We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/iraq_economy_ba.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat] One of the most fascinating aspects of watching all the reporting about the Basra offensive at the end of March is that every single report attributed the assault to either Sadrist propaganda insisting it was a political shaping tool to reduce Sadr's influence in the south prior to elections to give the SIIC (SCIRI) an advantage or as part of a security rush to secure the people of Basra and reduce Iranian backed militia attacks on infrastructure, Iraqi and American security forces. Each of these has its place in the strategy to secure Iraq and bring it the last... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/iraq_economy_ba.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/iraq_economy_ba.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:09:46 -0600