Mostly good news coming out of Iraq lately. My numbers don't match the Fox News numbers EXACTLY, but it's pretty darn close. Note the praise for the new Iraqi Troopers. Great job by the Americans and Iraqi National Guardsmen up there...
There's an Army lawyer/milblogger with the 1st ID who calls himself Dagger JAG, and he posted something about milblogs that I thought was pretty interesting. It covers the "freedom of speech" vs. "operational security" challenge that we milbloggers face.
Our friends at littlegreenfootballs posted a picture of Senator Kerry that I'm sure some of you might want to see. This is a perfect picture for one of those "create your own caption" gags. One of the commenters at lgf had a good one- "Quick! Pull my finger!"
Big ups to Cousin Laura, Aunt Molly, and the rest of their gang for getting my Iraq footage to Eric the Filmmaker. Please continue sending him pictures as you find them, and feel free to CC me while you're at it. I'd love to see some of those old shots...
Finally, I'll caution you to not worry too much about the latest Newsweek poll that shows Kerry surging ahead. Find comfort in this excerpt from a recent Powerline.com entry:
"Reader Meg Kreikemeier points out that according to RealClearPolitics, Newsweek's most recent poll included 345 Republicans, 364 Democrats and 278 independents. This compares to Newsweek's published data for their most recent prior poll, which showed President Bush with a comfortable lead: 391 Republicans,300 Democrats and 270 independents. Yes, if you drop 46 Republicans and add 64 Democrats, you will get considerably better results for the Democratic nominee. This is a good reminder of why poll data always need to be taken with a grain of salt, especially until you see the underlying data."
Ah yes- the power of the blogosphere...
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You're on it, jd. The 1,000 insurgent estimation in Samarra looks pretty high to me, so I think they're including the ones that are scattered throughout the surrounding mud-hut villages. They're believed to be mostly destitute foot soldiers and relatively harmless without leadership to finance them. Chances are they'll be pretty quiet for a good while, but we'll see what happens. Notice we haven't heard much out of Najaf lately...
I like the Resistance post that you linked to, and the one right below it was excellent as well. I despise those Madrahsses. Those evil hellholes need to be wiped out...
To all- I'm not impressed with some of the scores I've been seeing from the Global Test. Even a moderate conservative should score below -1,000. C'mon people! My score plummetted when I decided to bribe Russia and China (I knew they could be bought) and coerce France and Spain (just wanted to slap them around a bit). The beauty of that test is that you can take it again if your score is too high...
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