News that makes you go "huh?"

President George W. Bush has lost the support of the Conservatives who put him in office and stood by him. His latest bouts of insanity on illegal aliens and submitting to Islam have completely done him in. This country needs strong leadership. We need leaders who put America first, not only in domestic areas, but in international matters. The following are some headlines I ran across that speak to this subject. As Spree at Wake Up America says, utopia does not exist. These articles prove that statement.

Majid Khadduri and George W. Bush

When he spoke this week at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Islamic Center of Washington, President Bush said: "In the Middle East, we have seen instead the rise of a group of extremists who seek to use religion as a path to power and a means of domination. This self-appointed vanguard presumes to speak for Muslims. They do not."

There we are again. The Administration and the mainstream media (both Left and Right) take it as axiomatic that the jihad we see all over the world today represents a perversion of Islam, repudiated by the vast majority of Muslims.

"Already, a body of impartial evidence strongly suggests an inexplicably steady policy of accommodation by the United States to Islamist demands," (more at Jihad Watch)

Also see post at Miss Beth's Stomping Grounds for the full text of the Bush speech.

DUBYA'S END, by John Podhoertz

But he miscalculated, as he has done so often since his re-election. He chose to believe polls that said Americans generally support the nice ideas in the bill rather than the polls that showed Americans disliked the actual bill as written and described.

And perhaps most interesting, Bush chose to believe it was more important to court potential future Republican voters - those illegals who would have gained a "path to citizenship" under the terms of the bill in 13 years' time - rather than listen to the concerns of present-day Republican voters.

Appeasement - The Liberal-Islamic Strategy

In a time of war, the critical elements for success are to know:

Who is the enemy?
What are their goals?
What is the definition of success, and finally
What will the world be like if we lose? [snip]

“With every passing year following the events of 9/11 the rise of Leftist/Marxist-Islamist Alliance has increased global instability. By the beginning of 2006, nearly all the combustible ingredients–far bigger in scale than those leading to World Wars 1 and 11 and the Gulf Wars of 1991 or 2003–were in place.”

Remember Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a plan just like the Nazi’s “Four Year Plan“, he is a scholar of history, and he also is a follower of the Qur’an.

“Iran is no different than Nazi Germany”, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) source said. “They too built up an army, resources and created the V-2.” The V-2 was the first man-made object launched into space, during test flights that reached an altitude of 189 km (117 miles) in 1944. “While Germany was putting the finishing touches to the V-2 which was eventually used against Britain, the world stood by wanting to talk. Now we have Iran repeating history, declaring to “wipe Israel off the map” while planting bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan” (more at The American Daily)

In "Kosovo conundrum" in the Washington Times

...Kosovo is unfinished business, left over from the violent dissolution of Yugoslavia in the past decade and the legacy of fundamentally flawed American policies promulgated by the Clinton administration and then perpetuated by his successor. In terms and perspective of American long-term geostrategy and the ongoing struggle with radical Islam, it is indeed unfathomable how our foreign policy establishment has rationalized its strategy in the Balkans. [snip]

Equally serious is the undeniable rise of the puritanical strain of Wahabbi Islam and real potential for increased interacting between heroin trafficking and crime with terrorists in Kosovo, Southern Serbia, Bosnia and Northern Macedonia.

The Vietnam Meme

Whoever becomes the next US president, they will face a novel situation requiring new thinking and new policies. Refighting the last war doesn’t work for the military even though, apparently, it does for the press. The politicians, no matter what they pretend, will have to deal with the reality on the ground. (more at Yankee Wombat)

Sutton should resign

In the last six months, agents along the Southwest border caught 15 people from Iran, 35 from Pakistan, 12 from Jordan, two from Syria and five from Lebanon. [snip] over-zealous prosecution of Border Agents has led to the controversial imprisonment of Agents Compean and Ramos, and the prosecution of a Sheriff’s Deputy, while protecting dope dealers and illegal immigrants.

It’s time for Sutton to go. (more at Nuke's News and Views)

Exiled Palestinian militants sidelined in Ireland

Israel and the Palestinian Authority are discussing implementing a clause from a 2005 understanding whereby Israel would stop pursuing wanted terror suspects in the West Bank if they forswear terrorism, government officials said Thursday. (more)

What if Saddam Hussein was still in power? What would the situation look like?

"What If . . ., by Peter J. Wallison"

First, U.S. troops would still be in Saudi Arabia. Our troops were there because of the Saudis' fear of an Iraqi attack. We should recall that one of the principal reasons bin Laden cited for attacking us--not only on 9/11, but for many years before--was that U.S. troops were supposedly defiling the Muslim holy places in Saudi Arabia.

Imagine, also, trying to persuade Iran to abandon the development of nuclear weapons when Iraq--which had attacked Iran--was actively engaged in doing exactly that. We hope now to change Iran's course through economic sanctions--a difficult prospect to be sure--but that would be a hopeless quest if its leaders and population believed they needed nuclear weapons to deter Iraq. (more at The Free Thinker)

US Congress to curb Bush enthusiasm for Abbas

US President George W. Bush threw his full support behind President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority (PA) last week, declaring the Fatah leader "the president of all the Palestinians."

No sooner had Bush, along with Israel and the European Union, pledged to resume the flow of hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid to the beleaguered PA, than neo-conservative commentators and some Congressmen criticised Washington's public support of Fatah's "moderate" Palestinian government and demanded that rigid conditions be placed on any aid sent to the Palestinian territories.

"The administration should condition aid to the Abbas government on his promoting reform," wrote Republican Congressman Eric Cantor in an op-ed in the National Review Online. "Fatah must offer Palestinians something better than the engine of corruption and anti-Israel vitriol it has always been."

Qatar backed Hamas coup

Former Fatah security chief Muhammed Dahlan said Wednesday that he was not surprised by Hamas's "coup" in the Gaza Strip and that he had warned various parties about the Islamic movement's plans.

He also accused Iran and Qatar of providing Hamas with hundreds of millions of dollars.

The New Vision --The speech I want the Democratic nominee to give, By Theodore C. Sorensen and Editor's Note -- Immortal Words, By Paul Glastris

Don't miss " The Morning After . . ." by Christi at Common Sense America. It's political, it's funny, you need to see it.

A Great Day for America, Truth and Hope Report at Adam's Blog. He's got tunes!

Video: Dems Celebrate 6 Months of Failure as Congressional Leaders, Webloggin

Comments

[Stormwarning]

The essence of the problems that we face today in Iraq (and Afghanistan) as well as the issues emerging are that we, as Americans, showed an arrogance that led us to ignore the societal differences that exist in these countries.

Like it or not, try looking at it objectively...(that means without bias)...and recognize this, as I wrote about a few months ago, "The Seven Pillars and the Cultural Divide in Iraq" http://moonagewebdream.blogs.com/storms_counter_terrorism/2007/03/the_seven_pilla.html

I know that this sounds "soft" to some of you, but this is a discussion I've had with a former top aide to one of the Joint Chiefs. Just as in SE Asia, we are missing the point of the impact of the way indigenous society impacts on our military actions.

[Layla]

This is a greatly researched post, but it holds everyone else's talking points. What do we really think? What are the voters saying? What is it the American people really want without all the taling pundits?

[Snooper]

Ah yes! Many people have the wrong impression about Islam! It is NOT a religion of peace...not by a long shot!

GREAT post!!

[Butch]

Here, here!

[spree]

Excellent roundup and thanks as usual for the mention.

Isn't it amazing how Congress seems to think they were elected into the White House instead of their own house.

No big surprise that their approval ratings are BELOW Bush's and dropping and that they have the distinction of having the lowest Congressional approval ratings in over a decade....yup, lower than the Reps did.