Last call

Ok, this is the last round of stories to throw up before I clean up the computer for some hard-core graphics stuff, so....

Chalmers Johnson, the author of Sorrows of Empire and an all-around interesting analyst, says that the troop realignment is a weird gesture, but then again, nothing that the Bush Administration does makes any sense.

In Iraq, Sadr wants to talk. Or not. He is so damn twitchy, it's ridiculous. The 8-day battle grinds to a stalemate. So is Sadr actually a unifying factor? This Pepe Escobar piece says it is... Pepe is one of those anti-Bush folks who always has something interesting going on, but I'm not sure if I find it as credible, as, say, Robert Fisk or Jim Lobe, two other journalists in funky territory.

Meanwhile arms inspector David Kay faults the pre-war intelligence.

Some atoms flew in formation. Wow. I don't get the science involved, but hey, why not?

Posted by HongPong at August 19, 2004 02:40 PM
Listed under Campaign 2004 , Iraq , Military-Industrial Complex , Technological Apparatus .