Sarkozy certainly isn't perfect (but what politician is?) but this is what a leader does. Regardless of public opinion polls, or of what would help him win the next election, a leader supports his nation's troops that are in harm's way, when they are hurt of killed, he doesn't talk about withdrawing, he goes the very next day to the battleground to prohibit morale from dropping, to rally those who remain. It's been a long long while since I've admired anything French, but I'll make an exception for Monsieur Sarkozy. He's a cool dude.
Showing posts with label War on Terror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War on Terror. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Vive La France!
Not Your Typical Surrender Monkey-- Sarkozy Travels to Afghanistan To Support His French Troops After Attack from Gateway Pundit
Sarkozy certainly isn't perfect (but what politician is?) but this is what a leader does. Regardless of public opinion polls, or of what would help him win the next election, a leader supports his nation's troops that are in harm's way, when they are hurt of killed, he doesn't talk about withdrawing, he goes the very next day to the battleground to prohibit morale from dropping, to rally those who remain. It's been a long long while since I've admired anything French, but I'll make an exception for Monsieur Sarkozy. He's a cool dude.
Sarkozy certainly isn't perfect (but what politician is?) but this is what a leader does. Regardless of public opinion polls, or of what would help him win the next election, a leader supports his nation's troops that are in harm's way, when they are hurt of killed, he doesn't talk about withdrawing, he goes the very next day to the battleground to prohibit morale from dropping, to rally those who remain. It's been a long long while since I've admired anything French, but I'll make an exception for Monsieur Sarkozy. He's a cool dude.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Defining "Torture" Down
Suspected Terrorist Tortured?
Slightly strange goings-on in this morning's AMNY.
An article by Anthony DeStefano appeared in the print version with the above headline, referring to Pakistani "scientist" Aafia Siddiqui, arrested for shooting at American soldiers while being held in an Afghan police facility. The version of the article on newstands is shorter than that featured on the website, and linked to above. However, the print version, oddly enough, despite its truncated length, features a rather significant paragraph that appears nowhere in the online article.
The missing paragraph reads, in whole:
Siddiqui has undergone strip searches while in U.S. custody, something Fink believed was "torture" for a Muslim woman.
Not only is this particular sentence absent from the online article, but the rather vital information contained therein is completely missing from the version linked to above. The online version contains absolutely nothing related to the alleged torture, beyond Siddiqui's attorney's (Fink) unsubstantiated claims.
I would think it would be quite relavant to know that the entire basis of the "torture" claim is the terrorist's attorney's belief that a strip search constitutes torture. And why on earth does AMNY and Mr. DeStefano feel that it's worth blaring a headline alleging torture, when
A) said torture constituted nothing beyond a standard security procedure performed at airports everyday on completely innocent passengers, not to mention on pretty much every single person arrested and suspected to be dangerous?
and
B) the actual story here, that the woman apparently had in her possession of list of NYC landmarks, charecterized by reports as "targets," is a hell of a lot more interesting, particularly to New Yorkers, than any notion of some made up torture.
Slightly strange goings-on in this morning's AMNY.
An article by Anthony DeStefano appeared in the print version with the above headline, referring to Pakistani "scientist" Aafia Siddiqui, arrested for shooting at American soldiers while being held in an Afghan police facility. The version of the article on newstands is shorter than that featured on the website, and linked to above. However, the print version, oddly enough, despite its truncated length, features a rather significant paragraph that appears nowhere in the online article.
The missing paragraph reads, in whole:
Siddiqui has undergone strip searches while in U.S. custody, something Fink believed was "torture" for a Muslim woman.
Not only is this particular sentence absent from the online article, but the rather vital information contained therein is completely missing from the version linked to above. The online version contains absolutely nothing related to the alleged torture, beyond Siddiqui's attorney's (Fink) unsubstantiated claims.
I would think it would be quite relavant to know that the entire basis of the "torture" claim is the terrorist's attorney's belief that a strip search constitutes torture. And why on earth does AMNY and Mr. DeStefano feel that it's worth blaring a headline alleging torture, when
A) said torture constituted nothing beyond a standard security procedure performed at airports everyday on completely innocent passengers, not to mention on pretty much every single person arrested and suspected to be dangerous?
and
B) the actual story here, that the woman apparently had in her possession of list of NYC landmarks, charecterized by reports as "targets," is a hell of a lot more interesting, particularly to New Yorkers, than any notion of some made up torture.
Also quite interesting is AMNY's decision to go with this picture to accompany this fabricated "torture" story:
I'm not really sure whose behavior disgusts me more in this case: the terrorist Siddiqui, AMNY and Anthony DeStefano, or the lawyer, Elizabeth Fink.
Eh, I'm just gonna go with D) all of the above
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Cry Me a River
US orders medical care for jailed Pakistani scientist from Yahoo!
First off - "Scientist"? Even if I don't support it, I can understand the use of a term other than terrorist to describe our enemies, such as insurgent, but to identify this woman as a scientist is a little ridiculous. The day she picked up a weapon and attacked American soldiers, she gave up the right to be referred to as a scientist, particularly when the headline refers to her being jailed, as if the reason for her arrest was her work in science.
Secondly, and more bothersome, is the idea that now the American taxpayer will now apparently be billed for the probably hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care that this terrorist will now receive. As nice as it is to have someone like this in custody, at this point, take her back to Pakistan and let her fend for herself.
First off - "Scientist"? Even if I don't support it, I can understand the use of a term other than terrorist to describe our enemies, such as insurgent, but to identify this woman as a scientist is a little ridiculous. The day she picked up a weapon and attacked American soldiers, she gave up the right to be referred to as a scientist, particularly when the headline refers to her being jailed, as if the reason for her arrest was her work in science.
Secondly, and more bothersome, is the idea that now the American taxpayer will now apparently be billed for the probably hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care that this terrorist will now receive. As nice as it is to have someone like this in custody, at this point, take her back to Pakistan and let her fend for herself.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Got Another One
Pakistani Woman Extradited to New York for Alleged Attack on U.S. Soldiers via Fox News by way of Michelle Malkin
Excellent news - she's looking a bit worse for wear though, no? I suppose murder and being a fugitive takes its toll. Let that be a lesson to all the aspiring terrorists out there.
Terrorism = not hot.
Girl looks like she got hit with a shovel. Some kind of magical shovel that makes you look old and ugly. She looks like those really creepy pictures of the Hussein boys, Uday and Qusay, after the house they were in got blown to pieces on top of them. Except she's apparently still alive and kicking. Ouch.
Excellent news - she's looking a bit worse for wear though, no? I suppose murder and being a fugitive takes its toll. Let that be a lesson to all the aspiring terrorists out there.
Terrorism = not hot.
Girl looks like she got hit with a shovel. Some kind of magical shovel that makes you look old and ugly. She looks like those really creepy pictures of the Hussein boys, Uday and Qusay, after the house they were in got blown to pieces on top of them. Except she's apparently still alive and kicking. Ouch.
Monday, August 4, 2008
NY Times Front Page - Monday, August 4th, 2008
Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults
Apparently, the hip trend of not paying your mortgage is spreading from the lower rung of borrowers (and the occasional Congresswoman) to a higher class of home "owner." I wonder if this has any correlation to the newly discovered idea that you no longer have to really "pay" your mortgage, merely hang around long enough until the government forces everyone else to pay your mortgage for you. Thanks, Government!
Ragtag Taliban Show Tenacity in Afghanistan
Oh, those international terrorists, they're just so darned scrappy! If there was a Sixth Man of the Year Award for murderers, I'd give it to the Taliban in Afghanistan. They're doing a helluva job coming off the bench this year, after everyone counted them out, so much attention was focused on those big name guys in Iraq, so much hype, but these guys in Afghanistan just won't give up! They're doing all the little things, selling opium, blowing up wedding parties, grabbing offensive rebounds, beheading children, all those things that those high-paid boys up in Iraq just won't do anymore! Gotta love the hustle!
Apparently, the hip trend of not paying your mortgage is spreading from the lower rung of borrowers (and the occasional Congresswoman) to a higher class of home "owner." I wonder if this has any correlation to the newly discovered idea that you no longer have to really "pay" your mortgage, merely hang around long enough until the government forces everyone else to pay your mortgage for you. Thanks, Government!
Ragtag Taliban Show Tenacity in Afghanistan
Oh, those international terrorists, they're just so darned scrappy! If there was a Sixth Man of the Year Award for murderers, I'd give it to the Taliban in Afghanistan. They're doing a helluva job coming off the bench this year, after everyone counted them out, so much attention was focused on those big name guys in Iraq, so much hype, but these guys in Afghanistan just won't give up! They're doing all the little things, selling opium, blowing up wedding parties, grabbing offensive rebounds, beheading children, all those things that those high-paid boys up in Iraq just won't do anymore! Gotta love the hustle!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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