Tuco, the "ugly" one in the classic Spaghetti western The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly, famously said "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, aka "Muhammad the Egyptian" and alleged mastermind
of the Madrid terror bombing, apparently never saw this movie. Italian
police eavesdropped on his phone conversations for nearly three months,
and the records have proven a very valuable source of information about
the world of terrorism. Not only did he indict himself as the
"mastermind" of the Madrid butchery, he provided a lot of details about
how Islamic terrorists are able to operate in Europe.
Lynne Cheney, the vice president's wife, is disagreeing publicly with her husband and the President on the proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment. One of the Cheney daughters, Mary, is gay.
I am quite shocked at learning that Tony Blair's government is planning to cut defense,
just as the country's armed forces are stretched thin and are expected
to solve enormous tasks across the world. The British military has
performed brilliantly in the dangerous and tense Iraq campaign, and
a cut is definately not what it needs now.
The specific units subject to cuts, reportedly from all branches, will be announced next week.
