So, what do you think, should we take back this great country?

Well, to me, this is "must see TV".

We need to always remember George Carlin

May he rest in peace.

And yes, you may be offended. Suck it up.

This is the Carlin I will truly miss the most, even though his politics were no where near my own. If I could pick one liberal that should have lived forever, it's probably him.

You want more? See here and here

Let's check in on Iraq

Well, let's check out Town Hall's Charlie Krauthammer and his reporting on Obama's Plan for Defeat

• WASHINGTON -- In his St. Paul victory speech, Barack Obama pledged again to pull out of Iraq. Rather than "continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians. ... It's time for Iraqis to take responsibility for their future."

  We know Obama hasn't been to Iraq in more than two years, but does he not read the papers? Does he not know anything about developments on the ground? Here is the "nothing" that Iraqis have been doing in the last few months:

And then, COB6 over at Black Five brings us a Really Big Deal that the MSM Won't Report

• The Iraqis are taking over Anbar Province within 10 days!

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military is to hand over security control of the former Sunni insurgent bastion of Anbar province to Iraqi forces in the next 10 days, a US military spokesman announced on Monday.

  "The handover of Anbar is expected to take place in the next 10 days," Lieutenant David Russell told AFP, declining to provide an exact date.

  This could be the biggest news from Iraq since the terror attack on the al-Askari Mosque but I doubt you will see it on the news tonight.

That's amazing news and he's right, you won't see it on any major news network.

Friday humor

Thaddeus McCotter and how to "Speak Democrat".

Iran supplying Mookie with "new" weapon

Bill Roggio over at The Long War Journal reports that the Mahdi Army uses “flying IEDs” in Baghdad

• The explosions in the Sha'ab neighborhood in the Baghdad district of Adhamiyah, which killed 16 civilians and wounded 29 more, have been "misreported," according to the US military. The explosions in the Mahdi Army stronghold were initially reported in the media as a car bomb attack that targeted a police commander. The attack was held up as the largest bombing in Baghdad since mid-March.

  But the US military has refuted the reports, saying the explosions were caused by the premature detonation of a Special Groups improvised rocket launching system. The system, which has been described as a flying improvised explosive device, or airborne IED, had received little attention until yesterday’s explosions in Sha’ab.

Michael Yon email update

In case you don't get them, Yon's latest email:

Greetings,

The trend lines are clear. Iraq war seems to be winding-down. At this rate it is entirely conceivable that at the end of 2008 we will be able to say, in good conscience, that the Iraq war has ended.

Of course this is speculation.

Grabbing headlines today is the news that Australia is drawing down it’s forces from Iraq . The Australian military is comprised of some of the finest soldiers in the world. Yet the Australian government’s commitment to the war in Iraq has been militarily insignificant. The loss of the Australian military contingent is strategically irrelevant.

I’m in constant communications with forces on the ground in Iraq . al-Qaeda continues to be hammered into the dirt. The Iraq Army has demonstrated great competence in Sadr City . They are at the fore front of destroying al-Qaeda in Nineveh province.

Washington Post reports growing success in Basra by the Iraq security forces. Violence in Iraq is reaching an all time low, perhaps lower than at anytime in several decades. But make no mistake Iraq and it’s people have been ravaged by decades of war. Finally they are getting their chance at freedom thanks to the sacrifice of the men and women who have set them free from tyrants. With any luck, on my next trip to Iraq I will see little to no combat.

There are several new dispatches on the website. Free copies of Moment of Truth in Iraq are available with a one year subscription to Town Hall Magazine.

V/R
Michael

I just finished Moment of Truth in Iraq tonight. I highly recommend you buy it and give it a read. Michael Yon comes at the Iraq war from a middle of the road perspective, politically, so his view of it should be read by all.