Stuff & Things VIII

• Ralph Peters at the NY Post rips into Kerry for encouraging terrorism in Iraq: Dead Soldiers.
• The NY Times gets around to covering the CHOI-FM kerfuffle in Québec. (registration required)
• Defence Minister Bill Graham shows us the decisiveness and leadership that made him famous in the Foreign Affairs portfolio by firmly stating, "The government is still undecided about missile defence. But we're expecting the results of a voter survey very soon."
• Victor Davis Hanson neatly picks apart the UN and finds there's nothing there.
• Again in the NY Times, a good before and after comparison of Afghanistan. The changes to that country in less that three years have been remarkable.
• John Kerry seems to have bet the election on Iraq being a disaster and Americans being despised as occupiers. The photos in this large gallery tell a different story.