O'Riley Calls Peace Activist a Lunatic

OK, so this isn't exactly news. But can I just say right here, Sunsara Taylor Rocks!

Galloway to Parliament 1/24/07

This one isn't particularly fresh. But, Galloway's speech recalls the passion and oratory of Chuck Hegel during last months hearings. It also foreshadows the coming attack on Iran. His critique of the "democracies" from Iraq to Lebanon to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is clear and devastating and his ideas about non-proliferation go straight to the basic question; Doesn't non-proliferation only work when it applies to everyone? Anyway, this speech is worth watching again and again.

Cockpit Video From A-10 Attacking British Convoy

The dramatic tension in this video (as well as the tragic outcome) just blows me away. Musta really sucked for them.

Soldiers Worry About Faltering US Support For War in Iraq

There's an NBC video out (featured on liveleak.com) - in which three soldiers from Apache Company are briefly interviewed about their concerns regarding American opinion toward the war. They all express essentially the same sentiments;

What I cant stand are people who say they support the troops but not the war. If you support us, support us all the way. If you don't support the mission we are over here fighting and dying for then we have died in vain.

I have to say, I sympathize with them. It is especially gut wrenching if we attempt to define the mission for which they have been and are dying. The mission, of course, has changed rather dramatically over the course of the last four years. I would say the first thousand or so US fatalities died in a mission to rid Iraq of WMDs and to remove a key ally of Al Qaeda. Nobody supports that mission anymore. The second thousand died in a mission to bring a western style, secular, free market democracy to life in the heart of the Middle East. Not even Bush or Cheney still pretend that is a possibility. Now what is our mission: Prevent Iraq from being divided up between Iran and Syria? Wipe out Sunni insurgents in Al Anbar? Fight the Terrorists over there so we don't have to fight them here?

That's why we don't ask the military anything about their mission (except maybe whether they think their orders are legal or not). The soldiers should know that their mission is to follow the lawful orders of the civilian representatives of the citizens of the US. If their orders are to come home now, that is their mission. I would support that mission all the way. At least none of them would die in vain executing it.