I mentioned in the “Sunday Verse 6″ post about the idea of a “just war.”  In my opinion, our entry into Iraq in 2003 was appropriate - a “just war” as the saying goes - and it may be the only war in all of history that was initiated based upon conditions that both sides had agreed to in advance. The invasion and ouster accomplished much good, not ( Read more... )

As of 9/11/2001, my company had recently celebrated its 25th anniversary (I’d founded it in 1976), and I had come in around 3AM to put the finishing touches on a new business plan. That plan was a multi-hundred-million-dollar casino to be located in Las Vegas; investors were already lined up and I had imagined a complex with sections devoted to ( Read more... )

There's been some confusion around the recent employment of military jargon to describe the current combat operations in Libya. This blogger has a humorous take on this and past "dumbass names" -- and one link to the blog notes "I Was Anti-War in Libya Until I Realized it was a Kinetic Military Action:" I malreported doubleplus ungood bellyfeel ( Read more... )

In a sense, President Obama is attacking one of his most powerful supporters. It was not even two years ago that Muammar Qaddafi proudly asserted that Barack Hussein Obama should be installed as "President-for-Life of the United States."The Arab League was surprised, they said, that the enforcement of a "no-fly zone" turned into a missile attack  ( Read more... )

In Bahrain, protesters and revolutionaries including the Muslim Brotherhood are pieces being manipulated by Iran, in an effort ultimately aimed at toppling their old arch-rival Saudi Arabia. Knocking down Bahrain's rulers will put them that much closer to removing the Sauds.The Iranians clearly benefit from an uprising in Bahrain. It places the U. ( Read more... )

The Wikipedia entry for "neoconservatism" has, as part of its first paragraph, this statement:The leadership role of Neoconservatives in pressing for an American-led overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq in 2003 outraged many critics.
This is the sort of thing easy to write for people who don't remember the ancient history of eight years ( Read more... )

I'm jamming on a project and will be very busy until Friday -- so my responses will be slow or delayed.

We'll pick up then -- including Saddam Hussein's liaison to al Qaida, which I owe to Testing4L.

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From that February 2003 PBS television panel discussion, a year after Wilson's return from Niger (but before he went to work for John Kerry):JIM LEHRER: You agree Ambassador Wilson? From his point of view, what's the point of being there if you don't have your weapons of mass destruction?

JOSEPH WILSON: Well, again I think he also sees them as ( Read more... )

I am annoyed that the man has any credibility at all, and that people still use his statements regarding the Iraq war. But I'll quote a completely contradictory source: Ambassador Joseph Wilson. ( The lead up to February 2003, then: )

The interview between Katie Couric and former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was interesting. Secretary Rice kept her calm demeanor while Ms. Couric started out with a falsehood and then insisted on that Sec. Rice say what would have happened if she'd known earlier what she knew later:( Read more... )