Please stop by The Fourth Rail, Bill Roggio has a write up on the Taliban attempts to muzzle the press, and ban periodicals in North Waziristan. There’s also a wonderful tribute to America in the comments section well worth the reading.
This reminds me of Amadinejad stealing the Iranian’s satellite dishes. You can’t stop information, you [...]
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Dust Of Snow
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
– Robert Frost
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Gateway Pundit has the Skinny and details Here and Here.
Of course they are denying everything, when in reality they ought to be pulling credentials and firing the reporters who put in these false, inflammatory, and totally bogus reports. Iraqi’s  have probably DIED as outcome of the post-story violence,. The question to ask is: is it ok for [...]
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In conflict resistless each toil they endur’d
Till their foes shrunk dismay’d from the war’s desolation.
And pale beam’d the crescent, its splendor obscur’d
By the light of the star-spangl’d flag of our nation.
– Francis Scott Key
The tribes of Araby and the tribes of Persia have fought since times ancient. When Alexander conquered Egypt the Arabs flung open town gates [...]
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Please stop by Flopping Aces for an very thorough overview of how AP and other news agencies have been flummoxed by Al Qaeda or Baathist agitprop agents posing as Iraqi Police. Those reports of chaos and bedlam in Iraq are being greatly exagerated both by the agitprop agents, and our own lazy, stupid press.
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For a good rundown of the Peace Jirga among the Pashtun tribes in Pakistan and Afghanistan please stop by Crumbling Spires. This is a lead in to the Grand Jirga, or Jirga Loya that will include government and tribal leaders from both countries, and it looks to be a good start.
We should respect the willingness [...]
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In Iraq the Sunni are the dispossessed — like the Loyalists of the American Revolution, many have lost their power, and some their possessions, postions, and place in society. After the war in America, greater than 30,000 Loyalists left the country for homes in Canada, the Bahamas, and other places under the crown.
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The reception to the WPB passing in Pakistan so far appears positive. No doubt the MMA will do their best to demonstrate and agitate over this, but so far their threatened resignations are not materializing. For an overview of Pakistani opinions on this, here is a good forum discussion.
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over the past three days they’ve arrested 193 Taliban from madrassas in and around Quetta. The difference between this and past round ups is that they are picking up the murder-mullahs and death-Imams this go round.
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The decades old Maoist insurgency in Nepal has now come to an end, at least on paper. For almost a year Royalists, Freedom Advocates, and the Maoists have been at loggerheads, but the agreement is now final, and calls for the Maoists and the royalists to cease hostilities and obey the arms accords previously agreed to.
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The Pakistan peace Jirga has begun, and calls for Nato withdrawal. Along with that, they call for the expelling of “alien extremists”. This could be long term good if they really mean it. The Jirga is being led by Asfandyar Wali Khan, a leader of ANP, founded by the pacifist Khudai Khitmatgar movement formed in [...]
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Sam Brownback is nosing about that he intends to run for president, and following up on a pledge made here, I will be actively and continuously campaign against his nomination.
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I Have Been Acquainted With the Night
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain–and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the [...]
The real point is that Energy Independence for the US is just not enough — we must instead have energy abundance for the entire world. We do not want to be the lone island of energy wealth in a sea of misery, and it’s a simple formula for strife unending if we take that path.
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For some interesting analysis of the political impact of the passage of the Women’s Protection Bill (WPB) in Pakistan please see this article.
ISLAMABAD – Whether by design or coincidence, the political undertones of the Women’s Protection Bill were never in doubt. The timing, both on occasion of introduction of the bill in September and now [...]
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Dawn reports more round-ups of Afghan Taliban on suspicion of terrorism near the Iran border in Balochistan. This is further evidence that Iran is still playing a hand in Afghanistan, and futher that they might be trying to destabilize Pakistan from their border areas. After all, what quicker way for Ahmadinejad to gain nukes than to [...]
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For a lucid, detailed, and factual review of changes to our national space policy please see this article by Dwayne Day at Space Review. I will keep an eye out for his future articles, he definitely grabbed me with this first para:
Ever since the new National Space Policy was released on October 6, partisan pundits on both [...]
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Predictably, the Taliban supporting party from NWFP, MMA stalked out in a snit. From the Pakistan Observer:
Fazl and other Opposition members taking part in the debate, belonging to MMA and ARD criticized the Bill and described it in conflict with the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah and in violation of the constitution. They [...]
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It’s just wrong to export our environmental claptrap to limit population growth, development, and freedom in the third world. It’s pure Environmental Imperialism.
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Blogging with integrity takes willingness to recognize and admit where you were wrong. In two of my pre-election posts I predicted that the Republicans would keep both houses. In my analysis I failed to look hard at the southern Democratic candidates, probably a mistake many made. Next time I promise to work harder folks.
The Dems [...]
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