Democrats to vote on Iraq withdrawal billby Mark Tran
Congressional Democrats will today mount their most forceful challenge to George Bush on the Iraq war, with the House of Representatives voting on a bill setting a deadline for a withdrawal of combat troops...
Il Romanaccio at 6:11 PM
Islam and EuropeBy Bernard Lewis
The Muslim attack on Christendom . . . has gone through three phases. The first is from the very beginning of Islam, when the new faith spilled out of the Arabian Peninsula, where it was born, into the Middle East and beyond. It was then that the Muslims conquered Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and North Africa--all at that time part of the Christian world--and went beyond into Europe, conquering a sizable part of southwestern Europe and occupying for a while parts of France...
Il Romanaccio at 6:06 PM
Can a Conventional Army Vanquish a Terrorist Insurgency? Major-General (res.) Yaakov Amidror
The backdrop of Israel's 2006 war with Hizballah, and the U.S.-led campaign against the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, has led many analysts to conclude that conventional military forces cannot vanquish terrorist groups waging an insurgency campaign. This approach has encouraged a large degree of defeatism in many Western countries that have preferred to withdraw from such confrontations instead of standing their ground...
Il Romanaccio at 6:02 PM
President Bush and the Quods force Controversy: Lesson Learned By Dan Diker
President Bush, Defense Secretary Gates, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Pace have not been willing to say that the U.S. has specific intelligence indicating that Qods Force operations in Iraq have been approved by the Iranian leadership...JCPA
Il Romanaccio at 3:30 PM