Month: December 2006

After watching this video of Saddam’s execution, there is one thing that sticks out to me and doesn’t make sense. There are about five men with black face masks who are visible around Saddam, acting as guards. Why wasn’t Saddam executed by the Iraqi military?

This seems a little strange to me. It resembles a hit more than it does an execution. Maybe I feel that way because of this and what was said to Saddam right before they executed him.

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The room was quiet as everyone began to pray, including Mr. Hussein. “Peace be upon Mohammed and his holy family.”

Two guards added, “Supporting his son Moktada, Moktada, Moktada.”

Mr. Hussein seemed a bit stunned, swinging his head in their direction.
They were talking about Moktada al-Sadr, the firebrand cleric whose militia is now committing some of the worst violence in the sectarian fighting; he is the son of a revered Shiite cleric, Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, whom many believe Mr. Hussein ordered murdered.

“Moktada?” he spat out, mixing sarcasm and disbelief.

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I don’t trust any of them!

Ann Coulter’s take on Kwanzaa.

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More African-Americans spent this season reflecting on the birth of Christ than some phony non-Christian holiday invented a few decades ago by an FBI stooge. Kwanzaa is a holiday for white liberals, not blacks.

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Where is the media coverage of this?

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In what might be called the mother of all surprises, Iraq’s economy is growing strong, even booming in places.

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In the world today, there are only two leaders that have the moral clarity and wisdom to recognize the threat we all face in the war against Islamic extremists. Thank God for George Bush and Tony Blair and their unwavering commitment to this cause.

Yesterday, on the final day of his last Middle East tour, in a speech to world leaders, Tony Blair urged the world to take bold action against “extremism” in Iran.

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“We must recognize the strategic challenge the government of Iran poses; not its people, possibly not all of its ruling elements, but those presently in charge of its policy,” he said.

Iran wants “to pin us back in Lebanon, in Iraq and in Palestine,” he added.

“Our response should be to expose what they are doing, build the alliances to prevent it and pin them back across the whole of the region,” Blair said.

To do this “we need the open and clear backing of the countries in this region.”

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It’s too bad he is leaving next year.

The Iraq Study Group’s recommendations totally ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people. It would seem fair and logical that some Iraqis should have been included in the group if a real assessment and determination were what the group intended.

A glaring example of this is the report that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says it contained some “very dangerous” recommendations that would undermine the sovereignty of Iraq.

In my opinion, I believe that the The Iraq Study Group’s recommendations should be used for toilet paper and Iraq should hold a national election were it’s own people vote on the issue of our surrender.