imus flap. I’m sick and tired of hearing about it. Everyone’s talking about it, and there is a lot of misinformation being spread concerning this situation. One piece of gross misinformation is so abundant, that I am forced to break my oath, and make a posting about this situation. But, now Imus has had his show cancelled by MSNBC and has been fired by CBS. Here’s the point I want to make. Talking heads everywhere are repeating the same line: ‘Free speech issues abound in all of this.’” (READ MORE)
Ed Morrissey: ACLU To Defend Nazis Again “The ACLU lost a number of members in 1977 when they defended the American Nazi Party when they wanted to stage a demonstration in the town of Skokie, Illinois -- a city where a number of Holocaust victims and their families had settled. Over 30,000 ACLU members staged a demonstration of their own when they marched out of the organization, even after the ACLU won the case, and even though the Nazis never did march in Skokie.” (READ MORE)
Dafydd: AP Quantizes Counterinsurgency Success “Grudgingly -- peevishly -- truculently, the Associated Press has started to report figures that show us just how successful Lt.Gen. David Petraeus' counterinsurgency has been so far: ‘Figures compiled by the AP from Iraqi police reports show that 1,586 civilians were killed in Baghdad between the start of the offensive and Thursday. That represents a sharp drop from the 2,871 civilians who died violently in the capital during the two months that preceded the security crackdown.’” (READ MORE)
The Belmont Club: Why We Flight “Greg Sheridan's backgrounder on John Howard's decision to send a thousand more Australian troops to Afghanistan speaks volumes. Australia had to struggle against European objections to allow the Diggers to fight. ‘The Howard Government wanted to deploy its special operations group as part of Operation Enduring Freedom because it has a more robust mandate and stronger rules of engagement. But this was opposed by the Dutch. Overall the Dutch have more than 2000 soldiers in Afghanistan. Australians, who form a 400-strong Reconstruction Task Force in Tarin Kowt in Oruzgun, work intimately with the Dutch. The Australians have a high respect for the Dutch. But the Dutch are in Afghanistan as part of ISAF, not as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.’” (READ MORE)
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