The Anchoress
Look, someone get this man a mint julep and quietly usher him off the stage…please. Read more
Look, someone get this man a mint julep and quietly usher him off the stage…please. Read more
Amid the continuing insistance from some quarters that terrorism was not a problem prior to “Bush’s war” and would cease to be an issue “if only Bush, Blair and Howard would just leave Iraq” we find some sobering and rather depressing compilations which lay out in stark black and white just how longstanding the problem has been – and it illustrates how for most in the West – terrorism simply was not a genuine concern as long as it stayed... Read more
You know, I hate to sound curmudgeonly, I really do, but didn’t we just see a report, not two weeks ago, pretty much clearing the air re the “Gitmo abuses?” Didn’t some Democrat lawmakers go over there, themselves, and come back saying,”hey…things looked pretty dang good, after all?” And yet, here are the Dems calling for an independent panel “to review the treatment of foreign inmates at Guantanamo Bay and other US-run overseas detention facilities.” “We are calling for an... Read more
From the Guardian UK: Muslim women could play a vital role in tackling terrorism in the UK and abroad, a study by the thinktank Demos claimed today. The report argues that the “bridge building” and communication abilities of women should be better harnessed as a force for good in Muslim communities following the London bombings. The study, entitled Hearts and Minds, calls for Muslim community women’s groups, or “mothers’ meetings”, to be encouraged and given funds by the government. It... Read more
World Trade Center 1993 Khobar Towers 1996 Nairobi 1998 East Timor 1999 USS COLE 2000 Gee whiz…looks to me like in the 1990’s we were seeing an attack almost every 18 months, or so! Then… New York City 9/11/01 New York City 9/11/01 Washington, DC 9/11/01 Bali 2002 Let’s not forget the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro, during which Abu Nidal murdered Leon Klinghoffer – before taking refuge in Iraq. Let’s not forget the 1983 Bombing of American troops,... Read more
A VOICE FROM THE PRESS: Mr. Blair, aren’t these attacks your fault, because of your foreign policy? John Howard: No self-respecting government of any political stripe would allow that (letting terrorists dictate policies) to happen…May I remind you that the murder of 88 Australians in Bali occurred before operations in Iraq?…May I remind you that Sept. 11 happened before Iraq? May I remind you that the first time Al Qaeda referred specifically to Australia was in regard to the liberation... Read more
I thought this could not be true but there is an audio. You know those people who are really, really committed to the separation of church and state? Canadian National Public Radio Broadcasts Call for State Control of Religion, Especially Catholicism OTTAWA, July 19, 2005 – Just as Senate approaches the final vote on the gay ‘marriage’ bill, C-38, Canada’s national public radio CBC Radio has aired a commentary by a retired professor from the Royal Military College calling for... Read more
In analyzing why, in the 2004 election, all the media interest in President Bush’s Air National Guard service seemed to make no difference, the Washington Post’s TV critic, Tom Shales wrote: “It’s common knowledge that Bush was a spoiled little rich boy who did not serve with any great distinction, so this story wasn’t exactly a blockbuster.” Think about that for a minute. “It’s common knowledge that Bush was a spoiled little rich boy…” Let’s think about this: George W.... Read more
In a really splendid column, Jonah Goldberg writes of the void multiculturalism has wrought in British identity, and what is left to fill it. …a person can move to this country and complain that the British flag is oppressive, and the Brits don’t have the national spine to laugh the complaint away. Britain has given in to the “besetting temptation of all politics to concern itself with the immediate present at the expense of the future.” Now the future is... Read more
I continue to maintain that Frank Martin is one of the best minds and best writers in the blogosphere, not that he needs my endorsement. Today he gives us a look at how very much things have changed in the world since…oh, say…2001. A few excerpts, but read the whole thing: In other news, Today Lebanon formed a free democratic government. This puts the score at three new secular democracies in the Muslim world and zero Christian countries overturned by... Read more
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