The longer we stay, the more sophisticated the insurgents get at attacking us:
Enemy snipers in Iraq have improved their skills, and their attacks have become well-aimed and well-disciplined.
Insurgent groups have prepared instructional manuals and videos to train more snipers. Training materials obtained by U.S. intelligence show that snipers are urged to single out medics, […]

We want to remind Mr. Bush that all he has to do is resign. He can be back in Crawford in 24 hours, with nothing on his agenda for the rest of life but working on his abs.
One thing you gotta give President Bush — he’s not the least bit shy about putting his ignorance […]

Tick… tick… tick…

There is a massive concentration of US naval power in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Three US naval strike groups off the Iranian coastline are deployed: USS Enterprise, USS Eisenhower and USS Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group.
The naval strike groups have been assigned to fighting the “global war on terrorism.” […]

Words without ideas: Watching the debate between Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Rep. Katherine Harris last night was a frustrating experience. Not because the candidate I favor lost the debate, but because both candidates failed to articulate a coherent message that communicated either vision or capability.
Granted, Nelson came off a little better overall […]

You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill one of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.
— Ho Chi Minh (1890?-1969), North Vietnamese leader

Hard to know what to make of Sen. Graham. Every now and then he seems to grow a spine but it invariably whithers after a few days — probably after a heated phone call from Karl Rove:
“We’re on the verge of chaos, and the current plan is not working,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., […]

Some commentators suggest that the insurgents in Iraq will ramp up the violence in advance of the election. This is hard to parse because they are thriving under the Bush/GOP regime here in the United States, and it is unclear why they would do anything to help loosen control of the Republican Party in […]

The U.S. media is all but silent on reports that President Bush has purchased 100,000 acres of ranchland in Paraguay. Thankfully, the Brits aren’t so timid:
Last week the Paraguayan news group Neike suggested that [Jenna] Bush was in Paraguay to “visit the land acquired by her father - relatively close to the Brazilian Pantanal [wetlands] […]

Jordanians Excuse Their Torture Policy: ‘U.S. Is Doing It Too’