Here is an interesting WaPo article on the types of intelligence techniques used to find Saddam. Read the whole thing, including the ‘carrot and stick’ strategy they intend to use to approach those who were on the fence prior to Saddam’s capture.
Archives for December 2003
Like I Said
In the short term, I expect an uptick in bold and poorly planned attacks on American troops withe results like this: American soldiers killed 11 attackers who ambushed their patrol using a flock of pigeons as a signal of the force’s approach, an American military statement said today, in an incident that appeared to be …
Miller Time
Via DailyPundit, this short Time.com interview with Dennis Miller: Explain how the war in Iraq makes sense to you as a response to 9/11. Like there’s no chance that the secular state of Iraq and Islamic fundamentalists cohabitate? They both think we’re Satan. How about that as a nice point of departure for them car-pooling? …
Dean’s Speech
I guess I am not the only one to realize that Dean’s speech yesterday was breathtaking in its simplicity and naivete. In short, it was like a poly-sci undergrad gathered all the anti-Bush unilateralism diatribes and co-mingled them with some of the isolationist and ‘peace at all costs’ rhetoric of the loony left, and then …
And The Spin Begins
Seems someone agrees with Kofi Annan that Saddam should be tried in an ‘International Court:’ Saddam Hussein’s family wants the former leader to be tried by an international court instead of a special tribunal set up by the U.S.-installed Iraqi Governing Council, one of his daughters said Tuesday. Raghad Saddam Hussein said her father appeared …
Should Have Seen This Coming
I guess now that Saddam is in captivity, I should have seen this coming. The NY Times gives seom front p[age web coverage to yet another pop psychology voyage in the “Bush and his daddy vs. the evil Hussein.” They have a team of monkeys working at the Times? Jeebus. Good thing Krugman is on …
Poor Underfunded Democrats
Those poor underfunded Democrats, now that they have led the charge in protecting incumbents and silencing critics with CFR, are now leading the charge in soliciting international funds to further their cause. Frustrated with the lack of domestic support, left-leaning website MoveOn.org has apparently been reaching beyond American borders to generate cash revenue over the …