The Surge of the Lost Brigades
Grumpy Forester covers the Washington Post article, U.S. unit says Iraqis ‘not ready to stand up’, that reports on the view of the military in Iraq about the escalation.
An American View From The Arab Street deals with the frustration of doing something dangerous that the people who are supposed to be benefiting don’t seem to want done.
Part of the deal with the oath of enlistment is that those set over you are not going to order you to do something dangerous without a good reason. Risking life and limb should be for serious purposes, not for someone’s promotion. When people no longer believe that their mission is important they make mistakes.
A point that many people miss is that this administration has done such a good job de-humanizing the “enemy,” that American forces view all Arabs as the enemy. You can’t trust people you believe to be the enemy and both the Iraqi and American forces are caught in this web of lies.
January 12, 2007 Comments Off on The Surge of the Lost Brigades
Blog Stuff
The guys at First Draft are apparently having issues with their hosting, maybe the chinchillas are on strike. I suspect they exceeded their band width allocation when they held their fest covering the Wednesday non-event in the White House library.
Publius at Legal Fiction is hanging up his solo keyboard and moving over to Obsidian Wings as a part-timer. Real life intrudes on blogging.
At lot of changes in the new year.
January 12, 2007 Comments Off on Blog Stuff
Friday Cat Blogging
Return of the Prodigal
What are you looking at.
[Editor: Just before Halloween Ringo decided to try life on the outside. On Tuesday she showed up and decided she preferred the inside. No need to get into the perch 30 foot up in the tree or the reintroduction into the pride.]
January 12, 2007 10 Comments
