Flit"endearingly macho" --Mark Steyn <br><br>"wonderfully detailed analysis" --John Allemang, Globe and MailGREATEST CANADIAN SOLDIER- May 7, 2004 Against my better judgment, I've gotten sucked into this "Greatest Canadian" contest. It's certainly an eclectic list the CBC has offered up for us to choose from... any list that puts Canada's one political assassination, D'Arcy McGee, and Sarah McLachlan...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_06.html#004388 ON THE MACEDONIAN ATROCITY- May 6, 2004 In my limited circle, Muslims are just as angry about this little atrocity as they are about Abu Ghraib. More, even. An unlucky Indian was in all probability among the seven illegal immigrants from South Asia who were shot dead...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_06.html#004381 BERNARD CORNWELL ON CAMPUS- May 5, 2004 Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe novels, is at U of T today, at Innis Town Hall at 7:30. I may drop in for a spell; I've liked the novels rather less as the years go on (and the TV...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_05.html#004379 THE APACHE VIDEO, BACK AGAIN- May 5, 2004 Europeans are angry today apparently about the Iraq "helicopter video." I had thought everyone had seen this by now... I think I first saw it back in January. It's already aired on ABC, for that matter: just typical gun camera...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_05.html#004378 BRITISH SOLDIER ABUSE UPDATE- May 5, 2004 Wilbur's blog has more info on the British abuse photos, with a good link to photos and analysis. Still not seeing the slamdunk in either direction on this one... the photo "errors" are all individually explainable, although it is certainly...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_05.html#004376 THOUGHTS ON THE AIRBORNE THING- May 5, 2004 Well, Tacitus has joined the large and growing number of bloggers who don't like me contaminating their fan-club comment threads, so you get to hear my thoughts on his Canadian Airborne Regiment analogy here. The argument is that disbanding the...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_05.html#004373 INTERESTING AMBIGUITY- May 5, 2004 Foreign jihadists and terrorists may still lurk, but local populations are more likely to turn them INTO a security force whose presence they consider legitimate. --Fred Kaplan, today. I know what he means, that they'd "turn them in TO a...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_04.html#004372 TAGUBA REPORT- May 5, 2004 I strongly suggest all readers take time to go through this. Even if you accept that civilians or military intelligence played a larger role than has yet been acknowledged in Abu Ghraib, the story within of a Military Police organization...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_04.html#004370 SALVADORAN GRENADE STORY PROBABLY FALSE- May 4, 2004 Apparently a rather sensationalist story of the Sadrist uprising was not quite accurate: At one point, a vehicle carrying four Salvadoran soldiers was caught outside the gate. Demonstrators overwhelmed its terrified occupants, seizing and killing one prisoner on the spot...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_04.html#004369 ADMIT IT PHIL, THEY'LL NEVER SEE THE INSIDE OF A COURTROOM- May 4, 2004 Phil Carter, May 1: The military should immediately apprehend these individuals private military contractors at Abu Ghraib and render them to Justice Department prosecution before a U.S. District Court in the United States. Nothing less -- not termination, not administrative...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_04.html#004368 |