Daily Roundup
Exit Strategies posits that a rapid withdrawal from Iraq would not be catastrophic but would be very ugly and then end with a three state solution. I don't share that assessment as I think Iran would send agents over the border very quickly to tilt the balance in their favor. Worth a read and worth considering after Monday's article about Iraqi taking care of their own security. Let's put it to a vote. Let the Democrats stand and be counted for or against withdrawal. Likewise, if Iraq is so confident they can handle things, pass a motion telling us to leave.
"If the European Union were a state in the USA it would belong to the poorest group of states. France, Italy, Great Britain and Germany have lower GDP per capita than all but four of the states in the United States. In fact, GDP per capita is lower in the vast majority of the EU-countries (EU 15) than in most of the individual American states. This puts Europeans at a level of prosperity on par with states such as Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia."
Leftist and socialists (but I repeat myself) will tell you the data is skewed because it doesn't include state spending per capita on healthcare and such. Sorry, I ain't buying it. Combine that with depleted purchasing power parity due to VAT and a strong Euro and the picture is even bleaker.
Michael Yon continues to show why he's the best reporter in Iraq and one of the best anywhere. Read this account of encountering an IED.
Some of you may remember George Galloway's posturing before Norm Coleman when he testified before the Senate. I took note then that he kept insisting that "he personally" never benefitted from Oil For Food and so on. Now it turns out that his charity, Miriam Appeal, did. For his Clintonian weaseling he's been suspended for 18 days. Despite the evidence to the contrary, he maintains his innocence. Whatever. He's guilty and he got caught. Now he can go on to shill for Kim Jong-Il, Castro, Chavez or whatever tin pot dictator he'll whore himself out to next.
It's official! Global warming the world's most boring topic. For once, I agree. Let's put a 2 year moratorium on any further conversations about it.
"If the European Union were a state in the USA it would belong to the poorest group of states. France, Italy, Great Britain and Germany have lower GDP per capita than all but four of the states in the United States. In fact, GDP per capita is lower in the vast majority of the EU-countries (EU 15) than in most of the individual American states. This puts Europeans at a level of prosperity on par with states such as Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia."
Leftist and socialists (but I repeat myself) will tell you the data is skewed because it doesn't include state spending per capita on healthcare and such. Sorry, I ain't buying it. Combine that with depleted purchasing power parity due to VAT and a strong Euro and the picture is even bleaker.
Michael Yon continues to show why he's the best reporter in Iraq and one of the best anywhere. Read this account of encountering an IED.
Some of you may remember George Galloway's posturing before Norm Coleman when he testified before the Senate. I took note then that he kept insisting that "he personally" never benefitted from Oil For Food and so on. Now it turns out that his charity, Miriam Appeal, did. For his Clintonian weaseling he's been suspended for 18 days. Despite the evidence to the contrary, he maintains his innocence. Whatever. He's guilty and he got caught. Now he can go on to shill for Kim Jong-Il, Castro, Chavez or whatever tin pot dictator he'll whore himself out to next.
It's official! Global warming the world's most boring topic. For once, I agree. Let's put a 2 year moratorium on any further conversations about it.
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