The Marines have crossed into Iraq, and my secretary has an older brother in the 1st Marine Division. Her younger brother was on the 82nd Airborne Mission in Afghanistan last night. Good luck and Godspeed.
War
Let’s Roll
It seems like everything is lined up and ready for the defeat of Saddam Hussein and for a dramatic shake-up/realignment of the International World Order. The UN Security Council is now utterly pointless and no nation will ever attempt to go through it again, the French have clearly staked out their future, and the Democrats …
All Clear?
Josh Marshall ‘clarifies’ his position on the war.
What He Said. I Think.
I am not sure to make of this rambling and incoherent piece by Richard Cohen other than to let the WaPo front office know that Oliver Willis would love to write for them.
Blinded By Science
I’m with BigWig on this one: The Win Without War phone-in protest tied up the phone lines on Capitol Hill today, at least the ones whose numbers are given out to the public. Senators have lots of phone lines, so I doubt that too much sand was thrown into the Congressional gears. Not that we’d …
The Cost of War
This WaPo article claims Bush wants up to $95 billion for the war in Iraq. According to Drudge, that breaks down to $320.00 per citizen. Who do I write the check to and where do I send it?
Yglesias Gets the Game
This is why Matthew Yglesias will end up going places- he refuses to deny the obvious, whereas others in his ideological realm continue to spin, spin, spin. I’ll let Matthew speak for himself: If Saddam woke up one morning, had a sudden change of heart, and decided to abandon his WMD programs because he was …