1 16 to 1 isn't bad odds. Get bigger bombs and make it 100 to 1. The fact that they are attacking in mass means they are being trained, probably in Iran. Iran has got to be next.

2 If this is an example of a renewed offensive, they haven't learned much. Direct attacks on the coalition are not a bad strategy for the coalition.

3 I think a more important question might be "how did he ever get a visa?" I am more troubled by the fact that he was allowed INTO the United Staes then where he is going to school. Shouldn't his name have been on the no-fly list ? That must have been a great flight across the Atlantic for the person making conversation with him "So Sayed what did you do before gettting into Yale ?"

4 Now you're thinking, John Ryan. I've asked this question, and have been told that bureaucrats at the Embassy in Islamabad issued a visa for this guy. Why he wasn't on a no-fly list is another good question. I've tried to find that out to no avail. Contact your congressman. Perhaps you will have better luck than I had from my Democratic congressman.

5 Those afghan muslimes are probably pussed off because Addul Rahman got away. But hey, at least they're coming out of their holes and caves to attack fortified positions in force. Sounds like a great plan to me.........

6 Actually, I think both issues are important in regards to Hashemi's presence. One being, What official thought it was a good idea to give him the stamp of approval?" and the other being, "What the hell is wrong with our universities?" Another good question is who offered him university admittance besides Yale? Yale admits to competing for one other person of questionable character, and losing much to their dismay, although they won't say who it was. It's almost like a competition on who can have the most controversial person on their student rolls. They don't just hand out "student" visas to people who haven't even applied to a university. It's not like Hashemi just wandered into the country on a "visitor" visa and then decided to go to school.

7 32 dead Muslims? Now that's a good start

8 Oyster, after some research, Hashemi was aided by a group of liberals from Jackson, Wyoming. They run an organization called The International Education Foundation. (www.intedfoundation.org) Go to their web site and see what appeasement looks like. It is in living color.

9 Yes a great victory for the mujahadbeens or at least I expect them to claim that any minute now. In a way it is they dug up 32 suckers that we made to die for their cause.

10 JJ, I went to that site and found some pretty amazing propaganda to promote Hashemi in order to solicit funds: "In the spring of 2001 he came to the U.S. for a series of talks to try and bridge the growing gulf between the moderate Taliban and the U.S. government." Get that? The "moderate" Taliban. And this: "He speaks four languages, is married with two small children, and his hobby is "gravitational theory as it applies to astrophysics."" Amazing! A fourth grade education and this is his "hobby"? hahaha. This was almost their entire pitch to raise $10K for his "summer education" and Yale nearly guaranteed him a full scholarship if he could only improve his English enough to keep up with reading requirements. My mouth is still hanging open.

11 No doubt all these "facts" were used to gain Hashemi entry into the US. I still haven't found out how Yale entered into all this, or even how they knew about this guy, but I imagine one of the moonbats in Wyoming is a Yale graduate with some connections. I'm bound to find out. Stay tuned.

12 JJ as I understand when he was in Pakistan he met some Yale Grads there and they helped him get started.

13 Howie and Oyster, There is a wealth of information out there on this group of moonbats and the International Education Foundation. Mike Hoover, the founder of this organization, was active as a free lance reporter in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. He is better known as a filmmaker. Tat Maxwell, another of the IEF supporters, just recently led protests against Vice President Cheney when he returned to Wyoming after his hunting accident. She and about five others protested his visit to Jackson Hole. Robert Schuster, a personal injury lawyer, is also a supporter of the IEF and the DNC. If you want, oyster, you can go to his website, but it is nothing more than the typical personal injury lawyer site. Apparently he met Hoover after representing Hoover in a wrongful death action. Hoover's wife was killed in a helicopter crash in 1994 along with the rest of the passengers and crew, except for Mike Hoover. It is possible that a former CBS News reporter by the name of Kurt Lohbeck also participates in IEF, but I am not sure yet. I will find out.

14 JJ needs a password methinks.

15 MSM headlines all have quite a different spin on this one. Negative Framing all the way around.

16 Still all - it takes a lotta juice for getting him into Yale - the answer is there along with the trail to his "sponsors".

17 hondo, some of these guys, Hoover and Lohbeck both, had close ties to the CIA. I think you have to look no further than that to find the grease. Welcome back!

18 Wow, good work, Joe. The only thing is, when you dig deep enough to get to the gist of an issue, it can get pretty depressing finding out that there are so many far left whack-jobs in this country who work very hard to undermine everything that made this country great. Sometimes I just wanna cry.

19 Yes, Oyster, it makes you want to give up, but I have three children, and I want them to grow up with a chance to live in a decent world. And I marvel at the information and power we regular people have at our fingertips. A few years ago we were not able to counter anything the liberal media said, and now look at the power we have. I am now hopeful, rather than hopeless.