Flit"endearingly macho" --Mark Steyn <br><br>"wonderfully detailed analysis" --John Allemang, Globe and MailABU GHRAIB AND CYALUMES- May 4, 2004 One line in the Taguba report on the Abu Ghraib abuses refers to: Breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoric liquid on detainees In a CNN interview, Sy Hersh elevated this to pouring "phosphoritic acid" on Iraqis... which isn't an...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_04.html#004367 BOTP 0401: ALL THE BEST, GUYS- May 3, 2004 One of my duties the last two years has been overseeing the first part of the Toronto-area Basic Officer Training course, which takes new army reserve officers from the street and tries to get the baseline military stuff into them,...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_03.html#004358 BRITISH ABUSE ALLEGATIONS- May 3, 2004 I'm as skeptical as the next guy, but MoD denials about the Daily Mirror photos of British soldier abuse seem hard to take on their face. The argument that the photos are fakes seem to be based on four things:...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_03.html#004352 HOPELESS OPTIMISM- May 3, 2004 No, you dope. I don't consider you an ineffective source of military analysis because you're "atmospherically optimistic." I consider you ineffective because you have difficulty with reading comprehension. To wit: Quoting an Iraqi source that says: It should be noted...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_03.html#004351 COMPLETELY OUT OF TOUCH- May 3, 2004 Bush said his much-criticized speech from the deck of an aircraft carrier under a banner reading "Mission Accomplished" had properly celebrated the achievement of "an important objective," the ouster of Saddam Hussein. "And as a result, there are no longer...http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/archives/2004_05_03.html#004350 |