See Dubya invited me to collaborate on a Captain Jamil Hussein story…

…and the product of that collaboration is here. It describes how unlikely it is that Capt. Hussein could have provided the AP information on violent acts scattered across Baghdad with any sort of authority.

Please go check it out.

Summary of Cold War II posts

I’ve written so many posts on the Cold War II that I’m losing track of them. Here’s a key to the posts, if anybody wants to follow my attempts at putting the story together:

Cold War II: The Aussies take notice

From Australia we have an opinion piece describing Russia’s strategy to recapture its superpower status and stop the West:

Reality vs. paranoia: where liberals can find a genuine jackbooted thug

I’ve listened to liberal commenters claim that Bush and his administration are moving toward a totalitarian curtailment of Americans’ rights. “They’re going to put us all in camps! Our speech will be suppressed! There may be no election in 2008!” they cried. Silly stuff, to be sure, but one wonders why they are so conciliatory toward a regime that currently embodies their fears. To whit:

Compare and contrast these headlines:

Houston Chronicle: “Reid: Brief troop increase OK in Iraq“

24.com: “Top Democrats: No more troops“

And yes, they are talking about the same statement by Reid.