Electric Josh

They got him!
It sounds like Saddam Hussein might truly, actually be dead!

LANGLEY, VA-The CIA announced Monday that it suspects Saddam Hussein's latest televised address was pre-recorded, pointing to its suspiciously dated reference to Nelly's "Hot In Herre," a rap hit from the summer of 2002.

"For the enemy invaders of Iraq, it soon will get truly hot in here," Hussein said in the speech, which was televised worldwide Monday. "No amount of clothing removal will be sufficient to withstand the fiery inferno that awaits them on the battlefield."

The Emperor
At the end of Return of the Jedi, the Emperor makes exactly the same face and does exactly the same hand gesture as Donald Rumsfeld, here, and says, "Now, young Skywalker...you will die!" (I'm so clever.) Now off to read the paper...
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Spring
It's snowing. Again.
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J. Robb
I've been reading John Robb's site very intermittently for a couple of years, and, like most sites full of musings by a software guy, it's a decent read if you, too, happen to be a software guy (or chick), but not so thrilling otherwise. But now it turns out that the guy was a special ops guy in the Air Force in his previous life, and he's got a great perspective on the military and diplomatic execution of the war. Mostly politically neutral, and totally neutral on whether the war is, itself, a good idea; instead we get pragmatic analysis of how best to win the military campaign (informed strategy analysis!) and the broader "make America safe" campaign.

Here is the question everyone should be asking themselves.  For this is the nut of why we entered this war. Which path reduces the chances of a terrorist exploding a nuke in NYC over the next 10 years : a) a withdrawal from Iraq, or b) a bloody Pyrrhic victory?