Back in the good 'ol days of black and white, the German General Staff referred to Hitler as the Austrian Corporal. I'm now wondering whether the Joint Chiefs of Staff are referring to Bush as the Texas Awol, or if the have a cute moniker for Rummy. While I have known that the war is being micro-managed by civilians, I figured I'd wait until it was published in a "reputable" and "patriotic" publication before commenting....

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030407fa_fact1

Any opinions on this topic?

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Now I've also noticed on the weekend that CCN was running a poll asking if people thought that friendly fire was the worst danger facing the "coalition," now I read this in the Times...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...629644,00.html

To answer the Brits question, not a damn thing will happen to the pilot. You'd think that they wouldn't be so trigger happy after the fiasco with the Canadians inAfghanistan, but it certainly seems to be that if it moves then it isn't dead enough.

How are the Brits taking the friendly fire incidents at home? From the look of Tony Blair last week at the news conference at Camp David, he had the look about him like he'd just spent a week in prison getting called bitch and traded fro cigarettes. Indications are starting to form that Britain may pull out of this war, Defense has stated that they will not be sending any more troops to the gulf. Since the UK has 45k, and the USA is bringing 120K more, it seems possible that it will be USA and Australia alone. This could be especially true with the USA starting to flush toilets in Syria and Iran.