Remember the fallen
(Monday Update: Michelle Malkin has a link roundup of other Memorial Day tributes around the blogosphere. Check the trackbacks here for other tributes.)
The Haditha incident
If the reports coming out of the media from anonymous sources are true, it looks like the much-discussed Haditha incident in which a small group of US Marines allegedly killed 24 Iraqi civilians is the real deal. Via the the LA Times:
Does Rep. John Murtha know something we don’t?
Rep. John Murtha, infamous for his call in the fall of 2005 for a US military immediate withdrawal from Iraq, claims to know – prior to the completion of a military investigation – that US Marines in Haditha, Iraq on Nov. 19 “killed innocent civilians in cold blood”:
Charles Krauthammer on the revolt of the generals
Everything I wanted to say, said much, much better.
What stinks about the whole “retired generals speak out” issue
I’ll probably be accused by some of the hardcore lefties who read this blog of “questioning the patriotism” of the six retired generals who’ve called for Rummy’s ouster, but before I get started let me be clear: that is not what this post is about. It’s about questioning the wisdom of the generals in question as to the timing of their criticism of Rummy. I wrote this tonight at a message board I frequent, and am resposting it here:
In defense of Rummy: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael DeLong
I first linked to DeLong’s defense of Rummy in this post, but thought it deserved it’s own post. Key portions of DeLong’s defense of Rummy (with emphasis added):