Friday, August 31, 2007

Headlines below the fold

Iraqi WMD finally found...at the UN..
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Philippine communist party head
to be indicted at the Hague on multiple murder charges.
It's outside of Philippine jurisdiction, so Gloria can claim it's not her fault when she pressures the NPA to talk peace. Article has a good review of who what when and why....Hmmm...wonder who they'll arrest someday for all those "extrajudicial killings" and "disappeared"?
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Iraq as VietNam, or Iraq as Luzon?

It required two major changes to the post-war status quo for the Philippine government to defeat the Huks.

First, the United States had to recognize the severity of the insurgency and provide appropriate amounts of advice and military and economic assistance to help counter it. ...

Second; a government victory required an administration in Manila that was more concerned with improving the quality of life for its citizens than with self-enrichment.

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NYTimes notices that charges against Marines of Haditha are "withering"...but firebrand Michelle Malkin has real details
Summary: in police work, you hesitate then shoot the bad guy and try to miss his human shields. In war, when a professional is shooting at you, you shoot first and let God sort them out...
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But the irony is that in the long term, it doesn't work because you make people mad...you need the trust of the good people... Michael Yon's report on the Marines changing tactics to win over the Anbar tribes (in contrast to Alqaeda's bullying tactics) show how complicated the war in Iraq is...
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Refusing to invest in terror states LINK. At the head of the line: Gov Blanco...well, It worked in South Africa...
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Chavez, who allows FARC to hide in Venezuela, is now trying to negotiate to get FARC's hostages free..

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