The BIG story in the news today......of course, Haggard admits to buying drugs (but he didn't use them), and admits to going to a male escort for a "massage" (not sex).
Bush asks Democrats "What's Your Plan for Iraq?" Maybe he's looking for ideas, but I think we've got to wonder what's HIS plan? http://www.cnn.com/2...
Meanwhile.....
11 US troops were killed already in November, toll rises to 2829....56 bodies found in Baghdad (BBC puts the count at 83) This story isn't even on CNN's front page anymore: http://www.cnn.com/2...
Yesterday's news about the extinction of ocean life within the next 40 years didn't even make it past yesterday. How many birds and animals depend on fish to survive? And who's next after fish, birds and other animals? Oh, yeah, and CNN calls it "seafood."
http://www.cnn.com/2...
A poll of Britons shows that they believe George W. Bush is a bigger threat to the world than Kim Jong Il. http://www.msnbc.msn...
BBC News reports on "Iraq Violence: Facts and Figures" http://news.bbc.co.u...
Here's a quote on estimations of the insurgency over the past few years:
According to figures collated by Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, from autumn 2003 US officials put the total number of insurgents at 5,000, until late 2004 when they raised their estimates to between 12,000 and 16,000.By 2006, US military estimates ranged from 8,000 to 20,000, although Iraqi intelligence officials have issued figures as high as 40,000 fighters, plus another 160,000 supporters.
Here's another BBC article saying that the Defense Department has set up a new propaganda unit to counteract false information about Iraq. It targets the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.u...
I saw a comment from someone on one of the many blogs I read frequently...it was a conservative blog..can't remember which one...I read until I can't stand it anymore and then, I can't see anything for a while. This person was saying that the outlook for Republicans must not be so bad because Bush and Rove looked so confident. I think someone is confusing confidence with delusion and arrogance....at least I hope they are.
Please, let us know what your thoughts are...what did you see that should have gotten more attention in the MSM?
"Much of our work in the three years since the fall of the previous regime was based on the assumption that the domestic situation would stabilize and hundreds of thousands of previously displaced Iraqis would be able to go home," Redmond (of the UN) said. "Now, however, we're seeing more and more displacement linked to the continuing violence."