Meant to note this story from last weekend Times magazine earlier this week: It has eye-opening reporting in it about a very effective Iraqi unit fighting the insurgents. These Iraqis aren't the nicest people--which is what prompts the author, Peter Maas, to give the story a negative spin--but these are the kind of people it pays to have on your side. They are tough as hell, enjoy killing and capturing insurgents, and are good at it. I wouldn't want the U.S. military to behave the way they do (and we should continue to try to teach them Western norms of warfare), but, by Iraqi standards, they are probably pretty mild. The sooner they can relieve our guys from carrying the bulk of the fight in Iraq, the better.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)
Just as soon as we discover them. But allow me to suggest high altitude saturation bombing, war by proxy, torture (old school!), and shooting everything that moves as amongst my favorites ever.
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)
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― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)
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― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)
― dave k, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)
― a banana (alanbanana), Thursday, 5 May 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)
Palin and Privacy [Ramesh Ponnuru]
Those excerpts from Couric's interviews give me more concerns about Biden than Palin. He seems to be under the impression that there's a "liberty clause" in the Fourteenth Amendment (he has talked about it in Supreme Court confirmation hearings too). He misdescribes what Roe held. He seems to believe that Roe has been good for social peace and that this alleged fact justifies it as constitutional law.
Palin, meanwhile, is asked a somewhat oddly phrased question by Couric, and says, reasonably enough, that the Constitution protects a right to privacy. Now it is certainly and obviously true that the Constitution protects privacy: What else do the Third and Fourth Amendments protect, for example? There is nothing incompatible with either a pro-life point of view or originalism with saying that the Constitution protects privacy.
― and what, Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:37 (seventeen years ago)
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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― and what, Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17review.html?partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
― gabbneb, Monday, 17 November 2008 20:49 (seventeen years ago)
amateurist OTM upthread
― J.D., Monday, 17 November 2008 21:53 (seventeen years ago)
My new warning to anyone when slightly annoyed "a rain of ruin"
― not_goodwin, Monday, 17 November 2008 22:01 (seventeen years ago)
also good for barbeque zings.
― Jarlrmai, Monday, 17 November 2008 22:46 (seventeen years ago)