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Clear Skies in the Sunni Triangle The 101st Airborne got into the fight yesterday, attacking the RG (republican guard) south of Baghdad with Apache Longbow attack helicopters joined by Air Force and Navy fixed wing warplanes. US Army spokesman, Major Hugh Cate, said 30 Apaches destroyed at least 25 Iraqi tanks and other armored vehicles belonging to the Medina Division of the RG near Karbala, southwest of Baghdad. Today, warplanes pressed the attacks, aiming to attrit the RG by 50% before ground forces attack. Bounded by the cities of Baghdad, Najaf and Kut, the Sunni triangle covers 1,200 square miles...

Because Supply Problems have become such an enormous focus of the media's criticism of the US I have one thought to impart - No one has yet written about the major supply problem of this war: *****Saddam has no resupply***** Given that Saddam has to try and take advantage of this "pause" - what can he do? Now is the time that the coalition is at its weakest. We know, so Saddam knows that massive reinforcements are on the way. Saddam has to assume that US air power will succeed in decimating his Republican Guard while it sits surrounding Baghdad....

(snip)When asked today why it was so important to get to Baghdad so quickly, General Meyers (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff) said, "Because we could." The Republican Guard has been found and fixed. The advance to Karbala has probably outrun the supply line "tail." Since the 26th of March logistics issues have taken primacy. This is normal in rapid armored operations. Saddam's Stalinist tactics, described in our 24 March report, has to be addressed. The irregulars attacking the rear is more a nuisance than a threat, unless the supply lines cannot be maintained. That would threaten the forward units. Rushing...

Nathan Bedford Forrest November 19, 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania   It is Thursday afternoon on a cold and overcast day as Mr. Abraham Lincoln rises to deliver a short speech which will later be called "The Gettysburg Address".  A large crowd has gathered to witness the dedication of a cemetery in lower Pennsylvania near Gettysburg.  It is an impressive occasion with several dignitaries from Washington D.C. including the President of the United States of American (US).  The cemetery is a new one created for the soldiers of the U.S. who died in a great and momentous battle here last July. ...

http://www.houstonreview.com/articles/polichinello/P20010815.html Abratollah Harry V. Jaffa Issues Fatwa Condemning Joe Sobran The Houston Review August 15, 2001 Abratollah Harry V. Jaffa Issues Fatwa Condemning Joseph Sobran "In the Name of the Union, the Most Sovereign and the Most Central," Abratollah intones. by Derek Copold   CLAREMONT, CA— Speaking for the Claremont Institute, the newly self-proclaimed "Abratollah" Harry V. Jaffa announced that he and his colleagues have issued a "fatwa" declaring Joseph Sobran an enemy of all that is good and right. This was done, declared the Abratollah Jaffa, because Sobran slandered the holy name of Abraham Lincoln and because he cast ...

dd   Sobran, Lincoln, and Federal Inferiority by Matt Giwer As a Cincinnati homeboy who grew up in the 1950s I am surprised by this debate. In so many words suitable for our young ears we were told the Civil War was over economic issues and we were told it was also called The War between the States. Has education declined so drastically since then? There much hedging on questions even if the teachers knew some of or maybe all of the answers. The complexities of tariffs and economic systems were not for us. Neither was the slavery mantra ...

So Long, "Honest Abe"   So Long, "Honest Abe" by Christopher Manion Claremont professor Harry Jaffa’s recent attack on Joe Sobran distresses me most in its unfortunate and misguided understanding of political theory, and the shambles it makes of the relationship of power, truth, and politics. Professor Jaffa, an eminent theorist and teacher, was kind to me during my grad student days 30 years ago. He is the perfect host, friendly and hospitable. Thus my surprise that he repeatedly employs personal attacks to derail Sobran’s inquiry into Lincoln. Indeed, Jaffa attempts to sully Sobran’s argument by throwing him in ...

June 24, 2001 Are you Confederate but don't know it? Charley Reese Most of the political problems in this country won't be settled until more folks realize the South was right. I know that goes against the P.C. edicts, but the fact is that on the subject of the constitutional republic, the Confederate leaders were right and the Northern Republicans were wrong. Many people today even argue the Confederate positions without realizing it. For example, if you argue for strict construction of the Constitution,you are arguing the Confederate position; when you oppose pork-barrel spending,you are arguing the Confederate position; and ...

I'm would like to hear in instances of the 14th Amendment being us and to what end. I know it was used in the desegration cases but what other cases did it decide and to what end.

From Charles Lunsford WHY THE SOUTH SECEDED By Hon. John H. Reagan [Address of Hon. John H. Reagan, only surviving member of the Confederate States Cabinet, before the R. E. Lee Camp, at Fort Worth, Texas., April 19, 1903.] Comrades, Ladies, and Gentlemen: I answer your request for a statement of the cause of the war. It would be pleasant to speak of the heroic valor of the Confederate soldiers, of the skill and intrepidity of their officers, of the patriotism and wisdom of the members of Congress who enacted the laws for the organization and conduct of the ...

An essay for Southerners.Lest Darkness Fall By Mike Crane Walking battlefields, can be a very inspiring event. So many thoughts run through your mind. The courage of gallant men, their sacrifices and honour. The impact of the ebb and flow of combat on our current lives. This is particularly true for War of Southern Independence or War of Northern Aggression battlefields. For these battlefields were not only a mortal contest between courageous men, but an intense battle over our form of government and the very foundations of American Liberty. On a recent trip to the Petersburg battlefield, thoughts were ...

Lincoln versus Liberty: A Reply to Ken Masugi   Lincoln versus Liberty: A Reply to Ken Masugi by David Dieteman Allow me to begin by thanking Ken Masugi, Director of the Center for Local Government at the Claremont Institute, for something which is entirely too rare today: a civilized reply on a hotly contested issue. This article seeks to clarify a few points in response to criticisms made by Masugi, as well as to advance the arguments made in my earlier articles "Contra Claremont," "Three Views of the Constitution," and "Getting Lincoln Right." First, in terms of importance, I ...

To: Southerners everywhere The League of the South is considering petitioning Congress to conduct a thorough, non-partisan study examining the long neglected injustices arising from the war crimes committed across the South from 1861-1865 in violation of the U. S. Constitution, the Law of Nations, and U. S. Executive Order Number 100, whereby the private property of non-combatants was ravaged, burned, stolen, and destroyed as a deliberate policy of an unconstitutional war of invasion, conquest, and occupation. Tens of thousands of individuals in the South are now signing petitions asking The League of the South to represent them as a ...

Concerning the Gettysburg Address: Whenever a politican opens his mouth you must listen very closely. Even to Ole Abe...especially to Ole Abe. No one I know has ever critically examined what he said. It is presented as a prayer in the liturgy of American brainwashing and never looked at as less that breathtakingly freedom loving. I disagree with the naive traditional view of this speech. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation,..." WRONG!! The fathers formed a VOLUNTARY UNION..a "more perfect union". They did not form a nation! A voluntary union ...

FEDERALIST PERSPECTIVE   In the news this week, President Bush sent both his tax and education reform proposals over to Congress, where the tax measure has already found a Democrat sponsor. Based on his accomplishments this first week in office, we now suspect that Mr. Bush's dyslexia caused him to claim he was a "uniter" when he meant to say, "untier." His first official act as president was to untie many of Bill Clinton 11th-hour executive orders and other Sociocrat regulatory shenanigans. He is going to untie some of the IRS's claims on our income. He is going to untie ...

Dear Senator Kennedy, 1/18/2001 "I think this nominee owes an apology to the people of the United States for that insinuation, talking about our government now being the source of tyrannical oppression. That's what I think, senator. I don't retreat. I don't retreat on any one of those matters." Sen. Ted Kennedy 1/17/2001 Senate confirmation hearing of John Ashcroft In response I say: Those seeking tryanny never admit that a tryanny is near. The acting Tryannt will never admit that he runs a tryanny.

The principles stated in the Declaration of Independence plus the 2nd Amendment are the final defense of out republic against these leftist tryannts. AN interesting read. * Veritas Vos Liberabit * THE FEDERALISTÆ BULLETIN The Conservative e-Journal of Record Date: 08 December 2000 Federalist #00-49-1 (We apologize in advance for interrupting your weekend, but events have, once again, necessitated our breaking with normal publication protocols.) ______--------********O********--------______ FEDERALIST BULLETIN By now our readers are aware that Albert Gore's Coup d' Tort has been resuscitated once again by the Florida Supreme Court (all seven of whom, you recall, are Democrats), restoring, at ...

With only 24 hours notice max and with most participants having less than 4 hours notice about 30 people showed up at the court house to rally in support of GW Bush. Next time we will be better organized and prepared. It was encouraging to be with people of like mind that were anxious to be vocal about this attempt to destroy out constitution and republic. If there are any in the North Georgia/ Chattanooga area that would like to come along send me a private message and I'll let you know what is up. P.S. If I knew how ...

THE FEDERALIST(r) BRIEF The Conservative e-Journal of Record Date: 24 November 2000 Federalist #00-47-2 ______--------********O********--------______ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BULLETIN CONSTITUTION AND THE COURTS "You seem...to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all Constitutional questions: a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one, which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps. ...And their power (is) the more dangerous, as they are in office for life and not responsible, as the ...

HELP STOP DEMOCRAT ELECTOR TAMPERING! ****************************************************** Help the RNC fight for fair elections! Follow this link to contribute online or to print out a contribution form: https://www.econtributor.net/Contribution/Contribution.cfm?AID=PNCELAKMZHHA ************************************************************************ Al Gore is attempting to reverse the outcome of the election by any means necessary. That includes tampering with the Electoral College itself. Democrat operatives have begun clandestine background checks on Republican electors already certified from the 29 states George W. Bush won on November 7. They are looking for ways to persuade -- or intimidate -- Republican electors into changing their votes. With Florida's 25 electoral votes, George W. Bush has ...