Today’s must-read is a nuanced and fascinating account of what’s going on in Fallujah, the dangerous power vacuum caused as we wait for Iraqi soldiers to be trained, the potential for Zarqawi to over-play his hand, and the inevitability of an intense future conflict. The piece made me both more hopeful and more concerned at the same time. Which may be the only rational response to the current mess in Iraq.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everybody has a game face on. Too bad this is not a game.” – George Will, in a quietly chilling column today on Iraq.
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