… or maybe a fighter jet?:
Tens of thousands of airline passengers will soon be flying on jets outfitted with anti-missile systems as part of a new government test aimed at thwarting terrorists armed with shoulder-fired projectiles.
Three American Airlines Boeing 767-200s that fly daily round-trip routes between New York and California will receive the anti-missile laser […]

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Great piece by Fareed Zakaria in Newsweek, which actually ties into what Noonan wrote in today’s WSJ, below:
Then came 9/11. Ever since the attacks, the United States has felt threatened and under siege and determined to carve out maximum room to maneuver. But where Americans have seen defensive behavior, the rest of the world has […]

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Might explain a lot:
Instead, when confronted by his “Saudi” interrogators, Zubaydah showed no fear. Instead, according to the two U.S. intelligence sources that provided me the details, he seemed relieved. The man who had been reluctant to even confirm his identity to his U.S. captors, suddenly talked animatedly. He was happy to see them, he […]

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Our Glorious Leader:
President Bush compared Congress’ Democratic leaders Thursday to people who ignored the rise of Lenin and Hitler early in the last century, saying “the world paid a terrible price” then and risks similar consequences for inaction today.
Because Ahmadinejad has the Wehrmacht at his dispoal and he’s about to march on Poland.
Honsetly, I know […]

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Well, now we have a name for this. TheStreet.com does its best to debunk. But we’ll know within three weeks whether there really is anything to this, won’t we?

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It’s been a while since we heard from former Pennsylvania Sen. Tricky Ricky Santorum, who’s been biding his time at a new think tank dedicated to keeping an eye on America’s enemies, and who popped out of his burrow recently to go on the Hugh Hewitt radio program and declare that “unfortunate events,” i.e. terrorist […]

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Sullivan on what’s going on in Britain. A touch of panic in his voice:
The truth is: it’s amazing we haven’t had more of this kind of thing, especially in the US. When it comes, we need stamina, stoicism and calm. And it’s coming.
Maybe. We’ve kicked over the hornet’s nest, which was a damned dumb thing […]

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