War, conversions and illegal chauffeurs

I am terribly sorry for the lack of posts as of late… and lack of informative posts. A lot has been going on in the Middle East and I really regret not having enough time to cover it all! I realize, also, that my blogroll has been sadly neglected as well, but I hope that you will check out some of the great milboggers out there when I fail to give updates on Iraq and Afghanistan…

Afghan Christian case is dropped

First of all, I have to join all these bloggers in rejoicing at the outcome of the Abdul Rahman case: apparently the charges against the Afghan muslim-turned Christian were dropped, and he is asking for asylum in another country. After having seen and heard President Karzai at UNO a year ago I was very supportive of his attempts to build up democracy and peace in Afghanistan, and I am glad to see how the Muslims have dropped charges against Mr. Rahman, and taken a step closer to freedom and democracy in their country.

Judge Scalia comments on Guantanamo detainees

I was also very interested by Judge Scalia’s words to the press while commenting on the Guantanamo Bay issues;

"War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts," Challenged by one audience member about whether the Gitmo detainees don't have protections under the Geneva or human-rights conventions, Scalia shot back: "If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son and I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it's crazy." Scalia was apparently referring to his son Matthew, who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.

That’s right: these are terrorists we’re dealing with; men (who do not deserve to be called men) who would chop off the head of a U.S. soldier without warning. These are evil, rabid people, and definitely not worth the time it takes for us to argue over whether or not they deserve a trial before they get the treatment they deserve.

Bill Clinton's chauffer is arrested

I had to laugh when mom came home to tell us about Bill Clinton’s chauffer’s embarrassing encounter with the law;

“NEWARK, N.J., March 27 -- An embarrassing hole in security surrounding former U.S. President Bill Clinton turned up when one of his chauffeurs was found to be a wanted man.”

“Shahzad Qureshi, 42, was in one of three cars awaiting Clinton at Newark Airport last week when a Port Authority policeman happened to check license plate numbers.”

“The computer came back showing the Pakistani national had skipped a residency-status hearing in 2000, and a deportation order had been issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the New York Post reported.”

“Qureshi was still in jail Monday awaiting immigration processing, the report said.”

Leave it up to Bill Clinton to entertain us!

Of course there's so much more going on that is news worthy, but for now I'll just have to say...

God bless America, and may America do it's best to support our troops!