If you really want to support the troops...

If you really want to support the troops, read this article: "Web Sites Rally Support for G.I.’s in Legal Trouble", one guess who supports these sites, and who does not:

Conservative Christians and military veterans are part an emerging group of Americans who say they are upset by the recent prosecutions of soldiers and marines based in Iraq on war crimes charges, and are coming to their defense with words, Web sites and money.

In the past year, more than a dozen Web sites have been developed to solicit donations to hire private lawyers for service members who have been charged with violent crimes for actions taken in the confusion of combat or counterinsurgency operations. They have raised more than $600,000, organizers say, from grandparents, business executives and college students, among others. The average donation is for $25 to $50.

Virtually all donations come with handwritten or e-mail messages full of encouragement for the troops in Iraq and laced with frustration at the government and the news media.

“I wonder if you are supposed to check out each enemy to see if they have a gun or wait for them to shoot first,” wrote a 98-year-old woman from Grand Junction, Colo., who recently sent $25 to the Military Combat Defense Fund, a group outside Boston that has provided more than $85,000 to smaller funds set up for individual marines accused of murder and other crimes in Haditha and Hamdaniya, Iraq. “Bible says that the country will always be fighting. We have been praying for all you boys and girls.” (more at NYT)

You can go read it all, read about the sums of money collected, where it has been used. Do your part. Support groups like the Marine Defense Fund, www.marinedefensefund.com; Military Combat Defense Fund, and others.

One comment, or one common thread, seemed to be concerning the MSM:

Much of the strongest criticism from many defense funds is directed toward mainstream news organizations, which they say portray the concerns of Iraqis more sympathetically than the plight of American troops.

When you have the MSM allowing people to make up complete fairy tales and print them as gospel, someone is going to point out the MSM's mistakes:

Edited AGAIN! NYT Just Keeps Changing TNR Story—Ace, Ace of Spades.

I guess this is what happens when you try editing your reporter's story on the fly, after it's already been published.

Again: For the NYT's and Franklin Foer's benefit, these edits and fact-checks are really better done before publishing.

On Iraq and al-Qaeda, in a speech President George W. Bush emphasized the Al-Qaida links to Iraq. It was a good speech, but he's not going to change anyone's mind. I hope he sticks to his guns here: "I say there will be a big defeat in Iraq, and it will be a defeat for al-Qaida," Bush said.

Also important, Harry "Baghdad" Reid is a GIFT to the Republicans, Wake Up America

The GOP Senators are taking the fight to Reid which is putting Harry "Baghdad" Reid on the defensive, via memeorandum, we find this Washington Times article.

GOP senators to chide Reid

Senate Republicans are preparing to take aim at Majority Leader Harry Reid over the August recess for being "all talk but no action" and helping drag the Democrat-led Congress' approval rating to a historic low, according to a document distributed to caucus members.

Other reading:
News from Iran, from an expert on Iran at Uskowi on Iran
Olmert’s 4-Pronged Attack on Jewish History, Connection With and Control of Eretz Israel, Israel and The Sin of Expulsion,

Our World: The Olmert Government’s assault on Zionism, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“The Olmert government is actively facilitating the destruction of the cultural, religious and physical heritage on which Jewish identity… is founded.”

Dearbornistan Muslim Charity Tied to Terror, Atlas Shrugs

More Muslim charities tied to terror:

Federal agents are raiding today the Dearborn offices of two charities suspected of having ties to terrorist groups in the Middle East. Detroit Free Press

Good Stuff Tuesday, at 123Beta

Last but certainly not least, and just for fun, "Muslim Lies" at Planck's Constant.