Links to read

Iraq
Spiegel has an interview with a 16 year old terrorist in Iraq who got arrested. A couple of interesting things: 1 he thinks Americans are bad and “occupiers” and 2 he would move here in a minute and 3 Spiegel thinks we have puppet strings on Iraqi police and notes it’s lucky for the kid that Americans are sharing the building with the jail. (though they never come out and say why)

When the American friends make a request, it’s hard to turn them down.

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Iraq
As long as we’re on Iraq, Captain Ed notes the discovery of a torture chamber of al-Qaeda’s near Muqdadiyah.
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Al-Qaeda
Speaking of al-Qaeda, in Saudi Arabia the clergy have switched their support to the people of Iraq vs al-Qaeda of Iraq.
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Kosovo
Speaking of al-Qaeda and Iraq, do you remember the “quagmire” that this war is supposed to be? Let’s go with a new prime example of quagmire: Kosovo

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Democrats
And just for fun, with no connection to anything, watch how Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane try to “spin” a story of Democratic wins this year.

The Gender vote

I read this entire article in the Washington Post entitled “Will Enough Men Stand By This Woman?” “Hillary Clinton’s Fight for the White House Reflects the Battle of the Sexes”

Wow – says I, are men and women really so shallow as to vote or not vote for her because she’s woman?

Um – no. At least not according to this article. They don’t have one single quote from someone saying..”No way am I voting for her. She’s a girl!”. (and I actually know at least one person who feels that way)

No, instead this article interviews numerous men who won’t vote for her because they have no idea what she stands for!!
Hello!!!

That’s exactly why most people won’t vote for her.

If there is an unevenness of numbers, don’t write as if it’s just because she’s a woman. Find out how more women can trust her and yet men don’t.

My recommendation

Let’s call it “control freak murder” instead of “honor killing”.

And when it happens, let’s ask where everyone is, not just “women’s groups”.

Seriously – how is an “honor killing” any different than an abuser killing his spouse/girlfriend for coming home too late, or spending time at her mothers or whatever other bizarre thing they lose it for?
These are murders. Not “killings”.