Chutzpah Squared

John Moore | April 13, 2004

From israelinsider:
Scores of Palestinians demonstrated yesterday in Gaza and the West Bank against what they called American “war crimes” in Iraq, media sources reported. The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror organizations, which are reportedly considering joining the Fatah in a power-sharing arrangement in Gaza, hailed the “new Intifada” against the U.S.-led “occupation” in Iraq.
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Biological Terror Attack Thwarted

John Moore | April 13, 2004

From Arutz Sheva:
A biological bomb that was to include AIDS infected blood was to be detonated in a Tel Aviv on the eve of the holiday. The Kalkilye Fatah cell planning the attack was apprehended before they could construct the potentially catastrophic bomb.
The Palestinians have long used rat poison (warfarin) in their bombs. Warfarin blocks [...]

Blogosphere Orange Alert

John Moore | April 12, 2004

While the hyenas that make up our press are trying to find red meat in the Bush Administration, and the jackals in the Democrat party are trying every dishonest trick in the book to grab the power of the presidency, there is a big ugly elephant in the room that everyone is ignoring.
IRAN
Iran [...]

Newsday, Lying Bastards

John Moore | April 11, 2004

Newsday, having finally read the uninformative but much hyped Presidential Daily Briefing, in their headline:
U.S. was warned.
The subhead proclaimed:
A declassified document written five weeks before 9/11 says al-Qaida members were planning major attacks, including hijackings
The story starts out:
WASHINGTON – Just five weeks before the 9/11 terror attacks, the CIA told President [...]

Letter to Ted

John Moore | April 9, 2004

Democrats Have No Endurance

John Moore | April 9, 2004

Democrats always mouth the platitude that they “support our troops” even if they “oppose the war.” Of course, the troops never feel the support, but they do feel the opposition. What is really happening is the Tet Syndrome (also see here).
Now that multiple enemies are attacking in Iraq, as the Administration predicted, the plurality of [...]

Condi’s Inquisitors

John Moore | April 8, 2004

Condi Conquers Kerrey

John Moore | April 8, 2004

Under hostile questioning by comissioner Bob Kerrey about why the administration didn’t respond to the attack on the USS Cole (which took place during the Clinton administration), Condi took Bob Kerrey to the cleaners:

KERREY:

So I just _ why didn’t we respond to the Cole?
RICE: Well, we…
KERREY: Why didn’t we swat that fly?
RICE: I believe [...]

Arnaud de Borchgrave about Tet ‘68

John Moore | April 8, 2004

Arnaud de Borchgrave at UPI has written a good historical account of how the poor news reporting starting at Tet 68 led to the loss of the Vietnam War (the Tet Syndrome).
Much of the article is quoted here, but you may want to read the whole thing. Emphasis has been added.
Iraq will only be another [...]

Protest Speech

John Moore | April 7, 2004