Links and Minifeatures 12 14 Wednesday

Indepundit has a good article about why he's opposing the "Cut and run before we win" crowd. I support him fully.

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Carnival of The Vanities is up. Recommended: The Politics of CP,



(I was an editor's choice! The Happy Dance will now commence!)



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HT to Asymmetrical Information for a pointer to Vox Baby. who has a good compromise to the social security insolvency issue.



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Armies of Liberation has a whole list of pointers to vital statistic on Yemen, and more on the possible fallout if Saleh actually retires as he's said he will. In the second article as well, where the military of Yemen gets its experience.



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Captain's Quarters has an article detailing the problems with multilateralism in war. Apparently, our allies in Afghanistan aren't getting the job done like they said they would. If we'd just done it all with the help of a few real allies, maybe we'd be mostly done. Certainly the Iraqis are a lot more prepared to stand on their own than the Afghans.



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Michael Barone has a good article about executive pay that I find myself largely in agreement with. Yes, the person making the strategic decisions deserves to make more, but not 1,000 times more. Furthermore, bonuses and incentives should be contingent upon them actually doing something good for the company, causing profits, market share, share price, etcetera to rise over an extended period.



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Powerline has an excellent interview with Congressman (formerly Colenel) Kline, just returned from a trip to Iraq. Money Quote:

We were able to stay in Baghdad, not Kuwait, and we spent the whole time inside the Sunni Triangle. And in the time I was there I didn't hear a gunshot or explosion. But the most important thing was the prevalence of the Iraqi security forces. They are really out there now, and they are doing a good job.

Quagmire? Unwinnable? I think not.



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Scrappleface asks: "When you see a shimmering, transparent bubble wall, you gotta to ask yourself: Which side of it am I on?"



This is a real world concern and question. That so few are asking it is testament to how disconnected they are.



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The Instapundit himself has an excellent torture round up.