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The Observer Journal - Observation Leading to Insight: Monthly Archives for July 2007

Coalition forces have uncovered more insurgent weapons caches in the first six months of 2007 than in all of 2006 or 2005 or 2004.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:02 AM | Add Comment

NYT: “A war we just might win!” As of 7.30.07, a seismic shift at the New York Times? “Here is the most important thing Americans need to understand: We are finally getting somewhere in Iraq.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, July 30, 2007 1:00 AM | Add Comment

A border-line idiotic level of understanding - "The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Ginsburg replaced by another Alito.” - Sen. Schumer

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, July 28, 2007 1:31 AM | Add Comment

"Who You Gonna Believe, Petraeus or Your Own Eyes?" - Arianna Huffington. The left's worldview of national security distilled down to - "General, if it's not on a CNN broadcast, it's untrue."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, July 27, 2007 2:52 AM | Add Comment

September 2006 - Keane bluntly tells Rumsfeld the Iraq war is lost unless Rumsfeld immediately changes tactics - USA at the 11th hour and 59th minute or game over.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:53 AM | Add Comment

Haditha Marine trial moves forward. Not looking good for Congressman Murtha?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, July 23, 2007 1:15 AM | Add Comment

What would the effect be of all this televised carnage and chaos on the United States? Antiwar critics will turn on a dime — disclaiming their prior assertions! The American left will offer a damning indictment of our military incompetence.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Saturday, July 21, 2007 2:12 AM | Add Comment

"Beyond that, though, I will note that... was not the case at the outset, or even perhaps a year or two into this endeavor." In war, six months is an eternity. Two years! Could this possibly be true?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, July 20, 2007 1:45 AM | Add Comment

General Tommy Franks 100% at fault - per The President of the United States of America - July 12, 2007 - 10:30 am EST - FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW - "I relied upon our military commander (Gen. Franks) to make the proper decision about troop strength."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:26 AM | Add Comment

LIBERALISM = "Consider that in 1960, only 5.3 percent of all children in America were born out of wedlock; by 2004, that figure had rocketed up to 35.7 percent."

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, July 16, 2007 10:52 AM | Add Comment

Observer Insight - Strategic Shift? - Sunni Arabs view Iran as a bigger threat than the USA. As of July 16, 2007, Sunni Arabs and Kurds in Iraq side with the Americans?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, July 16, 2007 1:39 AM | Add Comment

BBC caught red-handed lying. More rank left-wing propaganda from the BBC.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:31 AM | Add Comment

Successful program raises "privacy concerns" at the Pentagon? In counter-poise, the Observer raises "dead concerns" and "mass-slaughter concerns" and "how did the 'the cool kid' who is raising the privacy concerns get a job at DOD?"

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Friday, July 13, 2007 1:14 AM | Add Comment

"The blood of the people..." In the first 10 days of the Iraq war, US Commanders were inside the Iraqi decision cycle. Ever since, have the Iraqis been inside ours? Poor strategy?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:39 AM | Add Comment

Female genital mutilation - tribalism returns to Great Britain - 1,000 years of progress? Another great victory for multiculturalism!

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:30 AM | Add Comment

Wake up US General - NATO (US power) backing an "EMPIRE." Not a wise long-term strategy for the USA. "Now what we have is the first non-Imperial empire." - said EU President

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:32 AM | Add Comment

Observer on-going series - Who invited the "cool kid" Paul Wolfowitz and his best buddy Dum Rumsfield?

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:16 AM | Add Comment

Observer on-going series – “A border-line idiotic level of understanding.” – Journalist #14 – Alan Hart, “a young 65” – ITN - “…the party with most to gain from Alan Johnston's permanent disappearance was Israel.”

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, July 09, 2007 3:17 AM | Add Comment

"A basic understanding of what’s happening, right now, in Iraq." - MUST READING - main post over the 4th July holiday

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, July 02, 2007 9:41 AM | Add Comment

Liberals intend to talk their way out of confrontation with Hezbollah. This train wreck is going to make deadly television.

Posted by Merl Oberon Publisher at Monday, July 02, 2007 8:51 AM | Add Comment
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