Sorry this went on hiatus yesterday, but the issue was worth it. Be sure to check Trent Telenko's update re: Teachers harassing the children of soldiers serving in the Gulf. Help us spread the word! This. Must. Stop.
In an effort to bring y'all some of the more interesting pieces out there without drowning out the rest of our posts, We've started putting each day's interesting links in one post of short listings. If you think your blog has a worthy post in this area, feel free to let us know and we'll come take a look.
Mommabear has a bunch of good stuff these days. We'll start with details of how a Belgian had his opinion on Iraq changed through discussion. Note how this was done; not the usual blogosphere style, but it works.
Here's the UN resolution on Iraq that was tabled yesterday. George Bush has flat-out stated that this is the test: future relevance, or the next failed League of Nations?
My bet's on the latter, which is why Miguel's trascript of Ethiopian King Haile Selassie's speech to the League of Nations when Mussolini's Italy invaded his country in the 1930s is so instructive. Sound familiar?
MILBlogger Lt. Smash explains why he's... well, we can't say where he is.
Meanwhile, Rantburg notes that the cloaking devices must be running full-bore in Jordan.
Jeezus! This article about Egyptian nuclear scientists, Baghdad, and the IAEA ought to keep you awake nights.
Greatest Jeneration has the goods on "Terror Prof." Sami Al-Arian, his cohorts, and his history. Solid background research, Jen.
Charles Johnson follows up with some equally sharp stuff. Like the fact that 3 of the 8 indicted terrorist co-conspirators were "Middle Eastern Studies" academics (which pretty much sums up the state of the field these days). Another was the Imam of Cleveland, who was - get this - considered to be a "moderate."
And what's all this hooey about Islam being a male dominated religion, hmm?
Credit Where It's Due I: The Feminist Majority Foundation would like to change that situation. In Afghanistan, they're actually working toward that end and advocating expansion of the ISAF force there.
Credit Where It's Due II: Churches will soon be built in Saudi-Arabian neighbour Qatar, home to a spiffy new American air base and command centre. In that part of the world, any sign of religious tolerance is a big deal.
Credit Where It's Due III: French writer Pierre-Andre Taguieff, on "The New Judeophobia." Strong and welcome words. Do not forget that there are also people like this in France. They deserve our respect, even if their government does not.
The Wild Monk has a thoughtful article along these lines, explaining what he thinks is going on in Europe based on his experiences there. I think he lays out the issues very well.
New Idiotarian Low: Australian Parliamentarian excuses Saddam gassing Kurds at Halabja - it was an act of war, and these things happen. (Hat Tip: John Jay Ray)
Are Randall "Parapundit" Parker and Trent Telenko coming to a convergence of views on North Korea? You decide. [Randall | Trent]. UPDATE: Randall has a more recent follow-up, too.
The Israeli Army is developing credit-card sized UAVs to fly in and scout ahead of its troops. We've talked about this sort of thing recently [Joe | Trent].
Scott has had it with leftie guilt trips. "Sometimes we screw it up so badly nothing can make it right, and for that I do feel guilty, and will try to do whatever I can to at least make sure it doesn't happen again. But I find it obscene that someone should suggest I must feel guilty simply because I exist." Read the whole thing. (Hat Tip: Kathy K.)
A nude male war protest. Dear Lord, please don't let them recruit those 50 year old hairy fat guys who wear Speedos on the beach. Surely there is enough suffering in the world!
Weapons inspections error message, if you haven't yet seen it. (Hat Tip: Annunciations)
Now wait a minute! I was the one that linked Scott, not MommaBear. Sniff.
That's ok. I'll credit MuslimPundit next time you post something... ;)
(Just joshing you... happens all the time to people on multi-user blogs.)
Sorry. Fixed.
Nothing stops the elite college professors in their quest to indoctrinate the children of America on anti American values in order to make the world the way they visualize it in their own self delusional minds.
Freedom of speech does not mean you can engage in child abuse in the name of your political views.
Haile Selassie believed people should fight to free themselves from subhuman bondage, but when he addressed the UN it was a call for peace. "Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can forsee what spark might ignite the fuse?...We must become bigger than we have been : more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community."