memeorandum: Exploring Islam's 'Death Cult' (Michael Hirsh/Newsweek)

The Road Home — It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit. — Like many Americans, we have put off that conclusion, waiting for a sign that President Bush was seriously trying to dig the United States …

Discussion: Hot Air, Ezra Klein, Jules Crittenden, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Democratic Daily, Brilliant at Breakfast, TalkLeft and Middle Earth Journal

Don Surber:

NYT surrenders — The New York Times today called for U.S. troops to surredner Iraq to the insurgents and al-Qaida in an editorial, "The Road Home," that was long on words, short on logic, and absent of heart. — In calling for abandoning Iraq, the Times has abandoned the underpinnings …

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Daily Kos

Clark Hoyt / New York Times:

Seeing Al Qaeda Around Every Corner — AS domestic support for the war in Iraq continues to melt away, President Bush and the United States military in Baghdad are increasingly pointing to a single villain on the battlefield: Al Qaeda. — Bush mentioned the terrorist group 27 times …

Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
'N.Y. Times' Editorial: Leave Iraq Now

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Connecting.the.Dots

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

Getting Closer To Omar — Pakistan announced the capture of senior Taliban figures, including two close aides to Mullah Omar, just a few hours ago. Security forces captured four high-value targets in two raids in the city of Quetta: … Pervez Musharraf survived another assassination attempt …

Discussion: Big Lizards

Charles Haviland / BBC:

Pakistan arrests 'Taleban aides' — Several key aides to the leader of Afghanistan's Taleban rebels, Mullah Omar, are reported to have been arrested in Pakistan. — An Afghan intelligence source told the BBC four senior associates of Mullah Omar were being held after operations by Pakistani security forces.

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere

Faisal Aziz / Reuters: Musharraf tells mosque militants "surrender or die"

Robert Sandall / Times of London:

Live Earth fails to pack large-scale punch — It did what it said on the poster - but no more. The British leg of Live Earth started at 1.30 pm sharp with a thunderous five-minute drum fanfare by a 20-odd troupe of flailing percussionists, battering a miscellany of ethnic skinned instruments.

Discussion: Townhall.com, American Thinker, Seeing the Forest, Blogs for Bush, Blue Crab Boulevard and Gateway Pundit

Telegraph:

Madonna criticised over links to polluters — She provided the finale to yesterday's Live Earth concerts, even writing a special song to mark the worldwide musical event. — But instead of being lionised, Madonna found herself accused of hypocrisy last night after allegations …

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Tim Worstall

David Leppard / Times of London:

Car bombs are linked with Iraq's Al-Qaeda — AT least one of the suspects being quizzed over the alleged plot to set off car bombs in Britain was in recent contact with Al-Qaeda in Iraq, senior security officials said yesterday. — Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command SO15 is understood …

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Outside The Beltway

Telegraph: Terror suspect told family 'time had come'

Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Jihadists against climate change

Discussion: Mirror.co.uk

Sarah Baxter / Times of London:

Powell tried to talk Bush out of war — THE former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2½ hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by US forces.

Discussion: PSoTD

Faiz / Think Progress:

'I tried to avoid this war.' — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed that he spent 2.5 hours "vainly trying to persuade President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by U.S. forces. 'I tried to avoid this war,' Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.

Alasdair Palmer / Telegraph:

Not in their name? — Muslims were as much outraged by last weekend's failed car bomb attacks as the rest of the country. Does that mean they will now help the authorities to root out Islamist terrorists? Alasdair Palmer investigates — The statement from Muhammed Abdul Bari …

Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Exploring Islam's 'Death Cult'

Discussion: Riehl World View, USS Neverdock and Blue Crab Boulevard

Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:

Thompson energizes young Republicans — HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Not yet a 2008 candidate, Fred Thompson energized young Republicans with a speech Saturday that was heavy on rhetoric and short on policy pronouncements. He branded Democrats as "the party of despair."

Discussion: The RBC

Redstate:
The Romney Advantage: Who Needs Grassroots When You Can Afford Astroturf

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Patrick Hennessy / Telegraph:

Fight against terror could take 15 years — Britain faces a 15-year battle to end the threat posed by Islamist terrorists, the Government's new security supremo has admitted. — Admiral Sir Alan West, the former First Sea Lord, said the overall danger facing the country …

Discussion: Progressive Gold, Theo Spark and Tim Worstall

John Colson / Aspen Times:

Why Bush and Cheney can't let Scooter sing — Well, President George Bush is certainly nothing if not predictable. — The talking heads on TV had barely caught their breaths after reports on Scooter Libby's conviction on charges he lied about his role in the Plamegate affair …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters and TalkLeft

The Raw Story:

White House plans to block testimony from another Rove aide; Harriet Miers talks to Raw — Enjoy this story? Get headlines instantly with RSS. The White House appeared set for an expanded showdown with congressional investigators in the probe of the firing of eight US Attorneys over the weekend.

Discussion: Norwegianity, Daily Kos and Crooks and Liars

Think Progress:
BREAKING: White House To Block Testimony Of Former Rove Aide

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and The Democratic Daily

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Declaration of Dependence — Some mornings during the autumn of 1933, when the unemployment rate was 22 percent, the president, before getting into his wheelchair, sat in bed, surrounded by economic advisers, setting the price of gold. One morning he said he might raise it 21 cents …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

Pakistan Daily Times:

Kazakhstan to pay $486.3m for US N-reactor — TOKYO: Kazakhstan is to pay $486.3 million to buy a stake in US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse from its majority owner Toshiba, news reports said Saturday. — The Japanese giant will sign an agreement this month to sell a 10-percent stake …

Discussion: The Huffington Post