Tuesday, March 25
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From a reader: "You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the US of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war." |
Doing What We Can't Help Doing
"When you notice that all teenagers do the same things at the same time, you suspect that what is involved is hormones. So with wars....We fight for the same reasons fish school and peacocks strut--because it's how we are." An excellent column by Fred Reed.
"Now we're reaping the fruits of our arrogance. Now it's OUR boys who are in chains, now it's someone ELSE's television networks showing pictures of them." Column by John deLaubenfels.
Truth and Lies on the War in Iraq
"It seems there is a three-step process for seeing bad news on CNN, etc. First, evidence of a POW or fatality must be seen on Iraqi TV. Second, there must be a grudging admission by the Pentagon. Finally, we see the story on CNN, MSNBC and Fox." Column by David Wiggins.
"Then I stumbled upon Strike The Root. Dang it--some kid half my age had more than a clue, and he was making things happen online....I read everything he put up online. Questions flowed like water over a dam in my mind. Finally, the realization hit. I was neither liberal nor conservative. I am free by nature. Hence--I cannot be anything but an anarchist--a man without a ruler." Column by Jeff Baxter.
What freedoms have you lost this week? Report by Mike Powers.
And this school must have been training girl terrorists.
"Defence experts have warned up to 12,000 allied forces may be killed in the battle for Baghdad."
"Why are you here in this country? Are you trying to take over? Are you going to take our country forever? Are the Israelis coming next? Are you here to steal our oil? When are you going to get out?"
"We don't understand. Why did America do this? My uncle was a kind man who would never have hurt anybody. This makes us love Saddam Hussein rather than America."
US Missile Hits Bus Full of Civilians
CIA Pressured Into Linking Iraq, Terror
"Analysts claim that the drive from the Bush administration to connect Saddam's regime with al-Qaeda was so great they exaggerated the evidence."
British Troops Find Weapons Made in UK
Al-Jazeera Launches English Site
"Articles on the English-language site's first day were sure to antagonize American readers. One feature looked at the influence of the Israeli lobby in Washington." Uh-oh.
Yellow Times Gets Shut Down Again
This is just another front in the war.
Australian Pilot Gives Thumbs Down to U.S. Bombing Order
I can identify with this column by Jacob Hornberger. Like him, I received my commission through Army ROTC. I was shocked by the low quality of most West Point lieutenants. Many were immature and acted like they were free for the first time in four years, and often hung out at the Officers' Club or a bar and got drunk. They seemed to know very little about basic military tactics such as patrolling. I did work with some fine West Point officers, and ROTC definitely has its share of duds, but I think ROTC officers are much more well-rounded, mature, technically and tactically proficient, and more like citizen-soldiers. I was also surprised to learn that many West Pointers planned to get out of the Army as soon as their service obligation (5 years) was up. When I'd ask why they went to West Point, they'd say, "for the great education." Give me a break!
Check out this preacher's garb, and this quote: "God can use war to accomplish his purposes, and he has given governments responsibilities with regard to that." Barf!
From around the world.
