Iraqi politicians agree deal on sharing oil, says Kurd Minister

I came upon this fantastic article (if it is true) today over at Matt Drudge's site. Here is a portion:

Written by: Michael Howard in Sulaymaniya.
Thursday June 21, 2007
The Guardian.

Iraq's Kurdish leaders said last night they had struck an important deal with the central government in Baghdad over a law to divide up Iraq's oil revenues, which is seen by the Bush administration as one of the benchmarks in attempts to foster national reconciliation.

Ashti Hawrami, the minister for natural resources in the Kurdistan regional government, told the Guardian the text had been finalised late last night after 48 hours of "tough bargaining" with Baghdad. The deal represented "a genuine revenue sharing agreement" that was transparent and would benefit all the people of Iraq and help pull the country together, he said. [Continue reading.]

I have also included many of the other stories links. If you are interested in some of the articles, you may find a link to that story that is no longer on the first page. lol. Have a great day.

Maj. Bruce Crandall Receives Medal of Honor at 74

On Monday, 26 Feb. 2007, Maj. Bruce Crandall received the cherished Medal of Honor after so many years. Mr. Crandall is now 74 years old, and he was serving in the Viet Nam War when his bravery in combat duty was deemed far and above the call of duty. It's about time!

So how did the New York Times handle this great accomplishment? They put the story on page 15. If he would have been against the war...

You may read the transcript of the Honor bestowed upon Mr. Crandall at the White House here. There is also a nice commentary over at the OpinionJournal Online by Daniel Henninger. It is sad, however, that all of the good news in Iraq is being pushed to back pages of history. For shame...

I've been interviewed by the St. Pete's Times!

Last week I received a phone call from a very nice man. He is from The St. Petersburg Times in Tampa, Florida. He wanted an interview, so we talked for a while. Not a long while, but a while just the same.

Today he has written his article, and he has quoted me in it. He did quote me accurately, but it was only one line. I understand he only has so much space to write his story, and his story was not about me. He was doing a story about CENTCOM.

Blogs are CentCom's new target.
By WILLIAM R. LEVESQUE, Times Staff Writer
Published February 12, 2007

Since 2005, CentCom officials have jumped into the blogging fray, facing the realities of a new electronic age in hopes of combating misinformation on the Web, or just getting its own news out.

A three-person team monitors blogs - Internet journals with commentary from ordinary citizens and, often, links to news articles - that concentrate on CentCom's area of responsibility, which includes Iraq and Afghanistan. [Read more.]

Either way, I am very excited! This is my first mention in a large newspaper. Hopefully I can write some articles that are worthy of some new readers. Anyone have any ideas of issues I have not yet covered? If so, leave me a comment or an e-mail. Thank you, and have a great day.

Arkin claims: Polarized and hate-filled America

Last week I wrote a small article about the situation with Arkin and his poorly written accusations against our Military that Arkin attempted to bring to the so-called 'discussion of ideas' table. I did not say much at that time, even when he had tried so woefully to apologize; however I will not stand by and allow anyone claim that if you respond to that which is appalling in itself by using words, you are invalid. I don't believe Arkin has thicker skin than mine, and I'm not even getting paid!

The people who responded to Arkin, and they are being belied for speaking back about this 'person' and his hate-filled spew of insults which he wrote about in the Washington Post about our Military. Does he not understand that if it were not for these brave men and women, he would have been executed for writing against his new Sharia president and government? No, I guess he has no respect for those of us who properly stand by our Military, regardless of the politics.

Since when, besides John Kerry's Viet Nam, have we tried to decimate our president while we have men and women on the ground fighting the battles of this war they (mostly ALL) voted for them to do? Regardless of party. What happened to, "The partisan politics stop at the waters edge"? After all, we are all Americans first.

If the Senate and Arkin want to assault our brave men and women while there is absolutely no way for them punch your lights out, figuratively of course, then the people that are at home supporting these brave people will do so for them.

I do not want anyone getting nasty. That will get us nowhere, and it will not persuade the offender to rethink his obnoxious remarks. If you want to help by commenting to this offender, please be polite, concise and helpful. Point out your disagreement with him in a civilized way. After all, isn't that all we are asking of him? Have a great day.

Here you can read his latest article at the Washington Post which sees no reason to relieve him of his duties.

Hat tip: LGF.

Arkin

One minute I feel as though I am going to scream and the next moment I feel he is not worth my wrath. But is this true? Actually, he is only openly saying what we know the others are really thinking. Who are the others? Those who are so stupid, they don't even know we are in a freakin' war for our survival.

I really don't have the wisdom or the words to say anymore without crossing my own lines, so I will let you listen to AllahPundit's HotAir entitled: Video: Blackfive rips William Arkin on “The Big Story”; Update: John Gibson interviews Arkin. Thank you, and have a nice day.

Update: In the far off chance you do not know who this Arkin character is, this is what he wrote: The Troops Also Need to Support the American People. Read it and decide.