It’s all about oil

For the French, anyway.

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Chemical Weapons Found

This doesn't really surprise me, but it may surprise those who thought Saddam was doing nothing wrong. I bet this is the first of many such… Read more

Not Everything Is Going Smoothly

From the BBC war weblogIt's been a frustrating day for US Marines in the southern Iraqi port town of Umm Qasr. An operation to control the town which was expected to take a matter of hours, has now taken two days, and still there are elements of… Read more

Interesting Poll

A Businessweek poll provides some interesting insight into the perspective business leaders have on the war. Most respondents thought that another month of inspections would do no good. A majority also thought that a quick and decisive war would be… Read more

Congress Members Who Do Not Support Our Troops

According to a "best of the web" email I get, this vote tally shows that there are some members of congress who don't support our troops. An excerpt: This was not a pro-war resolution, just a show of support for the troops. Along with… Read more

BBC weblog from the front lines

Very interesting information. This weblog is updated by BBC reporters traveling with U.S. and British troops. Update: The link wasn't refreshing with weblog updates, so now when you follow it – choose "war… Read more

Joyful Iraqis

During the debate before the war, scant attention was paid to what the Iraqi people wanted. But I think this shows we are doing the right thing. The best part: "Americans very good," Ali Khemy said. "Iraq wants to be free." Some… Read more

Dead Bodies Everywhere

Sounds like U.S. and British forces are not having any trouble. I like this part: "I pity anybody who's in there," a marine sergeant said. "We told them to surrender."Bush warned them not to fight. They should have… Read more