The major offensives (Phantom Thunder, Arrowhead Ripper, et cetera) in Iraq continue today. The Washington Post has a story here that’s okay. I’m assuming it’s rather hard to find and report “both sides” of the story when the subject is changing so quickly — that is to say, I’m not certain that all the “naysaying” […]

Thank God for PBS. I watched FRONTLINE’s “Endgame” last night on their Web site. If you want to know how we ended up where we are in Iraq, and the new strategy that’s being employed by Gen. Petraeus and American forces in-country, you have to watch this. In fact, it should be required viewing for […]

Are these guys working together?
The House Oversight Committee is demanding that Vice President Cheney explain himself. Is his office part of the executive branch? Part of the legislative branch? Or is Cheney suggesting that as far as federal rules are concerned, his office essentially doesn’t exist?
The issue at hand is Cheney’s insistence that his office […]

Badgers Forward says we need to vet and then accept former insurgents into Iraqi Forces. It’s the only way to move forward, he says.
CENTCOM reports that unmanned aerial vehicle teams from 1st Air Cavalry Brigade (ACB) have amassed 20,000 flight hours in the skies over Baghdad.
Last, but certainly not least important, Mary Beth Harrell, the […]

That’s right! Let’s keep on outsourcing our security for military facilities! It’s a great idea!
An armed security guard at Walter Reed Army Medical Center opened fire at another guard Wednesday outside a busy entrance to the hospital, police said. No one was injured.
The guards had been arguing at about 8:30 a.m. when one of them […]

After only just recently extending combat tours from 12 months to 15 months, the Army is again looking at extending tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to The Associated Press (via Military.com):
The Army is considering whether it will have to extend the combat tours of troops in Iraq if President Bush opts to maintain […]

Michael Yon, reporting from Iraq on his blog, notes that a large American offensive has started in Iraq — an offensive that has yet to to be reported by the American media. Further, he agrees with me that Gen. Petraeus is the man for the job.
Using the analogy of Iraq as a patient, Michael writes:
We […]

Abu Aardvark has a thought-provoking post about jihadi’s use of the Internet for more than just recruitment and training. They use its ability to facilitate communications over wide ranges to define their larger ideas, values and strategies. As is often noted, they use the technology of the present to push for a return to the […]

Great new United Nations ad campaign.
[Hotel Tango: Civil-Military Relations]

David over at War is Boring compares and contrasts the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Our politicos have lumped the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan together under the same ridiculous “war on terror” moniker, but these are two very different conflicts.
Most of Iraq’s major cities – Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan are the major exceptions – […]