The Big Mango

A good counter argument to my position. I would argue, however, that, if Buckley is right, then this surge will only make our phased withdrawal more secure. In a gamed risk analysis, the surge makes sense to me.

I'm going to try migrating from my other blog to this one. For a while, I'll be double posting to see which I like better. Feedback is welcome.

The English version of Al Jazeera started broadcasting about a month ago, and I’m at a loss to figure out why its gotten such a bad rap in the western media. My experience has been, I think, the opposite of what most people unacquainted with the organization might expect:
As many of you know, I tend to be a bit of a political junky, especially when it comes to international issues, and most especially, involving this region. As might be expected, I’ve been following the war in Iraq rather closely. For the record, I was in favor of the 2003 invasion, probably for the worst of all possible reasons.