On vacation.

Posted on July 27, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion | You Tell Me (Comment)

There’ll be no new posts until Tuesday, August 7. Time to kick back in Old Cape Cod.

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Winning in Iraq, losing in Washington.

Posted on July 26, 2007 - Filed Under Mainstream Media, Politics, The Iraq War | You Tell Me (Comment)

War is serious business. Losing a war has serious consequences. The president doesn’t want to lose and he replaced the team that was heading in that direction with a team that is getting the job done.
You’d think everyone would be happy.
Think again. First, the media reports progress in Iraq only cursorily and only grudgingly. Second, […]

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The Surge is working. But don’t look for the story in the mainstream media.

Posted on July 25, 2007 - Filed Under The Iraq War | You Tell Me (Comment)

In 1968, the Viet Cong threw everything they had at the U.S. in what came to be called the Tet Offensive. The U.S. routed them. The Viet Cong lost over 60,000 men and never recovered militarily. Yet the media portrayed the Tet Offensive as an irrecoverable setback for the U.S. military and domestic support for […]

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