Interesting News From Around the Web

In multicultural Britain, the Labour Party now wants to rewrite the British anthem, ‘God Save the Queen,’ to make it “more inclusive” and a little less unfriendly to its northern cousins. Specifically, the verse that calls for the “rebellious Scots” to be crushed seems to be problematic.

A fascinating post at Right Truth on the White Man’s Burden in the 21st Century

This is worrisome. Hillary Clinton seems to think Adam Smith no longer has application to our economy.

CAIR and the canard of rampant Islamaphobia at Q&O

CAIR has picked the dhimmi candidate for President. No surprises. Its John Edwards

The ACLU has a real problem with Marines praying on duty. The Marines have some suggestions for the ACLU

Remember the days when a person could figure out how to build a nuclear weapon from open sources in a library . . . . . Cheatseeking Missles has the modern Michael Crichtonesque equivalent.

From the No Good Seed Goes Unpunished category . . .

Christian Arabs are being cleansed from Palestinian controlled areas

Carl in Jerusalem tells us that Israel looking askance at the NIE on Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Iraq the Model discusses how to eat an elephant in Iraq

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A Symbolic Milestone in Baghdad

Michael Yon's iconic photo from Baghdad of Christians and Muslims placing a cross back on top of a Church in Baghdad




From Instapundit (with many updates):

Michael Yon emails: "I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John's Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome. A Muslim man had invited the American soldiers from 'Chosen' Company 2-12 Cavalry to the church, where I videotaped as Muslims and Christians worked and rejoiced at the reopening of St John's, an occasion all viewed as a sign of hope. The Iraqis asked me to convey a message of thanks to the American people. 'Thank you, thank you,' the people were saying. One man said, 'Thank you for peace.' Another man, a Muslim, said 'All the people, all the people in Iraq, Muslim and Christian, is brother.' The men and women were holding bells, and for the first time in memory freedom rang over the ravaged land between two rivers. (Videotape to follow.)"

This certainly marks a hopeful milestone along the long road to success in Iraq and a gradual return to normalcy.

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