Karl's Weekend Reading

Not too much this week, unless you want to hear about how a country just liberated from years of murder and oppression got a bit rowdy with a recent execution. In other news...

Our President fires a shot across the Pelosi Bow: "What the Congress Can Do For America"

The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens writes an excellent, and quite fair, critique of the Bush Administration in 2006: "Why Were 'Not Winning'"

Victor Davis Hanson reviews historical precedent with the success, or lack thereof, of troop increases in previous conflicts in "Stasis or Victory", with a strong recommendation:

So, yes, send more troops to Iraq — but only if they are going to be allowed to hunt down and kill vicious and sectarians in a manner that they have not been allowed to previously.

Wizbang posts a solid collection of news reports and blog entries on the possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.