Quickhits
Nothing lighting me up, but these deserve mention.
(AP) Blackwater is having its license pulled by the Iraqi government after this incident where Blackwater contractors killed civilians. (Note that this took place in a Sunni neighborhood. The Iraqi government is more than happy to use Blackwater as a sop to the Sunnis rather than reigning in the Shia militias.)
(BBC) The Saudis buy 4.43 billion Euros worth of Eurofighters from the Brits. (I know, the covered up BAE slush fund, but still, we're fighting their war right now.)
(NYTimes) Now, Sec Def Gates is going to burn his credibility supporting the surge by delivering a very unusual speech explaining how Bush's policies are actually "realist."
(NYTimes) Fred Thompson is already carrying a "light schedule" in just his second week of campaigning. (I keep wondering how much "the lazy" is going to damage his fundraising. He's already behind self set goals so far.)
(NYDailiyNews) Giuliani seems to be getting the Neocon support.
And, if you want to get a sense of the '08 race, notice the Dems are talking Iraq, healthcare, and policy while the Republicans are mostly attacking. (It's all they've got.)
(AP) Blackwater is having its license pulled by the Iraqi government after this incident where Blackwater contractors killed civilians. (Note that this took place in a Sunni neighborhood. The Iraqi government is more than happy to use Blackwater as a sop to the Sunnis rather than reigning in the Shia militias.)
(BBC) The Saudis buy 4.43 billion Euros worth of Eurofighters from the Brits. (I know, the covered up BAE slush fund, but still, we're fighting their war right now.)
(NYTimes) Now, Sec Def Gates is going to burn his credibility supporting the surge by delivering a very unusual speech explaining how Bush's policies are actually "realist."
(NYTimes) Fred Thompson is already carrying a "light schedule" in just his second week of campaigning. (I keep wondering how much "the lazy" is going to damage his fundraising. He's already behind self set goals so far.)
(NYDailiyNews) Giuliani seems to be getting the Neocon support.
And, if you want to get a sense of the '08 race, notice the Dems are talking Iraq, healthcare, and policy while the Republicans are mostly attacking. (It's all they've got.)
posted by mikevotes at
8:14 AM
2 Comments:
Rambos' go home...back to the south to scare the darkies...
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Anonymous, at 8:35 PM
One thing that's been left out of all this on Blackwater is that a drunk Blackwater employee killed one of Abdul Mahdi's bodyguards in a fight in the green zone, and Blackwater smuggled the guy out of the country.
The SIIC is still mad about that.
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mikevotes, at 9:09 PM
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