This shouldn't really surprise anyone

Poll results shown over at the Strategy Page.

"American Poll Shows Troops Respected Far More Than Critics

March 20, 2006: A recent Harris Poll, asking Americans which "institution" they admired the most, the military came out on top, with 47 percent saying they had a great deal of confidence in the military (38 percent had "some," while 14 percent had "hardly any.") In second place was Small Business (a new category, introduced last year) with 45 percent, then universities (38 percent), Supreme Court (33 percent), medical community (31 percent), and so on to the bottom, where we find the media (14 percent), large companies (13 percent), organized labor (12 percent) and, in a tie at the bottom, the legal profession and Congress, each with ten percent.

The introduction of small business as a separate category resulted in predictable numbers. Small businesses are much more flexible and responsive to their customers and employees. A similar break down of media would be interesting, as small operators (especially those on the Internet) appear to have more respect than the more traditional outlets.

What the troops will find particularly gratifying is that Americans think the least about the people who criticize the military the most."

Osama dead?

From The Big Pharaoh.

Curt Weldon: Bin Laden Is Dead

Rep. Curt Weldon, who broke the Able Danger story last year revealing that military intelligence had identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta as a terrorist threat before the 9/11 attacks, now says that Osama bin Laden has died.

Weldon made the stunning claim during an interview Wednesday with the Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported: "Weldon is making explosive new allegations. He says a high-level source has told him that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has died in Iran, where he has been in hiding."

Weldon cited as his source an Iranian exile code-named Ali, telling the paper: "Ali's told me that Osama bin Laden is dead. He died in Iran."



This is interesting news and I'm a bit surprised it hasn't been repeated elsewhere. Wouldn't the MSM love to report something like this to highlight Bush's 'failure to capture' Osama?

Uh oh...

Someone wasn't very careful with their words.

Similar to the last post

is one focusing on the non or under-reported facts and happenings of Iraq. You can bet that if it's non or under-reported, it's gotta be mostly good news!

On the question of Iraqi Civil War

With busier days and less sleep lately I've been disinclined to come update this place. Especially since no one reads it. *cry*

A piece from Arab News (Saudi in origin, I'm pretty sure) on why Iraq is not in a civil war, like so many hopeful liberals have claimed.