Sunday, October 31, 2004

John Kerry - Anti-Terrorist?

(via Michelle Malkin)
I cannot say it any better that Michelle Malkin does right here.

Which terrorists will Kerry "hunt down and destroy?" Only the ones who have already committed acts of terrorism.

Stop at absolutely nothing to capture or kill terrorists? Unless, of course, Amnesty International objects. (Please read more)


Saturday, October 30, 2004

October Surprise - Update

The Indystar has a commentary that mentions a quote I feel important.
Anthony Cordesman, a senior analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argues that the importance of the missing explosives has been exaggerated. "There is something truly absurd about focusing on 377 tons of rather ordinary explosives, regardless of what actually happened at al Qaqaa," Cordesman told The Washington Post in a story published Friday. "The munitions at al Qaqaa were at most around 0.06 percent of the total."

The Post also quoted retired Army Gen. Wayne Downing, who described the issue as "bogus." Downing once served as a counterterrorism adviser for President Bush but has since been critical of some of the administration's decisions. (Read here)
This is important, in my opinion, because liberals have touted General Wayne Downing (retired) for his comments against the President. Now that General Downing (retired) is not on board with the current “Bush Bash” campaign his comments don’t count! Further, these comments could support my opinion that he latest “Bush Bash” actually reflects on the military’s (that Kerry supposedly supports?) alleged incompetence then on Bush; hence General Downing’s (retired) speaking up supporting the military. What do you think?

What Scares Me!

What really scares me is that Americans, Americans that are supposed to be intelligent believe that killing Bin Laden solves everything. Now had Bin Laden died (or been killed) many years ago, there maybe something to this. Nevertheless, for comparison sake; do you really believe had Hitler been killed AFTER WWII started it would have changed very much – you believe that Goring, Keitel, Jodi, Ness, etc. would have just given up?

Why I am so much more outspoken this election cycle is because liberals would prefer to demonize America then to admit real evil is out there. You hear:
  1. American brought this on ourselves.
  2. We must understand why the Islamic extremist hate us
  3. We should have just ignored them and they would have left us alone (tried by Clinton to no avail)
The classic is that we should not worry about the world and take care of ourselves first. Now they are screaming because we are not prepared to help the Sudan – interestingly this goes right in to the heart of their earlier complaints “we should not worry about the world”. Of course, being a conservative I am supposed to be too stupid to see this. Let’s wave a magic wand and stop Iraq and go into Sudan; who are we fighting now, Islamic extremist! Why did Clinton send US to fight in Somalia and Bosnia? We had the wondrous opportunity to see Islamic extremism and Communistic extremism within miles of each other during the Clinton years. We fought and left, nonvictoriously, and terrorist attacks continued!

The death of Bin Laden will not be the end for terrorist and in fact making him ineffective either by eliminating his ability to move and plan or preferably placing him in jail is the best outcome possible. There are other Bin Laden(s) out their simply waiting for their chance. We must defeat terrorism in their homeland – if allowed to invoke havoc and terror on American soil the terrorist have won their objective.

If the majority of Americans do not see that the terrorist dream of our withdraw back into our pre 9/11 shell giving them the opportunity to bring the terror over the ocean unchecked I fear for our future!

Friday, October 29, 2004

Kerry Proves He Lied

John Kerry in and interview with Tom Brokaw admits that he actually has not released all his military records to the public. Kerry has always stated that his complete military record is on his website; however he admitted to Tom Brokaw on October 28th is complete military record is not public.
Brokaw: Someone has analyzed the President's military aptitude tests and yours, and concluded that he has a higher IQ than you do.
Kerry: That's great. More power. I don't know how they've done it, because my record is not public. So I don't know where you're getting that from.
(Read here)

Thursday, October 28, 2004

European Viewpoint

Thanks to Drink This for bringing this Gerard Baker article to my attention. Mr. Baker is a columnist for Times Online (UK) and has an interesting opinion that might shock many that believe all of Europe is against President Bush. Some excerpts:
But for all this, if I had a vote on Tuesday I would be voting to re-elect President Bush.

It is partly Mr Bush’s character. The perils of war really do demand leadership and moral clarity. It is partly, to be honest, the quality of his opponent….
[…]
But above all, in this oppositional sort of age, when it is often easier to be defined by what one is against rather than what one is for, I have to say it is his enemies who most justify Mr Bush’s re-election. (Read here)
I have attempted to make this point on several occasions, but Mr. Baker does a much better job and is really worth reading.

More on The Media – Part 2

I commented earlier that the media was misreporting poll data and asked if this was bias or and attempt to sway the election. Jim Geraghty has and article in National Review Online that further elaborates this “misreporting” of election polls. Maybe it is as simple as being a better cliffhanger for the news organizations. Geraghty’s views are interesting and worth reading as he quotes a Republican operative; although I am optimistic not as much as Geraghty’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”. Article excerpts:
Gallup had Bush ahead by eight, ABC had Bush ahead by five, Fox had Bush ahead by seven, Time had Bush ahead by five, Battleground had Bush ahead by four, he was ahead in the ABC/Washington Post tracking poll by five points or so much of the week... "And they still wrote that the race is tied!"
[…]
Does that sound like the America you know, Jim? In 1952, Harry Truman hadn't been aggressive enough in fighting the Korean War; the American people felt he was holding MacArthur back; and they were so angry with Truman that he didn't run. They had a choice between Adlai Stevenson or World War II hero Dwight Eisenhower. They picked Eisenhower — because they wanted to win the war — instead of the guy who could negotiate it.

In 1972, the last wartime election, Americans had a choice between the candidate of the peace movement, Mr. George "Come home, America" McGovern, and Richard Nixon. Nixon won in a landslide.

In 1984, America again had a clear choice. On one hand, there was Walter Mondale: the embodiment of the Democratic foreign-policy establishment, Jimmy Carter's vice president — the man who was determined to learn how to coexist with the Soviet Union. On the other hand, they had the policies of Ronald Reagan, who was seeking to defeat the Soviets through strength. Again, they chose the fighter in a landslide.
(Read here)

October Surprise – Part 3

(via Michelle Malkin)
Michelle Malkin has a great post (Moscow and The Missing Cache) where she introduces Bill Gertz’s latest Washington Times article. Article excerpts:
Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned.

John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, "almost certainly" removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad.

"The Russians brought in, just before the war got started, a whole series of military units," Mr. Shaw said. "Their main job was to shred all evidence of any of the contractual arrangements they had with the Iraqis. The others were transportation units." (Read here)
I believe this further magnifies Mr. Kerry and the democrats jumping the gun in desperation without having the facts. Of course, their inability to get all the facts before making accusations will not be mentioned in the MSM since President Bush is held to a higher standard; which is understandable since he continually demonstrates meeting higher standards. Michelle goes into further detail and has more great links (Read here)

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Democratic Party Flip-Flops

(via INDC Journal)
INDC Journal has a great viewpoint on the NY Times story true and accurate or not (NOT). Democrats have been saying Saddam was not a threat with over 1 million tons of munitions and now the Democrats say 380 tons has the potential of being the next 9/11. Which is it a threat or not? Of course the Democrats support Kerry the whole party "flip-flops”.
Individuals that were against the war to disarm Saddam Hussein are suddenly terrified over the fate of 380 of the over 1 million tons (0.03%) of conventional explosives that are currently estimated to exist in Iraq. The pointed US effort that has thus far destroyed 400,000 tons of munitions, yet failed to immediately account for 380, somehow respresents an unacceptable US failure and subsequent terrorist risk to the IAEA, NY Times and other overt critics of the Bush Administration. (Read here)

October Surprise – Part 2

(via Urban Republican)
Urban Republican found a Fox News story dated April 4, 2003 that indicates UN inspectors searched the Qa Qaa complex on March 8, and found nothing.
U.N. weapons inspectors went repeatedly to the vast al Qa Qaa complex -- most recently on March 8 -- but found nothing during spot visits to some of the 1,100 buildings at the site 25 miles south of Baghdad. (Read here)
In Democrat October Surprise – Wrong I pointed to an NBC report (April 10, 2003) that stated these weapons were not there when checked by the 101st Airborne. However, this NBC reporter is backing off this earlier claim about the inspection, guess maybe they were scolded for giving Bush support. It is amazing to me that no reporter seems to have a clue to how much space 380 tons of munitions would occupy; a half hearted search would have turned them up.

I unlike the MSM and Kerry do not believe the 101st performed a “half hearted” search of a munitions depot nor would any true soldier believe that possible. They might, based on the current situation, not have done a thorough search but certainly not a “half hearted” one, and as previous stated the shear volume we are discussing would result in a blind man tripping over something.

Doesn’t Kerry and company see that they are actually degrading our military, which they say they “strongly support”, in their no holds barred charge for the White House. Kerry and democrats could care less about how our over all military is perceived but it is OK in their minds because the “ends justifies the means” – Kerry you are not, have never been, nor will ever be supportive of the US Military; which scares me to death!

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

I Worry About France Too

John Kerry wants the United States to worry about France and Europe in our War on Terror. Well there was a story in the New York Times last Friday that has me worried, but not the way Kerry and the democrats expect.
France's antiterrorist police on Friday identified a young Frenchman killed fighting the United States in Iraq, the first confirmed case of what is believed to be a growing stream of Muslims heading from Europe to fight what they regard as a new holy war. (Read here)

Democrat October Surprise – Wrong

Well the liberals and MSM are really excited about the NEW news of missing explosives. This "shocking revelation" is being touted by Kerry, Edwards and was reported in the New York Times.
Oct. 24 - The Iraqi interim government has warned the United States and international nuclear inspectors that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives - used to demolish buildings, make missile warheads and detonate nuclear weapons - are missing from one of Iraq's most sensitive former military installations.
The New York Times, Edwards and Kerry fail to mention that this is old news.
NBC News: Miklaszewski: “April 10, 2003, only three weeks into the war, NBC News was embedded with troops from the Army's 101st Airborne as they temporarily take over the Al Qakaa weapons installation south of Baghdad. But these troops never found the nearly 380 tons of some of the most powerful conventional explosives…. (Read more)
It is amazing the depths they will go to scare the American people including regurgitating old news! This has soundly reviewed throughout the blogsphere but I wanted to mention it.

Monday, October 25, 2004

Kerry Caught Lying AGAIN!

The Washington Times (Joel Mowbray) reports, news flash, Kerry lied about meeting with UN Security Council Members in October 2002. Read the story here.

Will this have any effect what so ever with the voting public? I matters to me that John Kerry is a blatant liar and might be my President; however, I have already made up my mind and the liberals that hurl pies at Ann Coulter will not change theirs. It is a known fact Kerry Lies just at it was a known fact Bill Clinton lied and NO ONE on the left cared or cares!

My belief is that it will not get much play in the MSM. I have never seen a large movement in numbers on anything else that has been proven a lie or flip-flop. Unfortunately, I believe that for many voters in America this election is coming down to “they hate Bush or they don’t”, as ridiculous as it sounds!

Regrettably, this says something about our ethics going forward doesn’t it!

Other views on this story from Michelle Maklin, and Spoons.

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Example Voter Fraud – California

Julie at Drink This reports her personal experience with voter fraud while voting early in California. The apparent criminal registered her as a democrat.

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Vicious Liberal Attacks

Liberal “attack dog” (Lawrence O’Donnell) lost it on MSNBC’s Scarborough Country repeatedly calling John O’Neil (author Unfit for Command) a “liar” and a “creep” Michelle Malkin and INDC Journal have great views and I believe everyone should take a gander at what they have to say – both have excerpts and links to the video…. Don’t they (the Libs) realize that attacks as this does nothing but fuel the fire I hope consumes their electoral chances?

Read more Michelle Malkin and INDC Journal

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Iraq – Kerry’s Out of Touch!

I posted an earlier story Voting in Afghanistan pointing out the wonderful news. The Kerry campaign has made it a point to avoid discussing this break through unless they can find a flaw. Forget the fact the US, the symbol of Democracy throughout the world, has had their electoral problems over the years; is Kerry calling the United States of America a failure too?

Now, pleasant surprise, Stephen E. Moore has a commentary in the LA Times. In the commentary Mr. Moore states:

John Kerry is playing the prophet of doom in the most important foreign policy initiative of our generation. In Pennsylvania, Kerry described Iraq as "the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time." In New York, he opined that murderous cleric Muqtada Sadr "holds more sway in suburbs of Baghdad than Prime Minister [Iyad] Allawi." In Columbus, Ohio, the senator claimed to have a more accurate perspective on the situation in Iraq than did the interim prime minister, whose favorability rating of 73% among Iraqis, it's worth noting, is higher than Kerry's 48% favorability rating among Americans in the latest polls. Kerry, of course, has never set foot in Iraq.
[…]
Iraqis consistently say in nationwide polls that the situation in their country is improving. In polls over the course of the summer, for example, more than half of Iraqis said their country was on the right track. The vast majority of Iraqis — 72% — see the same benefits in democracy as Americans do: the hope for peace, stability and a better life. Most polls show that 75% of Iraqis want to vote for their leaders rather than have clerics appoint them.

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More on The Media

Media bias?
The MSNBC website indicates that Kerry leads nationally in the polls.
Kerry 48%
Bush 45%

However, I have seen all major polls and Bush has an average lead of 2.9%. The NBC poll dated 10/18 shows the race dead even and Gallup as of 10/16 has Bush ahead by 8 points. My question; where does MSNBC get their data and is it as simple as “they are lying”? Not one of the latest polls had Kerry leading; in fact, all but two have Bush leading and the two are deadlocked.

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UPDATE: After I posted newer polls were released; however, Bush still has and average lead of 2.6% and there is one (AP-Ipsos) that has Kerry with a 3 point lead. AP-Ipsos is still the only one that has Kerry leading and the numbers are not 48% - 45%; so where is MSNBC getting their numbers?

J. Kerry I Served the United States of America!

Mr. Kerry I did not "volunteer” to defend the United Nations; my fellow soldiers (and veterans) and I “joined” the military to defend our great nations. I am referring to your 1994 statement:
If you mean dying in the course of the United Nations effort, yes, it is worth that. If you mean dying American troops unilaterally going in with some false presumption that we can affect the outcome, the answer is unequivocally no.
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This once again demonstrates your inability to be America’s Commander-In-Chief! Simply put “that dog want hunt”! The above statement indicates that America’s interest, in your mind, will always be incorrect unless it passes “your global test”; then in your double talk you say you want need “permission” to defend the US. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it’s a duck; or in this case a “fraud”.

Under President Clinton military members for the FIRST time in history served under a supreme command that was someone other than a United States’ general. I while on active duty had issues with this; however, served my Commander-In-Chief. This fact is one of several reasons I choose to end my career early; however for many of my fellow soldiers, several better than I, this was the ONLY reason they terminated their career. I see you are really in touch with our “all volunteer military”.

By the way, I personally am waiting to here your plan to provide resources and personnel for the two full divisions you will add without attempting to reinstitute the draft.

Brothers in Arms

(via Urban Republican)

The unit that refused to go on their mission citing inadequate equipment has caused an officer to be relieved of command. He was due to a lack of confidence by the troops and he should be. I am hoping there are repercussions for the soldiers as well so that we don't spread that this behavior is okay. The problem isn't that they were right or wrong but that they not only disobeyed orders but left their fellow soldiers doing this on their own. The mission was carried out by other members of the unit and no harm came to them. The one soldier whose wife was interviewed said it just isn't safe.


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I will add something. A war zone is dangerous, period! You are there, voluntarily, to accomplish a mission – the complete mission! As a soldier, you are an integral part of the complete force. Sit-in(s) and strikes are not and should not be tolerated within the military! If not for the current election atmosphere these troops would never considered “disobeying an order”, in my opinion!

From personal experience, in combat, there are never idea circumstances that will ensure you and your fellow soldier’s safety; you depend on your training and your fellow soldiers. These soldiers have now proven their undependable and must be held to the standards set for all in uniform, The Uniform Code of Military Justice! At a minimum there must be a court martial and allow the members to decided!

Took Some Time Off - Back Now.

I took a break from blogging and watching the political news for a while. I was irritated by the MSM bias and needed a break. However, with twelve days left until the election – I am back; if anyone really cares or not.

Is Teresa an Elitist?

Mrs. Heinz or Kerry (which is it?) made condescending statements about First Lady Laura Bush:

Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things.
Of course, we all know this is incorrect. If I had to compare the intelligence of a teacher and librarian (Laura Bush) to the apparent memory of Mrs. Kerry I have to go with Laura Bush!

Mrs. Kerry stepped in it again with America’s mothers with the last six words in her apology “her important work in the past”. America’s stay-at-home-moms, who say they work as hard as anyone does outside the home, where upset.

Fox & Friends said they had 16 phones lines and could not find a single caller who didn’t take offense at Mrs. Kerry’s statement.

Saturday, October 16, 2004

"Draft" Fear Mongering Continued!

The Democrats continue to feed the rumor and are unchecked by MSM (Main Stream Media). Candidate Kerry once again feeds the “Draft Rumor” and once again MSM outlets simply report the “scare tactic” and don’t question him. Kerry makes blanket statements like:

With George Bush, the plan for Iraq is more of the same and the great potential of the draft.
In my opinion, MSM outlets “imply” that President Bush lied when he stated:

We’re not going to have a draft period.
This is repressible in my opinion – where are the questions:
Mr. Kerry in your first debate you stated:

That's why, in my plan, I add two active duty divisions to the United States Army, not for Iraq, but for our general demands across the globe.
How do plan to obtain the resources needed for two FULL divisions?

Seeing how only Democrats have sponsored “Draft Bills” as I and others have stated I believe we know the answer to this questions. I simply cannot believe MSM outlets continue to fuel this “fear mongering” and their failure to question Kerry only screams their bias view.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Kerry Defense Plan


They Better Hope We Don't Win -THREAT

Senior Kerry advisor Chad Clanton issued a threat to The Sinclair Group on Fox News’ Dayside with Linda Vester. Mr. Clanton while discussing “Stolen Honor” and anti-Kerry documentary that Sinclair is planning to air on it’s channels stated that “They better hope we don’t win”. No matter how you look at it this is a threat; let’s imagine what would have happened if anyone associated with Bush had said anything like that about Michael Moore’s alleged docudrama.

Stolen Honor” features ex-POW(s) that will share their experiences and their views of Kerry’s post war statements. These men are heroes and have as much right to express their opinion as George Soros, Michael Moore, and any other pro-Kerry individuals.

If the Kerry campaign’s attack on the Swiftboat Vets did not prove their arrogance the current opposition (read) to “Stolen Honor” and this statement “They better hope we don’t win” truly demonstrates it!

Monday, October 11, 2004

Where is The Outrage?

On September 1, 2004 I posted “More Media Bias – No Christian Republicans only Democrats Allowed”. Here we go again! Where is the media outcry the invocation of the “separation of church and state” when a democrat campaigns in a church? Could you imagine if Bush stepped foot into a church and made a campaign speech? Yesterday October 10th Kerry did exactly that in Florida!

For every Goliath, God has a David. For every Calvary's cross, God has a Christ Jesus. To bring our country out of despair, discouragement, despondency and disgust, God has a John Kerry.-Pastor Gaston E. Smith


MIAMI — Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson told black voters at a church here yesterday that President Bush's support for a constitutional amendment against homosexual "marriage" shouldn't be enough to earn their vote. Mr. Kerry attended Mass at a Catholic church in North Miami, and then spoke during services at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami , as he and several black Democratic leaders tried to rally black voters.
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MIAMI -- In dual church visits Sunday, Sen. John Kerry stoked the black vote in advance of Election Day, evoking the civil rights movement and declaring, "We have an unfinished march in this nation, we have an unfinished dream."
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Update - Terrorism a Nuisance (Rudy Giuliani)

As a follow-up to my post Terrorism is Simply a Nuisance:
For some time, and including when I spoke at the Republican Convention, I’ve wondered exactly what John Kerry’s approach would be to terrorism and I’ve wondered whether he had the conviction, the determination, and the focus, and the correct worldview to conduct a successful war against terrorism. And his quotations in the New York Times yesterday make it clear that he lacks that kind of committed view of the world. In fact, his comments are kind of extraordinary, particularly since he thinks we used to before September 11 live in a relatively safe world. He says we have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they’re a nuisance.
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Fear Mongering

(via Urban Republican)

If the President or Vice President imply they feel we will be at risk if John Kerry is elected the media jumps all over them; however when leading democrats make the same type claim referring to President Bush or VP Cheney it's inspiring! Charles Krauthammer covers this issue well - must read!

Thanks to the Urban Republican

Al-Sadr Fighters Handing Over Weapons

USA Today and FoxNews have stories about Shiite fighters turning in their weapons. This is great news and just another sign of progress in Iraq. I feel that this is a good sign and know it is a great morale boost for our military men and women.

My concern is how the democrats and anti-Bush crowd will spin the story. I am sure they are looking for away without regard for military morale, which has never been a concern of John Kerry demonstrated by his statement "Wrong War at Wrong Time".

Published Iraqi Intelligence Docs -WMD(s)

I thought this might interest anyone that visits or supports this blog. CNS News reported on this on October 4th "Exclusive: Saddam Possessed WMD, Had Extensive Terror Ties" but choose not to publish the documents, they have since revisited this decision.

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Australia Still Supports War - Update

John O'Sullivan establishes some very interesting points about the reelection Australia’s PM John Howard in his column Bush Wins Again.

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Union Thugs Target Republicans

Last week, in Orlando, Fla., approximately 60 union protestors stormed and ransacked the local Bush-Cheney headquarters causing considerable damage and injuring one campaign staffer, who suffered a broken wrist.
Remember these Unions support John Kerry. Hey John is this "just a nuisance" because I consider this terriorist tatics! I believe John Kerry needs to make a public statement against these individuals, will he?

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Alert – Terrorism is Simply a Nuisance

In an interview with New York Times Magazine John Kerry compares terrorism to prostitution, gambling, and organized crime. Yes, Mr. Kerry these are criminal activities but have any claimed 3,000 American lives in a matter of minutes? This is simply ludicrous and an example of the John Kerry’s lack of understanding the situation.

Kerry states that September 11, 2001 “didn’t change me much at all” and that we need to return to the days when terrorism was “just a nuisance”.

Kerry quote:
As a former law-enforcement person, I know we're never going to end prostitution. We're never going to end illegal gambling. But we're going to reduce it, organized crime, to a level where it isn't on the rise -- it isn't threatening people's lives every day, and fundamentally, it's something that you continue to fight, but it's not threatening the fabric of your life.
John Kerry flip-flop:
Mr. Kerry didn’t you say “I will win the War on Terror” aren’t you saying here we can’t (see above)?

Read more: New York Times MagazineCNS Editorial

(via the Urban Republican)
We do need a multifaceted war on terror but that war cannot be done by handling things as a police matter on a case by case basis. We need to carefully pick our targets based on GOOD intelligence and go where we need to in order to defend our country. Yes we also need diplomacy. Iran and North Korea are two examples of this and when people point to them and say they are more dangerous than Iraq that is true. However, there were not over 14 resolutions out there in the last 12 years for either country as there was in Iraq.
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Afghan Election Good News! (Update)

On Saturday I posted “Voting in Afghanistan” which pointed out that there are was controversy. That controversy is subsiding per this Washington Post story.
Controversy clouding Afghanistan's historic first presidential election eased Sunday when several major opposition candidates backed off from assertions that voter fraud and errors at polling places had rendered Saturday's vote meaningless and illegitimate.
[…]
Robert Barry, who headed the European delegation monitoring the election, said the opposition candidates' demands to nullify the vote were "unjustified"
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UPDATE: (via INDC Journal)
Once again, INDC Journal is much more informative on this and I felt anyone that was interested in this story should definitely visit their latest post on it.

Saturday, October 09, 2004

Australia Still Supports War

One of our biggest allies in the War on Terror, Australia has reelected John Howard Prime Minister. PM John Howard supports the War on Terror and the President of the United States; here are some PM John Howard’s quotes:
The reality is that the transition period has been and will continue to be difficult, more difficult than we might have hoped.

Inevitably the question is asked -- when can our forces leave Iraq?The answer can only be when the jobs assigned to respective force elements have been completed. It's impossible to be more precise than that.

And I'm more determined than ever that Australia should stay the distance and finish the tasks for which we have taken responsibility.
Of course, PM Howard’s opposition attempted to use the War on Terror and Iraq particularly against him (read more). The good news for US republicans is that it did not work; not only was the election not as close as predicted Howard actually increased his majority and could win the Australian senate.

Now it is time of us “Yanks” to get his back!

Voting in Afghanistan – Wonderful

(via INDC Journal)

I picked the below up from INDC Journal; this is wonderful news and to every solider, airmen, marine, and seamen that made this day possible; Thank you and you should be proud because you have done your country proud!

Another ally plants an important seed of Democracy in the Muslim World:

AFTER ENDURING Soviet occupation, civil war and rule by a medieval-minded Islamic militia, millions of Afghans will go to polling stations today for the first free election in their country's history. This is an extraordinary achievement, the more so because it will occur in spite of concerted efforts by the Taliban militia and its al Qaeda allies to prevent it. Thanks in part to U.S., NATO and Afghan forces and in part to the extraordinary determination of Afghan citizens to launch their democracy, the enemy campaign failed: the turnout percentage for the presidential vote may rival that of the U.S. presidential election. Sixteen candidates are challenging the current president, Hamid Karzai, and though he is expected to win, the outcome is neither fixed nor assured. In that respect alone, the Afghan election is unlike any ever held in most of the Muslim world.
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Voting irregularities are causing protests among 15 of the 18 Afgan candidates. Regardless, the Afghani people have displayed a will for Democracy - the ball is rolling downhill:
Despite the controversy, reports from the ground by BBC correspondents spread across Afghanistan suggest that the issue has had little impact among voters.

Many Afghans are keen that the international community appreciate just what a historic day it has been for this country.

"It is amazing, as an Afghan, to see the turnout, see how many people have come out to cast their votes - especially as it was an exercise that was new to them," says Shoaib Sharifi, a senior Afghan journalist.

It's a view that many voters concurred with.

"This is a country that has suffered greatly over the years," said Abdul Mateen, a Pashtun taxi driver, after casting his vote in the city's diplomatic district.

"To be able to cast my vote and participate in the future of my country - this is a dream to be cherished."
To every American (pro Kerry supporter) that will use the above article to demonstrate something negative; please go back and learn (although it is not taught in our schools anymore) about our history say 1776 to the present; did we have any election controversies and I know you are not insinuating that we are a failure for democracy!

Debate 2 - Verdict

I watched this entire debate, this time, and have decided I like this format. Debate 1’s format might be good for shorter debates but it got boring very quick. However, many will say that I liked this format because President Bush did much better.

Unlike the first debate, the President appeared energetic not having to strain to fill his allotted time. I noticed Kerry jumped up prompting the moderator to have a one-minute “elaboration”, which of course was suppose to be at the moderator’s discretion; this did not intimidate the President he too took charge of the moderator.

Kerry’s appearance seemed fine to me; however, in this format he could not use his “matter of factness” from behind a podium making the facade appear less genuine. He did not falter and stuck to his story (the current one anyway). Kerry did beat around the bush on a few issues like abortion, which is understandable since the “battleground states” seem to be pro-life and he wanted to avoid that bombshell; reminiscent of Clinton’s ability to avoid big set backs even when it appeared he was “down and out”.

President Bush missed some opportunities to land some blows. For example, when Kerry touted the Air Force General from the Persian Gulf War; Bush could have said, “he did do a good job but would not have had the opportunity if you had gotten your way, you did vote against that war didn’t you”? The best point all night, in my opinion, one that Bush missed in debate1, was when Kerry criticized not providing adequate equipment to our forces and Bush pointed out Kerry voted against the 87 billion dollar bill. Further, I applaud the fact that the campaign has finally gotten Kerry’s 20-year senate record to the Nation “you can run but you can’t hide”!

I give President Bush the nod in this one although not by much. Kerry did not get flustered except maybe about the 87 billion “I voted for it before I voted against” zinger. I believe Kerry is too good a speaker to beat himself by saying something stupid (sound bite material) in these debates.

With this said, I am sure as far the MSM (Main Stream Media) goes Kerry will be a big winner in this debate. Already, he was a winner before the debate even finished as I stated in my previous post “MSNBC Debate Poll”.

Friday, October 08, 2004

MSNBC's Debate Poll??????

I will be posting my thoughts on Debate #2 later tonight. I have an observation about the MSNBC debate poll. While watching the debate on the internet and during the last question I went to MSNBC's page; they had a poll already posted, interesting? I decided to vote and already John Kerry was leading with 79% of 89,000+ votes. Since the debate was still going on wouldn't you have to questions these results?

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

This Should Squash Draft Rumor

(Via Backcountry Conservative)

Between the bias MSM and the democrats, the republicans forced a vote to get the record straight. Interesting results, a 402-2 defeat. Of course, the two (2) were democrats. Please do not forget one of my earlier post “Who’s Draft Is It Anyway” where I point out the only bills in the house and senate are both sponsored by democrats. Where will the spin go now? There is a story on this in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Saturday, October 02, 2004

No, it won't go away...Kerry Wrote It?

(Via Poor Robert)
Thomas Lipscomb writes a fascinating article about his clever piece of detective work which demonstrates that John Kerry wrote the after-action report that led to his Bronze Star for an engagement that almost all witnesses claim never involved enemy fire. Lipscomb uncovered a 35-year-old operations order which narrows down the source of the story Kerry denies inventing:

A faded 35-year-old operations order recovered from the Naval Historical Center in Washington bears directly on the ongoing dispute between Sen. John Kerry and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth about who wrote the key after-action report that ended Kerry's service in Vietnam. The report appears in the official Navy records and is posted on Kerry's presidential campaign Web site.

The report details Kerry's participation in a naval operation on the Bay Hap River on March 13, 1969, in such glowing terms that he was awarded a Purple Heart and a BronzeStar for pulling Special Forces officer James Rassmann out of the water while under heavy enemy fire. This third Purple Heart allowed Kerry to cut short his Vietnam tour after only four months.

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According to a Navy communications expert, Chief Petty Officer Troy Jenkins, who has examined the message traffic, the report in question was sent from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer, Lonsdale's command ship, at 11:20 that night.

Only three of the officers on the mission that day were on the Spencer, John Kerry, Dick Pease and Donald Droz. Droz took the wounded from the mine explosion to be examined and treated at the Spencer, including the third officer, the severely wounded Dick Pease. Since the Spencer had no helipad for the evacuation of the wounded, Droz then had to return to the USS Washtenaw County, stationed about 25 nautical miles away, leaving only Kerry aboard the Spencer at the time the message was sent at 11:20 p.m.
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Osama bin Kerry

(Via In Bill's World)

Evil Doesn’t Care What Nationality

(Via Backcountry Conservative)

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi Islamist group beheaded an Iraqi contractor it said was working for U.S. forces, a video on an Islamist Web site showed Saturday.

The footage from the group, Ansar al-Sunna, showed a militant beheading the man, identified as Iraqi national Barea Nafea Dawoud Ibrahim.

The group said in a statement accompanying the video that Ibrahim was an "apostate" (a person who abandons their faith). It was dated Oct. 2.

"I have set up three telecommunications networks for the Iraqi National Guard. I have been working in Taji since June 2004," a frightened-looking Ibrahim told the camera. He was wearing an access badge issued by the U.S. forces around his neck.

Two men later held him down and one proceeded to behead him, before placing his severed head on top of his body.

"We say to all those who even consider working with the crusader forces that they should repent," the group warned.

The group claiming responsibility for this is the Army of Al Shunnah who has been responsible for other deaths last week. This is a horrific act and demonstrates simply how evil the persons are we are fighting! In my opinion, it reiterates the need to STOP them and to stop them there!

The video is available at Northeast Intelligence Network.

UPDATE: Also, worthy of reading is mypetjawa v. 2.0 (beta) who has the still photos.

3 Nations Slow Probe - Sound Familiar

The New York Times has a story about three (3) nations sabotaging the Congressional investigation of the United Nations oil-for-food program. Can you guess who some of them were?

Congressional investigators say that France, Russia and China systematically sabotaged the former United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq by preventing the United States and Britain from investigating whether Saddam Hussein was diverting billions of dollars.

In a briefing paper given yesterday to members of the House subcommittee investigating the program, the investigators said their review of the minutes of a United Nations Security Council subcommittee meeting showed that the three nations "continually refused to support the U.S. and U.K. efforts to maintain the integrity" of the program.


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True Struggle For Iraq

Amir Taheri's column in the September 29th New York Post outlines true struggles for Iraqi and outlines some of America’s true enemies. Mr. Taheri’s column is worthy of your time with insightful information on the current issues facing America and Iraq. Here are some excerpts:

It comes, in part, from Americans who want Iraq to fail because they want President Bush to fail. Some 81 books paint the president as the devil incarnate; Bush-bashing is also the theme of three " dozen Hollywood feature films.

Add to this the recent bizarre phrase from French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. The head of the Figaro press group went to see him about the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq; Raffarin assured him they would soon be freed, reportedly saying, "The Iraqi insurgents are our best allies."

….Iraq had been liberated by the European Union, we would have none of the hot air that is blown about the war throughout the world. …….. an entity like the European Union could never say boo to a goose, let alone destroy a vicious tyranny.

Mr. Taheri was born in Iran and educated in Tehran, London and Paris. Taheri was member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for International Political and Economic Studies (IIPES) from 1975 to 1980 and member of the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) from 1984 to 1992.

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Friday, October 01, 2004

Oliver North - Thank God The Truth

Oliver North has written a column title "Gloom and Doom" where he articulates with greater skill what I have attempted to post in several fourms. The below is an excerpt of a post I made on a local forums:
“Unfortunately Americans prefer to believe glooming outlooks as opposed to positive ones, of course I guess this is human nature and why evil ideas and traits so easily take over an otherwise good person, after all if you have only gloom in your future what is the point!” I really believe that his statement outlines the democrats plan to stay in power .....

Mr. North points out how the MSM misrepresents the "War" activity in Iraq by quoting a young soldier:
As a young Army captain vehemently put it: "Ernie Pyle would laugh at what passes for reporting in this war. The networks set up their cameras on a hotel balcony and send out an Iraqi producer to buy videotape from Al Jazeera. Then the reporters all sit inside the "green zone" and concoct their bad news stories. The next thing you know, it's being used in a political ad back home. For me, this isn't political -- it's personal. We're a whole (expletive) lot better than what people back home are seeing."

North, a great American, closes with a statement that every military person worth their salt should know:
Marine major here in Iraq who reminded me, "In war it's always better to play 'away games' than 'home games.'

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