tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59625242011-12-14T22:10:52.917-05:00A Blog of Conservative News, Politics, and Foreign AffairsHansmeisternoreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962524.post-1133359608599889502005-11-30T09:04:00.000-05:002005-11-30T09:06:48.616-05:00

White House releases Strategic Plan for Iraq.Here is the PDF, via National Review.It is written in clear and concise language and will be the basis of President Bush's speech this morning.

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Logic Times has a pretty good analysis of civilian casualties in Iraq:There is indeed a mind-blowing story about collateral damage that needs to be told, but that story is one in which we honor the extraordinary achievement of the United States military: two years of combat since the fall of Baghdad, much of it urban warfare, with less than 1,000 civilians killed as a result of U.S. action:Read

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Some news out of Fallujah:Dump trucks ply the roads, hauling away debris from wrecked homes. Backhoes churn the earth, laying new service lines. And mountains of bricks and buckets of paint are slowly turning war-ravaged Fallujah into a functional city again. For US forces in Iraq, few challenges are as daunting - or perhaps as important - as the attempt to transform this bitter Sunni city into a

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President Bush to tackle immigration reform.As recently as January 2004, Bush used his first policy announcement of that re-election year to unveil a guest-worker program that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain legal status for at least six years if they have a job and their employer vouches for them. The plan incensed conservatives. Talk-radio hosts and bloggers fanned resentment over "

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Will the US turn Isolationist?The Chinese strategist, Sun Tzu, wrote 2,500 years ago: "Maintaining an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished."The rising cost in blood and treasure of President Bush's incursion into Iraq has generated among Americans a question rooted in Sun Tzu: Is the cost worth it? Increasing numbers of Americans, including scores of military leaders, seem to

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Will Azerbaijan be the next country to have a democratic revolution?Truncheon-wielding police in riot gear beat opposition protesters who gathered in Azerbaijan's capital shouting "Freedom!" and demanding a redo of disputed parliamentary elections.Some 15,000 opposition activists rallied in Baku to protest the outcome of the Nov. 6 parliamentary elections, which they claimed were rigged. The

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Iran Watch: Iran secretly training Chechen terrorists.Iran is secretly training Chechen rebels in sophisticated terror techniques to enable them to carry out more effective attacks against Russian forces, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.Teams of Chechen fighters are being trained at the Revolutionary Guards' Imam Ali training camp, located close to Tajrish Square in Teheran, according to Western

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Bruce Willis to make a movie about Deuce Four:ANGERED by negative portrayals of the conflict in Iraq, Bruce Willis, the Hollywood star, is to make a pro-war film in which American soldiers will be depicted as brave fighters for freedom and democracy. It will be based on the exploits of the heavily decorated members of Deuce Four, the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry, which has spent the past year

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Very cool flash video on military operations in western Iraq this year.

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US Allies in Asia don't believe the US could defeat China.The overwhelming assessment by Asian officials, diplomats and analysts is that the U.S. military simply cannot defeat China. It has been an assessment relayed to U.S. government officials over the past few months by countries such as Australia, Japan and South Korea. Quite frankly, it is unimaginable that we could be defeated by the

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Iran Watch: Iran Votes to Block Nuclear InspectionsParliament approved a bill Sunday requiring the government to block international inspections of its atomic facilities if the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency refers Iran to the Security Council for possible sanctions. Well, this will force the UNSC to act. If not, it will further discredit the ability of the UN to stop nuclear proliferation and

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Iran Watch: Iran Received Black Market Nuclear DesignsThe U.N. atomic watchdog agency revealed Friday that Iran received black market nuclear designs that diplomats say appear to be blueprints for the core of a nuclear warhead — a finding expected to used by Washington and its allies in their push to have Tehran referred to the U.N. Security Council....The revelations also came as Iran said

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On the new meme by the mediacrats that Bush lied about the intelligence on Iraq's WMD I'll only post this:Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.

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Iran watch: More purges of government institutions.Iran is facing political paralysis as its newly elected president purges government institutions, bringing accusations that he is undertaking a coup d'état.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's clearout of his opponents began last month but is more sweeping than previously understood and has reached almost every branch of government, the Guardian has learned.

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What President Bush needs to do to regain momentum.Ever since the defeat of his Social Security reform President Bush's administration seems to have fallen into a deep funk and given up all initiative. Only in the last week has the White House begun to fight back by pointing out the false narrative created by the MSM, and the attempts to rewrite history by the Democrats (check out this video).

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The EU bureaucracy has found a new way to get rid of undesired staff.The European Commission has been accused of trying to have troublesome staff declared mentally ill in order to provide an excuse for giving them the sack.Critics claim that the commission has resorted to tactics "worthy of the KGB" by pronouncing staff unfit for work after grillings from psychiatrists.The reason why they engage

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France finally gets tough, and starts arresting police officers.After 16 nights battling urban violence by rioters, Jacques Chirac's government is confronting angry new protests - from the police themselves.Officers at the forefront of attempts to control the wave of riots and arson attacks across France are furious at moves to prosecute policemen accused of assaulting a youth.As officers were

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I've been absent for a while for three reasons: First, my computer broke and had to be repaired. Secondly, I changed my work hours which took some time to adjust. And lastly, I found out that my wife is pregnant with our first child.

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I'm not going to comment on the whole silly Valerie Plame/Joe Wilson story, others have covered it much better and in-depth than I ever could, none better than JustOneMinute.

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Are the rats leaving a sinking ship?According to this NYTimes story there might be an exodus of high-ranking Syrian officials in progress.During a United Nations investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri that threatens the power of President Bashar al-Assad, a first cousin who is one of the most powerful businessmen in Syria has left the country.While it remains

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The Christian Science Monitor has several good stories on Iraq and Afghanistan today.Last January, Baquba was symbol of everything going wrong in Iraq - and its neighborhood of Buhritz was a symbol for everything going wrong in Baquba. This city just 50 miles north of Baghdad was crawling with Sunni Arab mortar teams, snipers, and bombmakers. They had made parts of the city their own, killing

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For a good round-up of military activity in Iraq read The Fourth Rail.

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At least 6 Dead in 34 coordinated attacks by muslim extremists in southern Thailand.At least six people have died in a wave of co-ordinated attacks in southern Thailand, which officials blamed on suspected Muslim militants. The attackers took dozens of weapons from the homes of village chiefs and defence volunteers in the provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani. Among the dead were two village

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Democracy dies in Venezuela.Apparently, Chavez has changed the election law to ensure perpetual governance by his party:In a significant defeat for Venezuela’s democracy, a new voting system installed by the Chavista government, called ‘los morochas’, which disproportionately benefits Chavista incumbents, was affirmed by Venezuela’s Supreme Court, an appointed body stacked with Chavista loyalists

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Iran watch:Strategypage reports that Iran is trying to increase the islamic militia to over 1 million men.The government will try to increase it's militia of Islamic conservative gunmen (the Basij) to over a million men, with the formation of 2,000 battalions. They may not be able to get that many volunteers, but it certainly shows the government is willing to fight to maintain power. The Islamic

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Iran WatchTwo reports out today. First, Iran's new President calls for the destruction of Israel:President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Wednesday that Israel is a "disgraceful blot" that should be "wiped off the map" — fiery words that Washington said underscores its concern over Iran's nuclear program. ...Ahmadinejad also condemned Iran's neighbors which seek to break new ground in their

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On the topic of the 2,000th death in Iraq from Faces from the Front:They did not want their death to be used as a prop and they would make the same decision all over again. These young Lance Corporals and Non-Commissioned Officers volunteered to join the Marines, many with the intent of coming to Iraq. And while few would say they like war, they all recognize the necessity of it.The Marines and

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New Equadorean report implicates Venezuela in training rebels, according to the Miami Herald.An Ecuadorean military intelligence report alleges that leftists from Ecuador and seven other Latin American nations received guerrilla training in Venezuela this year from backers of President Hugo Chávez.The report does not link Chávez personally to the training in explosives, weapons and urban

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France behind fake documents on Niger yellow cake?The Italian businessman at the centre of a furious row between France and Italy over whose intelligence service was to blame for bogus documents suggesting Saddam Hussein was seeking to buy material for nuclear bombs has admitted that he was in the pay of France.The man, identified by an Italian news agency as Rocco Martino, was the subject of a

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Media tipped off on Baghdad Hotel attack.Apparently, the terrorists told several media outlets about the planned attack in order to ensure good media coverage.A series of massive explosions hit Baghdad at sunset this evening. The explosions are now reported to have been two car bombs and, for good measure, a cement truck filled with explosives! They were detonated right in front of the Palestine

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The American Friends Service Committee is planning to hold parties all across the US once the death toll reaches 2,000 in Iraq to exploit and dishonor the service members sacrifice. Quite disgusting, but on par with what we've come to expect of the "anti-war" left. Hat tip to Little Green Footballs.

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CENTCOM got a new report out. Highlights from it:The Mosul city government and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are working together to renovate eight Mosul police stations.Civil Affairs Teams Improve Yemen Girl’s SchoolThe Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa's naval construction team, United States Naval Mobil Construction Battalion 3, left to rebuild one well and construct two

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UN doctored report on Hariri assassination.This article indicates that the report on the Hariri assassination was modified, probably at the request of Kofi Annan, to refer specific mentioning of the leadership of Syria.THE United Nations withheld some of the most damaging allegations against Syria in its report on the murder of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister, it emerged

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The polls closed in Iraq on the referendum for the Constitution. Overall, the vote went over smoothly, with higher turnout than the last election and very little accompanying violence. Another setback for Al Qaeda. However, in the German media the election was described in an almost comically negative way, highlighting the rather minimal violence and emphasizing a low Sunni turnout. Der

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Two articles on the training of the Iraqi Security Forces, first from the Washington Times by General Robert Scales:I traveled to Iraq this week with a group of military analysts. From my visit I concluded that the greatest change in the military balance over since last summer has been achieved by the Iraqis Security forces. Their story is only partially told by the recent spike in numbers of

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Michael Yon is back in Iraq. He has without a doubt provided some of the best coverage of the war. Too bad he is virtually unknown outside the blogosphere. Yon illustrates why there is so little press coverage of Iraq from the ground:People who wonder about the limited number of reporters on the ground in Iraq probably think it's the danger that keeps many away. This certainly is true for some

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Election '08 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Currently I see McCain, Giuliani, Allen, and Romney as the four front-runners and thus I focused on them for now. Most of the others currently speculated as potential candidates have either taken themselves out of the race (Jeb Bush, Condi Rice) or I deem to have little chance (Hagel, Brownback) so that I'm not going to bother with trying to

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Election '08 - Mitt, the Massachusetts Mormon.Can a Mormon from Massachusetts win the nomination for the GOP? What seems like an unlikely proposition at first has indeed become a possibility for '08. Ever since Romney decided to forsake seeking reelection as Governor of Massachusetts he has been reposition himself solidly on the conservative right. His ability to succeed to define himself as a

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Election '08 - Senator George Allen standard bearer of the Conservative Right?Of all the potential candidates for the '08 race George Allen is the only one I've met in person so far - last December when he gave a speech at the John Locke Foundation. He is quite good at delivering stump speeches and has a very solidly conservative, even if not particularly impressive, resume. This former

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Active Duty military relief force possibly to be created in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is mulling the creation of an active duty relief force: The military's Northern Command is developing a proposal to organize a specially trained and equipped active-duty force that could respond quickly to assist relief efforts in the event of overwhelming

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Kashmir earthquake unexpected consequences?According to German magazine Focus the last time Bin Laden was sighted last week ago he was in the very region hit by the earthquake. It might be that nature has done what our best efforts to date have not been able to accomplish and killed Bin Laden.The Washington Times meanwhile speculates over the possible positive side effect relief efforts by the US

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Wave of terror attacks at universities?Last week there was a suicide bomber outside the Oklahoma University football stadium, by what appears to be a recent convert to islam that 9/11 "twentieth hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui frequented. Last Friday an explosive device was found at an UCLA appartment complex. Then today a suspicious chemical bottle was found by a Gergia Tech janitor, which

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Election '08 - Can Giuliani win the nomination?As unlike as it sounds, a New York City pro-choice candidate is leading the early GOP polls for the nomination. Giuliani is not only leading amongst Republicans in general, but also amongst movement conservatives in the blogosphere. How is that possible? People see in Giuliani a strong leader, the type that can lead the country through any difficulty

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Election '08 - What McCain will have to do to cinch the GOP nomination.In order to obtain the Presidential nomination for the GOP McCain will have to overcome significant opposition within the party faithful. A difficult task - but not impossible. To begin with he has some things going for him:1. High name ID: This means he won't have to spend much money to get himself established.2. The support

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Building Iraqi Security ForcesBy HansMarc HurdMissteps prior to the warSince the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom there have been complaints about the lack of effective indigenous security forces in Iraq. Much of the criticism has been justified, but those in the media and politics who grumbled at the slow rate of improvement have either offered no solution to the problem or misidentified

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I just redesigned the site and I'm trying to jump-start it.I'm still working on figuring how to edit in links and other format changes.

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Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal – or Media Scandal? By HansMarc Hurd By now everyone has been bombarded by the disgusting pictures of prison abuse from Abu Ghraib and had to grapple with how these deplorable acts came to be committed. While the crimes carried out on the prisoners were repugnant, the media for the most part has been rather deficient in its analysis of events, misdirecting attention

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Another long break due to heavy work schedule. I sat back and started contemplating how a Kerry presidency might unfold in regards to the war on terror, not a pleasant thought. Jan '05: As Kerry promised the first thing he will do is go back to the UN, pleading for them to take over responsibility for Iraq. No one at the UN is interested in increasing its commitment. Russia has no interest

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What happened to the WMD? Over the last few months there has been an increased public outcry demanding an answer to the question of WMD. Why have none been found to date? Various explanations have been offered, from the possible to the improbable. Here I am going to give an analysis of several offered scenarios and the likelihood that they could be true: Saddam Hussein had all the WMD

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This is from Kerry's testimony in Congress from the cooked up "Winter Soldier testimony" of communist activists faking to be Vietnam Veterans: "They had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan,

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Why Wesley Clark won't be getting my vote Many questions have been raised in the last few months on why Wesley Clark was relieved from his Command after the Kosovo war. The reason General Wesley Clark got fired was for repeatedly lying to the Pentagon, going behind their backs, promising Albright and Clinton, and the NATO allies that he can get Milosevic to cave within 1 or 2 days of limited

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It has been a long time since I last updated my blog, and since someone reminded me to do so, well, here it goes: Today, Ricin was found in Bill Frist's office. Some of you may remember that Ricin was found in London last year. That Ricin was traced back to Answar Al-Islam, the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda. This from CNN is interesting: U.S. troops in Iraq have found 300 bags of a type of bean

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Saudi Arabia has made a secret deal with Pakistan to purchase nuclear weapons in case Iran acquires nukes. Nukes in the hands of Wahhabists, that's just what the world needs! Continued nuclear proliferation presents a clear and present danger to the United States and dramatically increases the risk of a nuclear attack on the us. Consider this scenario: September 11, 2009: A container ship

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Apparently the TV networks are concerned about their poor performance in the new TV season. In particularly, their poor performance among males age 18-34. This should really come as no surprise, since Hollywood has long abandoned that segment of the TV audience. Starting in the '90s, network executives noticed that women watched more TV than men. It was, in particular, increased competition

Hansmeisternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962524.post-1066798677077747392003-10-21T23:57:00.000-05:002003-10-22T07:09:38.990-05:00

At a recent conference at the Harvard School of Government as covered by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung with American and European journalists the Europeans pointed out that their editors usually only allow a very narrow scope of stories about America such as: 1. Bush is stupid, religious fanatic 2. American democracy is dysfunctional 3. American policy is aggressive and narrow-minded 4.

Hansmeisternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962524.post-1066583326437535102003-10-19T12:08:00.000-05:002003-10-19T12:08:46.436-05:00

Various liberal politicians and media outlets, such as Ted Kennedy, Al Gore, virtually all the democratic presidential candidates, the New York Times, and The Nation have with an increasingly hysterical tone stated that there is no evidence of an Iraq - Al Qaeda link and that President Bush lied about Saddam Hussein's connection to terrorism. So let us see what we do know about Saddam Hussein's

Hansmeisternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962524.post-1066581645398383802003-10-19T11:40:00.000-05:002003-10-19T11:43:55.720-05:00

From Strategypage.com The U.S. Army is moving ahead with a major reorganization to make the brigade the major combat unit, with the division replacing the corps as a headquarters. Details of the new organization are not yet set, but active duty combat brigades will probably increase from 33 to 48 and reserve/National Guard combat brigades from 15 to 22. This makes available some 60 combat

Hansmeisternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962524.post-1066570744771333032003-10-19T08:39:00.000-05:002003-10-19T08:39:04.563-05:00

Today I open my own Blog. As the title indicates, the focus of this blog will be news, politics, and foreign affair. I hope in time to become a news and opinion source for people interested in political discourse. Since I have never done anything like this blog, it might take some time until I get it right. So please be patient.

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