On The Third Hand

Surely this nutjob isn’t representitive of those that spend 10’s of thousands of dollars to get an Ivy League sheepskin. I would hope!

Brown University student Liz Sperber has penned scribbled an article for the school paper, The College Hill Independent. “Put Down Your White Man’s Burden, Support Iraqi Resistance“ opens with this paragraph:

UNCONDITIONALLY-that’s the way I support the Iraqi Resistance these days. While I do not offer political support to all groups involved in the anti-imperial struggle in Iraq, I work to support its collective purpose: forcing the troops out now. Forcing because the United States won’t leave any other way.

While she adds the caveat of not supporting “all groups” in the Iraqi “resistance” by inclusion of this cartoon, to illustrate her abhorrent screed she plainly glorifies and embraces those that use beheading as a political statement.

Not one to shy away from illustration myself I think it’s important to put on display just how deluded this moonbat is. Here are two passages - and that’s all I will provide, you’ll have to don your tin-foil costume to read the rest - that demonstrate how utterly clueless her Brown “edumacation” has served her:

With its roots in the mid-1990s [a possible future draft - ed], the national crisis in military recruiting has been marked by a recent plummet undoubtedly related to the multiform horrors of the war in Iraq-not least the increasing threats to under-armed and under-manned US troops which have resulted in the increased use of carpet-bombing (and civilian-killing) which has typically led to increased resistance, continuing the vicious spiral.
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In Fallujah, for instance, where reporters were prohibited for several months beginning in November 2004, 65 percent of buildings were leveled to the ground and anywhere between 600 to 3,000 civilians were murdered, mostly by carpet-bombing, the increasingly favored technique employed in Iraq as manpower begins to dwindle. All of these conditions must be recognized when we consider our relation to the Iraqi resistance.

The one truth is the current recruiting shortfalls some services are experiencing. As a result Bushitler and his imperialistic cronies are carpet bombing Iraq to makeup for having less troops to carry out his stormtrooper agenda. If any of my readers can point to creditable sources that detail any US carpet bombing in Iraq please let me know. Until such time, I stand by my conclusion Liz Sperber is a nutzoid of the first degree and not worth any more of my time.

If you care to offer her a personel rebuttal she has kindly given her e-mail address: “LIZ SPERBER ‘06 WANTS YOU! if you want resistance. Contact her at OutNow@brown.edu”

I’m afraid I must pass her generous offer, I don’t trust myself to remain civil!

Cross posted within the Cranial Cavity

Austin Bay Blog — Iraqi National Guard Merges With Iraqi Army

Combine the above with other news inside and outside the country, and possibilities open up.

1. Reports are airing on Iraqi radio and TV connecting Syria with the terrorists.

2. Lebanon, by all reports, is rising up against Syria.

And now the report that the Iraqi army is being ‘upgraded’.

Back when we first took over word was the new Iraqi army would be a light infantry self-defense force. Now it would appear we’re working on a heavy mechanized force capable of offensive operations. An ally instead of an auxilliary.

Worst case? The Syrians crush the Lebanese uprising. The world protests, and is ignored. The American and Iraqi militaries are expanded, possibly the British, Australian, and maybe even the Polish militaries as well. The Lebanese revolt takes root in the hills, Syria becomes mired in an insurrection. The U.S. gathers evidence to support action against Syria. And popular support for a Syrian War. The Iraqi people begin to call for action as well.

Upshot? We invade Syria, depose the Syrian government, and Free Lebanon.

Iran’s reaction is the question. Do they join Syria, or stay neutral. If they join Syria what would the Iraqi’s response be? Considering all the damage Iran did to Iraq in their last war, it’s rather likely the Iraqis would call for action against Tehran in such a case.

And here’s an important matter to consider, even now the Iraqi military is of a higher quality than either the Syrian or the Iranian. The disparity can only get worse as time passes.

That’s the worse case. The best for the U.S. would be for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon. Puts Syria in a stronger position vis a vis Iraq, but it also gives the United States more time. More time to grow both the U.S. and the Iraqi militaries. More time to prepare. And the preparation will do us more could than it will Syria, because Syria doesn’t have the resources in personnel, material, and capability that we have. It also gives us more time to prepare Iraq for a war with Syria. A war the Iraqis are now getting psyched up for.

We’ve had our Guadalcanal, we’re now getting ready for the Marshall islands. After that it’s the Home Islands, Iran.

A Snarl From The Den……..

Just from Iran va Jahan, MB found the following links concerning Iran becoming very belligerent and not the least bit interested in behaving in a civil manner. The too-tightly-twisted-turban-crowd™ is now threatening preemptive strikes on Israel and the U.S. mainland, either with missiles launched from Iran or missiles launched by terrorist groups funded by them. Read here, here, here, here, and here, just for openers.

WHY are we waiting ?!

You don’t hear much about them. They don’t often make the news. But they do exist.

27 Years After Retirement, Doctor to Serve in Iraq

Some might say he’s got it all: a military retirement, a happy marriage spanning almost 50 years and a successful medical practice in Fayetteville, N.C.
But today Dr. John Ritchey will close his ophthalmology office, turn over his patient records to two other local doctors, and prepare to put on the Army uniform he last hung up 27 years ago to serve in Iraq.
Ritchey, age 68, said he has volunteered to return to active duty to serve in every major conflict since Operation Desert Storm – but with one condition. He didn’t want to serve as “backfill” for deployed troops, but rather, to deploy to the theater.
So this time, when Ritchey got a call from the Army Surgeon General’s office telling him the Army needed eye surgeons in Iraq, he accepted.
“I think of it as payback,” he said. “The Army has always been very good to me.”

On a day when I’m a bit pissed off at some thugees in our military, this is a good one to remind me that most of our soldiers are good people.

The bar at the top is for my convenience, but you are welcome to use it! Blogs of War and Command Post are both doing minute by minute war blogging. Where is Raed is in Baghdad.

In addition, under “Defenders of our freedom” in the “Specialists” blogroll, the three who have “***” next to them are over there. They aren’t in the War Watch bar because I suspect they’ll be too busy to post often.

Again, keep in mind “the fog of war", and take everything as rumor until it is confirmed!

FoxNews reports that 17 Iraqi troops surrendered on the Kuwaiti border, and that they were turned over to Kuwait. Kuwait says only 3 or 4 surrendered. [wait and see]

This is London says “The War Has Started” , and reports heavy fighting near Iraq’s main port. [Have a grain of salt with this]

The rumors that Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, had defected and/or been shot have been debunked

MSNBC reports “U.S. warplanes bomb Iraqi artillery” [very likely]