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Wednesday Open Thread: Renditions Edition

Apparently, it took ‘enhanced interrogation’, ‘secret prisons’, Gitmo and combatants caught in Iraq to pull together information to find the trail leading to Osama bin Laden. All of these things happened under the watch of the last president. Discuss among

Lose the Argument, Win the War

President Barack Obama deserves praise for taking out Osama bin Laden. Politically, it may not have been as difficult a choice as President George W. Bush’s surge in Iraq, which he undertook in the face of congressional and even military

The Hunt for bin Laden: The Iraq Connection?

Full article at the Telegraph. This is a bit byzantine, but here’s what I’m gleaning from various articles, including this fresh one: 1. 2003: Enhanced Interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Results in the Nom De Guerre of bin Ladin’s Courier.

Despite Obama, The Military Triumphs

When President Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden to the nation Sunday night, he referenced himself more than 25 times during the speech. At the same time, he referenced the U.S. military only 3 or 4 times. It

Out: Birth Certificate. In: Birth Horoscope!

Having settled the controversy over President Obama’s birth certificate, let us now turn to an even more important issue: his birth horoscope. Knowing the exact date, time and latitude of his birth allows us to chart the positions of the

The Mad Hatter Goes to War

Required reading for Libya Hawks — Forget Sun Tzu and von Clauswitz. With tea-meister Mortenson unmasked, US military strategists are now turning to Lewis Carroll for tips on moving effortlessly from war to war, from mess to mess, from Iraq

College Course Part 5: US Flag Is Racist

Big Government: While claiming the American flag represents racism and discussing today’s Progressive Movement’s efforts to defeat America both at home and abroad, including on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to help their international “comrades,” Communist Tony Pecinovsky pulls

World View 23-Apr-11 – Explosive Protests In Syria

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Over 90 killed in massive street protests in Syria On Friday, tens of thousands of Syrians poured into the streets after midday prayers in cities across the country and chanted anti-government slogans, “Freedom, freedom,”