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General Petraeus is not following a cautious approach in Iraq. General suggests extra troops should stay until Feb. 2008. More on press conference. Democrats unveil plan to bring troops home in Feb. of 2008 despite, or because of, impact of new measures - insurgent attacks in Baghdad down 80%. Boortz says that even Al Jazeera is claiming Baghdad is greatly improved.

Former Polish Prime Minister denies use of Soviet Gulag for renditio

US intelligence questioning former Iranian Defense commander who basically defected. I wonder if that word is appropriate.

Inflammatory story short on facts claims sexual abuse is frequent for troop in Iraq. It presents only anecdotal evidence, so we'll likely see a rebuttal. But this is why it's insane to send women with men into a combat theater. Soldiers are under enough stress just fighting to survive.

Bush budget cuts VA system, not just slows growth, but cuts.

Pat Buchanan examines student test scores and discovers that teachers are lying about performance.

Bush heads to Latin America, which he has ignored for too long.

Israel accused of using two Palestinians as human shields. This is obviously an exception to general practice, but the world will be up in arms, though it sits quietly by when Hezbollah and Hamas use human shields as normal practice.

The Plame non-affair which has already destroyed Scooter Libby won't die - civil case pending. It's just amazing that Wilson found evidence that Saddam had sought uranium from Niger, reported that finding, then lied about it in an op-ed, and he and his wife who pulled all the strings for his trip end up playing the victims. Scooter Libby gets ruined and Cheney and Rove face a lawsuit. Cheney should be suing Wilson and Plame for defamation, and Libby should be suing for malicious prosecution. This is all bass ackwards. The effect of the Libby trial on journalists and their sources.

How the Senate fakes the Congressional record. They don't really say those things.

China passes law giving people property rights. At the same time, the US keeps limiting them as with the Ohio smoking ban.

Latino employment grows significantly on the backs of illegal immigrants.

Gas prices push $3 again. I should have filled a tanker when it was $2.

Israel unveils first terminator robot. Can Skynet be far behind?

Victor Davis Hanson points out the hypocrisy on the left that we rarely hear about. Ann Coulter exposes the double standard for criminal prosecutions of Republicans and Democrats.

Woman wakes from persistent vegetative state for 3 days, then relapses.

Man to climb Mt. Everest in shorts. Most likely a Darwin awards candidate. Evolution in action.

George Soros buys nearly 2 million shares of Halliburton while decrying Cheney's profiteering.

All Microsoft updates send data from your computer to Microsoft.

Ralph Peters thinks it's a mistake to cozy up to the Saudis... again. Discussion of Wahhabism. Saudi textbook analysis.

Democrat plan, if passed, could force pullout to begin in July! The Democrats are stupidly going to force a constitutional crisis, we're all going to lose, and our troops will bear the brunt of it. Any country would have to be completely foolish to stand by America in a war knowing that Democrats will fight to defeat America every time.