Here’s what’s caught my eye this morning:
- I’ve been having problems reaching Typepad sites. You?
- Accidental Verbosity is down for the duration—their web host installed a software version incompatible with their blogging software.
- Armchair Generalist has his usually sound analysis, this time posting on the subject of the military use of depleted uranium.
- Blackfive comments on the NPR This American Life radio program this weekend that featured milbloggers. I heard part of the program while making my rounds on Saturday and it was pretty good. I’d meant to post about it.
- I’ve also been having problems reaching Brad DeLong’s site for a while. Anybody else having this problem?
- Check out Bull Moose’s post on “The Third Camp” on the U. S. presence in Iraq. It pretty much characterizes my position:
The Third Camp stands between the Administration “stay the course” and the “withdrawal now” forces. It includes both supporters of the decision to go to war and critics. Its leaders include John McCain, Joe Biden and Wes Clark.
While they have different victory strategies, all of these men believe that it would be a disaster to leave Iraq in chaos.This camp is highly critical of the President’s failures in the post-war period and argues for a new strategy. This force believes that the White House is losing the moral high ground by failing to take a strong stand against torture and the inhumane treatment of prisoners.
However, the Third Camp is united in the belief that America can only leave when Iraq is relatively stable and a government is in place that can defend itself against the terrorist forces.
The entire post is worth reading.
- Major K responds to John Murtha.
That’s the lot.
