Author: John Hawkins

Quagmire Quotes: I’m going to put up some quotes tomorrow from people people who said the war was a quagmire, another Vietnam, was going horribly, that the people of Iraq didn’t want to be liberated, etc, etc. There were a ton of articles written from that perspective about a week, week and a half ago. […]

Peace Protestor Expresses Frustration: Here’s a bit of Tuesday afternoon anti-war protestor satire for your amusement..

SPECIAL REPORT: Saddam Begins 2004 Re-election Campaign Amid War, Concerns Over Economy: BAGHDAD, IRAQ — In a surprise move, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein began his 2004 re-election campaign today with the slogan, “Go and die fighting for your country so I don’t have to kill you myself.” Political analysts believe he is trying to mobilize […]

Getting Ready For “Next Time” In Post-War Iraq: The fighting isn’t over yet, but the battle over post-war Iraq has begun. France, Germany, Russia, China, Kofi Annan & supposedly even Colin Powell & Tony Blair are all pushing to let the UN run Iraq after the war is over. Fortunately, it looks like that is […]

Awwwww…That’s Precious: Now this is really cute… “Lance Cpl. Brian Cole, 20, of Kansas City, Kan., was bowled over by the 7-year-old girl who handed him a Christmas card with this painstakingly written text: “Thank you for liberate us. And thank you for help us. You are a great army.” “That made my day, after […]

A Chat About The War With Bill Quick & Andrew Stuttaford: I got together to discuss the war with noted author & blogger Bill Quick from Daily Pundit & Andrew Stuttaford, a contributing editor for National Review Online. John Little from Blogs of War was supposed to join us as well, but unfortunately technical problems […]

I Don’t Care What The News Says, It’s Another Vietnam I Tell You — Another Vietnam!!!: Our manic-depressive press started the war out incredibly optimistic, then they almost immediately fell into a deep despair, and now they’re three feet high and rising. I personally expect another wave of gloom out of the press if we […]

The Democratic Underground On Michael Kelly’s Death: Tragically, Michael Kelly was killed in a humvee accident while traveling with the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. Kelly was the editor-at-large for the Atlantic Monthly, an excellent writer, and I have particular soft spot for him because he actually gave a passing mention to RWN in an […]

Thanks Cam!: Oklahoma City talk show host Cam Edwards invited me to be on his show this morning. Cam mentioned that RWN is one of his favorite pages and was very complimentary in general. We had a short discussion about the war, anti-war protestors, & even the kooks at the Democratic Underground came up. All […]

Of Course CNN & NYT & ABC Are CIA: The lunatic who runs Vox News has gotten his page back online and he’s just as crazy as he was the last time I perused his web page. He even thinks the CIA controls CNN and he has plenty of kooky readers who agree with him. […]

Kerry Names Annan As Running Mate By Scott Ott: U.S. Sen. John Kerry announced today that if the Democrat party nominates him as the presidential candidate, he will name U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan as his running mate. “This is the only way to heal the wounds America has inflicted on the world,” said Sen. […]

The Iraqi Hero Of The Jessica Lynch Story: There’s apparently an Iraqi who deserves quite a bit of credit for the rescue of American POW Jessica Lynch and his story was just…wow. Here are the highlights… “The Iraqi man who tipped U.S. Marines to the location of American POW Jessica Lynch said Thursday he did […]

Joke Of The Day: All six of Saddam’s doubles were called to a meeting today to be briefed as to what their job over the next few days would be. Each of them came eagerly to see what their great leader had in mind for them and also because they were worried after not hearing […]

But The Anti-War Protestors Said That The Iraqis Didn’t Want Us To Liberate Them: Here’s what the anti-war protestors, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Nelson Mandela, Germany, France, Belgium, the UN, the majority of Democrats in Congress, the Dixie Chicks, Michael Moore, Sean Penn, Robin Williams, etc, etc, did everything in their power to […]

Hilarious Quote Of The Day: Our quote of the day is from a conscientious objector who the marines have labeled a deserter. He basically said the marine recruiter didn’t really give him all the facts because… “They don’t really advertise that they kill people. I didn’t really realize the full implications of what I was […]

When Did France Move Up North Of The US?: Here’s how our neighbors to the North treated a Peewee league hockey team that went to a tournament in Canda. Remember as you read this, we’re talking about 11 & 12 year olds here… “MONTREAL — A peewee hockey tournament in Montreal became a trip into […]

The Conservative Thinking Behind The War On Terrorism: The war between America and terrorism was joined by America on 9/11, but that’s not when it started. Terrorists have been taking aim at America for more than two decades. Some of the more notable attacks include the Lebanon barracks bombing, the bombing of a German disco […]

Defiling The Graves Of Better Men: As Coalition forces are fighting to liberate the Iraqi people & eliminate Saddam Hussein’s rogue regime, some French anti-war protestors are desecrating the graves of Brits who helped France fight off the Germans in WW1… “Vandals have defaced one of the biggest British war cemeteries in northern France with […]

Misc: A few things of note… — Last month, Right Wing News pulled 137,049 daily uniques & 260,932 pageviews. Thanks to all of RWN’s readers for helping make March RWN’s best month ever for traffic. — This is also RWN’s one year anniversary of changing over to a blogging format. A year ago, Right Wing […]

The Iraqi People Show Their Scorn For The Coalition Invaders: Here are a few more snippets from the Iraqi people who our press would have you believe detest the Americans, Brits, Aussies, & Poles who are liberating them from Saddam… In Basra… “(The Brits) received a warm welcome from the members of the 30,000-strong population, […]

In My World: France Replaces America as a Superpower By Frank J: “You can’t hide anything from us!” declared the intrepid reporter, “Tell us the truth!” “Stop yelling at me!” cried Rumsfeld, slouching behind the podium. “Admit you hadn’t planned for resistance and your war is a failure!” the reported demanded. “You can’t make me,” […]

Anti-War =’s Anti-Flag?: A few college students at Muskingum College “wanted to adorn the entrance to the school’s main building with two dozen American flags to show support for the troops.” But, “Vice President of the Administration Ransom Clark” turned them down even though there were already flags displayed on the school grounds. In and […]

Fun Facts About The Iraqi Republican Guard: On occasion, our troops may pause to wonder, “Who were those guys we just killed?” To help with that query, I’m starting a new feature where my crack research staff find all the important information you need to know about America’s enemies. Our first subject: the Iraqi Republican […]

The New Champion Of The Media Gloom & Doom Crowd: Wow — I just read an editorial that is so gloomy, pessimistic, & despairing that it makes Eleanor Clift’s “A Bad Remake of Vietnam?” editorial look like it was nothing but the song lyrics for “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Prepare yourself for Robert Parry’s, “Bay […]

Holy Hanoi Jane Batman! What Is Peter Arnett Doing?!?: I just could believe what Peter Arnett said in this interview with Iraqi TV. Just look at the blatant pro-Iraqi propaganda that Arnett is spewing… “In the interview, Arnett said his Iraqi friends tell him there is a growing sense of nationalism and resistance to what […]

Our Despairing Media: Our media is so pessimistic about this war that it’s almost funny. Do you know what the title of the latest editorial by Eleanor Clift is? It’s called, “A Bad Remake of Vietnam?” Here’s Eleanor’s take on the fighting… “TO HEAR THE generals, the war is on schedule. There are no surprises. […]

Getting Your Money’s Worth At Columbia: If the anti-war crowd somehow got their wish and Saddam Hussein were to survive and remain in control of Iraq, then I think a certain assistant professor of anthropology at Columbia University has a tenured professorship waiting for him at Baghdad University… “A Columbia University professor told an anti-war […]

Cable News Coverage Of The War: Flip on the cable coverage of the war on any channel and this about what you’ll see… Anchor: This just in — for the 10th consecutive day there have been explosions heard in Baghdad. However, we don’t have any actual footage or even information about what they hit. Wait […]