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More on what is supposedly happening inside the administration: * Advisers Split as War Unfolds (washingtonpost.com). Interesting inside view on what is happening and how Powell is playing consumate insider vs. Rumsfeld. Also on Rumsfeld’s larger ambitions. * “Offense and Defense”:http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030407fa_fact1. Seymour Hersch is another reporter with view on the inside. Has some interesting things…

I’ve been following the news like everyone else. Since everyone is giving opinions, I thought I’d give mine based on years of in-fighting in a big company. Here’s my bet about what is going on: * Rumsfeld Faulted For Troop Dilution. First, I don’t know, but I would bet that Rumsfeld is one of those…

CDI Defense Alamanac 2002. Another great compendium of facts about the military. From the NY Times reference “Iraq Navigator”:http://www.nytimes.com/ref/international/IRAQ_NAVIGATOR.html?pagewanted=all&position=top. Interesting facts: US Army Divisions 1990: 18 US Army Divisions in “Desert Storm”:http://www.desert-storm.com/soldiers/army.html : 8 US Army Divisions 2002: 10 US Army Divisions in Iraq so far: 2 (+1 on the way) US Navy Carriers 1990:…

New Reality, Hard Choices. A great piece on what to do next. Personally, I think consolidate in the south and wait for reinforcement. I bet that this doesn’t happen though, I would bet Rumsfeld & Co. want to just drive, drive, drive. I hope not too many folks die and he is right.

military news about Nations Around the World. A great Jay Leno like assessment of where we are from James Dunnigan.

AccuWeather.com – Middle East Weather – Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and more. It’s a key variable the weather as the last 48 hours has shown. The miracle of the Internet means we can all see what is going on over there. Pretty warm and pleasant right now.

More Analysis. I thought I’d blog it so that we can compare notes and see what really happened. Daily Kos: More From Officer X. I’m not military guy, but a good analysis from Officer X on the mistakes in the plan. The essential one was planning based on the expectation that it would be a…

Daily Kos: What the Experts Are Saying. Most cogent analysis I’ve read. Personally, I sure hope we take the middle course. That is slow up, let the 4th Infantry Division show up, have the 3rd ID be methodical. BTW, report on MSNBC was that the 82nd Airborne is in theater and is trying to solidify…

Had lots of questions last night. Amazingly starting in the AM, they got answered. Main depressing thing is confirmation about the war planning overoptimism by Rumsfeld and other civilians, ignoring of advice and general meddling in lots of things. Ugh. Bureaucrats get people killed. Echoes of the Vietnam War. Depressing fact is that the 4th…

The AgonistFlash XLIX. He’s wondering where the 4th Infantry Division is and the 82nd. I thought a bunch of the 82nd Airborne is in Afghanistan and the 4th is in the US while their equipment makes it way around the Suez Canal. Points out there is a lockdown of information right now.

Since there are so many great bloggers covering the news and so forth from whatever point of view, I thought I’d being a blog of the good questions I’ve heard over the last day. Then it’s off to sleep * On CNN, they asked the Comcent folks, who don’t you just turn off the Iraqi…

You can hope and pray, but it won’t be. I was up until 1AM watching CNN the other night. I still can’t believe you can watch this stuff. Anyway, more websites for news junkies: * Eye On Iraq. Like Global Strategy, has a good listof things going on. * “Naval Open Source Intelligence”:http://nosi.editthispage.com/. Amazing what…

If you are like me and are glued (simultaneously) to CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, then you’ll love some of these sites. Every technical details. Worst part though is the next time, a reporter says, we are watching that tank, you’ll grimace and say that ain’t no tank, that dope, doesn’t he know thats…

Welcome to the Project for the New American Century. To me a frightening name for a project. Apparently, this is where the intellectual “muscle” and theory is for the Bush administration. Interesting if a little terrifying to read. They have it all figured out though. Good someone does.

Amazing. This is a blogger in Baghdad. Don’t think it is BS. A very interesting read… Where is Raed ?

I curse “Google News”:news.google.com a thousand times. It updates itself every 5 minutes or so with the top stories from around the world. This is going to become a pro- vs. anti-debate for me, its just about getting all the facts about what is happening. I’ll look for things that you wouldn’t ordinarily see. For…