observations from a window seat in the handbasket headed for hell
In the largest urban assault since the siege of Fallujah last November, more than 5,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops entered this northern city before dawn Friday. But the 45-minute firefight at day's end suggested that the insurgents who have controlled much of Tall Afar for almost a year would not relinquish it easily.
Daily Twain:
And other words of wisdom...
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. --George Orwell
When you hold up your arm and swear to uphold the Constitution, you don’t say, “Except in wartime.” -- George McGovern
Corexit: More toxic than the oil
IVAW: Iraq Veterans Against the War
