“There are times when revelling in historical irony and glorying in a cold dish of revenge can’t be helped. The nature of the 1979 humiliation perpetrated by the Iranians was so profoundly disturbing to those of us who lived through it that this clearly illegal violation of the “sacred soil” of Iran just doesn’t matter very much – even in an intellectual context. We know it is wrong and yet the satisfaction is so complete that world opinion, international law, even the consequences of the raid to our diplomats just don’t balance the ledger against it.”

Are perfect. Oh the irony. If Iran wants to whine about this, too bad. Remember 1979? Now it’s their turn.

Morning, y'all. I really have no comments on Bush's plan, haven't had a chance to read up on it yet, and was watching my Devils lose to the Blues during the speech, except to repost this from the Democrats Intelligence Bill, HR 1,…

Report: U.S. Troops Raid Iranian Consulate in Iraq U.S. troops raided an Iranian consulate in northern Iraq late Wednesday night and detained several people, Iran’s main news agency reported today, prompting protests from Tehran just hours after Presi…

Yes, mistakes have been made and as commander in chief he is accepting full responsibility for them. He has also addressed what those mistakes were and how this new way forward will be different, what changes to the strategy would be and how they wil…

I’m probably the last kid to write something on the president’s speech last night – had other stuff going on – so I’m going to assume you guys have seen most of the “big fish” reactions.

I firmly believe that victory in Iraq is obtainable and something that we must have, I also believe that this President is just about doing all he can to fight this war and at the same time have to fight one against the Democrats.

According to this WaPo article:
U.S. officials have not confirmed the raid but did say in a press release that they had taken six people into custody in Irbil during the course of “routine security operations.” The release said the individu…