Author: Steven D

Dictatorship a Good Idea

When is a dictatorship better than a democracy? When it can save us from the Islamofascist Menace, that’s when. That’s the essence of the argument made by Philip Atkinson, contributing editor of Family Security...

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Bush Talks Peace with Taliban

Forget the fact that Osama bin Laden is still on the loose and apparently comfortably ensconced in northwestern Pakistan still plotting to attack the US, despite Bush’s pledge once upon a time to to bring him back dead or...

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A Few Good Men in Iraq

Today’s New York Times editorial pages contain what can only be described as a courageous editorial by seven current members of the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, none of them with a rank higher than Sergeant. What they...

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What TV News Won’t Report About Iraq

Via Brilliant a Breakfast, please watch this video about American soldiers describing the real facts on the ground in Iraq: “Total disregard for human life.” Sad, tragic, outrageous. Beyond words.

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Privatizing the War on Terror

Just a snippet from a story posted by Al Jazeera about a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan: At least 15 people in a convoy guarded by a private US security firm have been killed by a car bomb in southern Afghanistan. As many...

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