Ace reaches the same conclusion I did - NYT Buries Story About Enhanced Interrogations' Effectiveness -
Betsy - Obama rediscovers the value of free trade - "However, there are indications that the Colombian Free Trade Agreement that Obama opposed as a Senator and a candidate now has his support to be moved forward. And this will help Colombia as the WSJ explained a year ago when the Democrats were killing the free trade deal."
Doubleplusundead - This cannot be good - "The Taliban have seized a key area just miles from Pakistan's capital." I'm no geopolitical expert but I'm pretty sure that before we forced Musharrif out of power we didn't have this problem. The Taliban was active in the tribal areas but the Pakistani army was willing to fight them. Now not so much
Instapundit - How Rome Fell and a Lesson for the USA
D=S Looks at the Manchester Bomb Plot
The Other McCain - Video: John Galt's Speech - I am not a big fan of Atlas Shrugged, as I have made clear elsewhere, but a lot of people are so here's the link.
The Sniper - Canadian Press Does Heavy Lifting for the U.S. - "From the National Post--
Can someone please tell us how U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano got her job? She appears to be about as knowledgeable about border issues as a late-night radio call-in yahoo."
Other Stuff -
Politico - Obama muddles torture message - "President Barack Obama’s attempt to project legal and moral clarity on coercive CIA interrogation methods has instead done the opposite — creating confusion and political vulnerability over an issue that has inflamed both the left and right."
BBC - Pakistan bid to stop Taleban push - "The BBC's Mark Dummett in Islamabad says if the government is trying to reassert control over the region, its efforts appear to be too little, too late.
The Taleban are reported to have moved several hundred men into Buner from the Swat Valley.
The government sent six platoons - up to 300 men - to deal with the insurgents."
Pakistan has a larger army than the United States and it can only spare 300 men? WTF? They need to stop worrying about India and Kashmir for a little while and start worrying about taking care of business internally or there isn't going to be a Pakistan as we know it soon.
Billings Gazette - Hardin jail tries for detainees from Gitmo - Because everyone knows the worlds toughest prison is the Hardin, MT jail.
CNN- Homeland Security chief seeks to repeal Real ID Act - "Napolitano, former governor of Arizona, said she has met with governors of both parties recently "to look at a way to repeal Real ID." She said she wants to substitute the federal law with "something else that pivots off of the driver's license but accomplishes some of the same goals. And we hope to be able to announce something on that fairly soon." - Pivot off the drivers license? What does that mean? What a frickin' goof.
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