Iraqi army and police units are deserting their posts after the recent escalation in insurgent attacks, according to reports from around the country yesterday....

On average 20 Iraqis and two coalition soldiers have died every day this month...

The failure of the victors of January's election to form a government has resulted in the defence and interior ministries being placed in limbo, and security experts cite this as partly responsible for the subsequent fall in army and police morale.

While many sites have been boasting that we are winning (I really hope so. The sooner the Iraqi's can police themselves, the quicker our troops can leave), these latest attacks are having a chilling effect on Iraq.

Obviously the White House was worried about Haig.

King: Secretary Haig, I want to begin with this question. As we were preparing for the show, we had a phone call from the State Department. They were looking for you. Did they make an attempt to, shall we say, influence your testimony?

Haig: No, not at all. That wasn't the issue that was discussed. It was: Did I have enough information, and that's all they offered? And that's fine. And it was John Bolton himself who offered that.

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Mr Haig, do you mean that they gave you the "right kind of information?"

I wonder if they slipped a little envelope in his jacket?

Our troops still don't have armor.

NY Times:

Marines From Iraq Sound Off About Want of Armor and Men

Juan Cole has the updates

Monday: 4 Carbombings Kill 23, Wound at Least 80 2 US Troops Killed

Sunday: Guerrillas Kill 16 in Iraq

Saturday: 11 Killed, 26 Wounded in Bombing of Shiite Mosque

While the Iraqi try again to form a new government:

Iraqi politicians tried again Monday to end a nearly three-month deadlock over forming a new transitional government, and the death toll from well-coordinated car bombings targeting police and civilians in Saddam Hussein's hometown and Baghdad rose to 29.

via Digby:

James Dobson is quoting Thomas Jefferson right now, a man who would never stop PUKING if he knew what these religions extremists were trying to do.

The delusion is so extreme that he just said that the ultra conservative Rehnquist Court is out of control --- because they aren't conservative enough.

And the Supreme Court caused the civil war...read on

via The Carpetbagger Report:

Over the weekend, Dobson’s supporters decided to respond to Salazar’s criticisms — by going after his wife’s Dairy Queen.

In Westminster Sunday, about two dozen conservative Christians gathered Sunday in front of the Dairy Queen owned and operated by the Salazar family. […] The protesters’ signs bore messages such as “Salazar is anti-Christian” or “Salazar mocks God.”

Minister Bob Enyart said he stands against “the things Salazar advocates,” adding that the senator “openly supports immorality.”

Can’t you just feel the Christian love?

Not surprisingly, the senator was not amused, telling reporters, “It’s outrageous to target my wife’s Dairy Queen. They can protest me wherever they want. These tactics are outrageous and un-American and simply won’t work.”

The left and right may not agree on much, but can’t we leave ice cream out of this? What’s next, picketing Ben & Jerry’s because Ben and Jerry are politically-active liberals? On second thought, I shouldn’t give the right any ideas….

-# 18

Roxanne

asks the question.

Why did they do it?

...and Elian has the answer for Peggy: Elian Gonzales, Now 11, is Thankful to be Back in Cuba

Of course he attacks the court system.

Dobson: The values that we care about are threatened by the court system.

Does Frist think the same way?

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On the Supreme Court

Dobson: They are un-elected and unaccountable, and arrogant, and imperious, and determined to re-design the culture...according to their own biases and values and they're out of control.

I'm trying to figure out how these people are persecuted.

Does Frist feel the same way? Of course he does, or he would not take part in this event. As AmericaBlog asked. Will he be held to the same standard Kerry faced?

(Hat tip Mike Doughney. You can get the videos at his diary also.)

Let the Wingnuttery begin!

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Let's see if this is what the MSM will attach to Bill Frist. I doubt it. Will they even notice his attack on Harry Reid?
(special thanks to Mike Doughney for the video)