I sent this to Senator Dayton today, via his web form.

I expect senate Democrats to fillibuster this nomination. The purpose of an opposition party is to defend the people of this nation from the tyranny of a grasping Majority ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've written about Iraq, so I'm going to do a bit of that now. The pacifists say we should pull out now and cut our losses, because the longer we stay the more life will be lost without us ever achieving our objective. They are absolutely right ( Read more... )

Let's say your name is Osama Bin Laden. Your objective? A unified Arab world under Sharia Law and free of Jewish or Christian taint. You have a vast terrorist network at your disposal. Nothing organized enough to effect a coup, but certainly organized enough to execute a few operations that will piss people off and make them behave irrationally ( Read more... )

Those of you who have been reading my Journal for a long time know that while I opposed the war in Iraq, I did not think it unjustified. My opposition to the war can be summed up in a single name: George W. Bush. The craving of the Bush family's enfant terrible for this war convinced me that it was being waged with inadequate forethought and for ( Read more... )

I'm happy about this, I really am. The Iraqi people deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing he's not going to return to trouble them. It's a happy day indeed. But it isn't the mission ( Read more... )

Thinking about Iraq ( Read more... )

My take on this is grant it. Unconditionally. The democratic plan to finance this through Iraqi oil futures is every bit as morally bankrupt as was this war in the first place. Iraq is already a nation deeply in debt. To add to its debt burden to rebuild the infrastructure that we chose to destroy is absolutely unconscionable ( Read more... )

I wrote this piece back in February, before the war-noises became the war. Those of you who pay attention to GPF's forum might remember me posting it there. Sadly, as I look at it today and contemplate the way things are unfolding there and at home, I find it remains as current today as it was six months ago (except that Hussein is no longer on ( Read more... )