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Unparalleled Perfidy — War On Terror: The party of John Murtha shamelessly seeks to defund and defeat U.S. troops on the battlefield and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The Congress the terrorists wanted is doing their bidding. — There's a reason the founders of this country designated …
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Why the Iraq war is turning into America's defeat — The week's news from Iraq: According to the state television network, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was wounded in a clash with security forces just north of Baghdad. A senior deputy was killed.
IAN / Hot Air:
Video: Hume smacks down Murtha; doesn't know "what the heck is going on in the world" — Brit Hume smacked down John Murtha on this morning's edition of Fox News Sunday. The Fox News host started his sizzling with "it's time a few things be said about him." Indeed.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE DEMOCRATS' DILEMMA — Investors Business Daily has a hard-hitting editorial denouncing the Congressional Democrats and their "slow bleed" strategy. It begins: … And that's not the hard-hitting part! More important, IBD has a poll that highlights the danger the Democrats face:
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farsnews.com:
Terrorists Use US-Gifted Arsenals — TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Following a Saturday report about the use of US manufactured weapons in the recent terrorist operations in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, a security official provided FNA with a photograph of the said weaponry.
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Iranian Fauxtography Bust — LGF readers tipped me off to a blatant Photoshop fraud at Iran's Fars News Agency, in an article claiming to have discovered US weapons in Iran: Terrorists Use US-Gifted Arsenals. (Beware. The Fars News site resizes your browser window without asking, and may attempt other more sneaky things.)
SusanUnPC / NO QUARTER:
Brent Budowsky: Dear Editor, Washington Post — From Brent Budowsky — Mr. Kaiser, I am forwarding below the note I wrote to Messrs. Graham and Hiatt about Outlook's Victoria Toensing piece today. — With all due respect, I have long admired your work, but that piece today …
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Mahmoud Habboush / NY Daily News:
Killer's daughter admits it was political — GAZA CITY - Ali Abu Kamal's relatives say they are tired of lying about why the Palestinian opened fire on the observation deck of Empire State Building, killing a tourist and injuring six other people before committing suicide.
Tom Bevan / TIME: Real Clear Politics:
Sullivan's Rewrite — Andrew Sullivan has been slinging the word "Christianist" about with sanctimonious ease for some time now. He never misses a chance to point out a news story and filter it through the "Christianist" lens. He's written a book on the subject.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
True 'Fair And Balanced' Coverage: Wallace Calls Out Feith For Lying On Fox News — Last week on Fox News Sunday, former Rumsfeld aide Douglas Feith told Chris Wallace, "Nobody in my office ever said there was an operational relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It's just not correct.
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Man of Mystery — Richard Hohlt is the heavy hitter you've never heard of. — Robert Novak, as usual, had a scoop to unload—only this time, it was from the witness stand. Testifying last week in the trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:What Did Rove Know And When Did He Know It?
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Martin Peretz / Opinion Journal:
House Call — Political expediency and the nonbinding resolution. — Our political imagination of evil is impoverished, and nowhere is it more impoverished than in Iraq. Even today, when the blood of innocents flows so richly and regularly, we do not seem to grasp its origins, or its power.
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Irreconcilable positions: support troops, oppose war — WHAT DOES IT mean to support the troops but oppose the cause they fight for? — No loyal Colts fan rooted for Indianapolis to lose the Super Bowl. No investor buys 100 shares of Google in the hope that Google's stock will tank.
John / AMERICAblog:
It's time to fire Major General George W. Weightman, now — fark it! Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman is the guy in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the army facility where our wounded troops are being treated like scum. Weightman admits that he knew of the mistreatment of our war veterans …
Paul Kennedy / Los Angeles Times:
The good old days of the Cold War — Don't wax too nostalgic — the world was once a much more dangerous place. — IT WAS FUNNY, in a grim sort of way. Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates responded to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's polemical attack on the United States …
Think Progress:
Experts Speak: No Good Military Options in Iran — ThinkProgress has created a graphic database featuring quotes from prominent analysts and officials who believe there are no good military options in Iran. The document will be updated as more experts weigh in — if we're missing someone, let us know HERE or in the comments section.
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