Frederick Kagan, PNAC co-founder, believes the surge is working. That, right there, is reason to believe that the surge is NOT working.

Quoted: Debate from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: As Violence Peaks and Dips, Debate Over 'Surge' Persists: President Bush said Tuesday he believes last year's surge of 30,000 U.S. troops to Iraq -- which has been attributed with helping reduce the violence in some parts of Baghdad -- is working. Military policy experts debate the effectiveness of the surge strategy.

While the norm in Vermont is to put down the gun or fishing pole for some fried somethin'-or-other, today the state in which I was born makes me proud.

Once again, the Bush Administration is going to appoint a PNAC signatory to a high post. This time it's Zoellick as head of the World Bank, replacing Wolfowitz. I'm sickened.

Egypt and Pakistan have been two of the most active countries on this list.

Quoted: dod, security, cooperation, assistance, dsca, fms, eda, dcs, eimet, samm, diils, arms, sales, foreign military sales

Click on the full summary to learn a bit about the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and more.

Quoted: The Center for Constitutional Rights is the premiere legal institution of the progressive movement. CCR is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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I think #2 is quite striking. The idea, that the caskets of military personnel can not be displayed in the media but this one soldier is flown home on a commercial airliner with passengers looking on from their seats, makes no sense at all.

The posting by 'alterneteslie' is very similar to what franklin was saying to me the other day.

I feel ill.