Archives for November 2007
On the matter of Musharraf imposing a “state of emergency” in Pakistan, Paul at Powerline writes:
Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) fretted that the U.S. will be seen as “the epitome of hypocrisy if we don’t make a clear stand for democracy. . .in Pakistan.” But Delahunt did not explain why our foreign policy be determined solely […]
¶ Posted November 9, 2007 § U.S. - General, War on Terror, Asia, Wingnuts and GOP Stupidity ‡ Comments (5)
Bill Ardolino looks at Why the violence has declined in Iraq in The Long War Journal.
He summarizes the main factors (the Surge, de facto ethnic partition, the development of Iraqi security forces, the Mahdi Army’s truce, etc.) and concludes with :
A qualified success
Officials are cautiously optimistic about the trends of the last two months, […]
¶ Posted November 8, 2007 § Iraq ‡ Comments Off
Michael Yon’s photo from Baghdad is all over the internet.
Thanks and Praise: I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome.
A Muslim man had invited the […]
¶ Posted § Iraq ‡ Comments (2)
In many ways, Clearchus dominates the first two books of the Anabasis. He is the leading Greek general; he outlives Cyrus and even in Book I, he had played a bigger role than Cyrus. Partway through Book I, I wrote this about him, emphasizing what a tough guy he was. And in Book II, Chapter […]
¶ Posted November 7, 2007 § Ancient Greek ‡ Comments Off
One of the favored themes of wingnut blogs is that the dreaded MSM either ignores good news about Iraq or buries it deeply in the back pages. Here’s just one example from Ace o’ Spades HQ:
Surge: Troop Deaths Down Two Thirds Since Last Year, Down 50% Since Last Month
Taking a page from the Washington Post, […]
¶ Posted § Iraq, Media, Wingnuts and GOP Stupidity ‡ Comments (3)
The Sadly No! guys have resurrected this story from 2005. Here’s how it goes:
Leftie activist Andy Stephenson contracted pancreatic cancer. His like-minded friends set up a fund to help him. Freepers and other wingnuts became convinced that he was faking it, and furious flame-wars ensued; nasty things were said on both sides. But Andy […]
¶ Posted November 6, 2007 § Moonbats and Dem Stupidity ‡ Comments (25)
courtesy of Kevin Drum at The Washington Monthly
THE GOLDEN WINGNUT AWARD….The Wingnut Contest is over and the votes have now been tallied by the prestigious accounting firm of Pollhost.com. So without further ado, the five winners of the Golden Wingnut Award are:
1. John Hinderaker: “It must […]
¶ Posted § Blogosphere & Internet, Wingnuts and GOP Stupidity ‡ Comments (1)
Front-paged at dKos today:
As U.S. casualties have continued to drop, many people on the anti-Bush side of the aisle have begun to quietly panic in recent days over this question: “Could George W. Bush and Frederick Kagan have possibly been right about the surge?”
Bah, why bother worrying about some marginal, unimportant leftwing bloggers think?
Update: A […]
¶ Posted November 5, 2007 § Iraq, Moonbats and Dem Stupidity ‡ Comments (16)
This post is for some of the very astute, perceptive, and insightful commenters at Innocent Bystanders.
Xenophon, Anabasis, I.9
[19] Furthermore, whenever [Cyrus] saw that a man was a skillful and just administrator, not only organizing well the country over which he ruled, but producing revenues, he would never deprive such a man of territory, but […]
¶ Posted November 2, 2007 § Blogosphere & Internet, Humor & Entertainment, Ancient Greek ‡ Comments (2)
Have you seen the Youtube video, supposedly showing Iraqi army recruits ludicrously doing jumping jacks? It’s made quite a splash, with 38 blogs covering it.
A sample of these unquestioning blog reactions:
Daily Kos: Those are Iraqi Army conscripts, not a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit. I weep for Iraq’s future…
Andrew Sullivan: Somehow, this seems to be […]
¶ Posted § Iraq, Blogosphere & Internet, Moonbats and Dem Stupidity ‡ Comments (14)
Here’s an idea for 2008 - Guiliani and Obama, running on a Fusion/Republican ticket.
Why does this make sense?
1. Rudy, as a former Mayor of New York City, can claim (accurately) that he always worked with Democrats. “Especially in the days right after 9/11.”
2. This ticket puts in play the heretofore solid […]
¶ Posted November 1, 2007 § U.S. 2008 Elections ‡ Comments (5)
After 4 years, I got completely tired of “the Commissar,” who has long outlived his usefulness.
Most of you know that my name is Stephen Sherman.
That’s me in the sidebar.
¶ Posted § Personal ‡ Comments (4)
