Loser's Guide to Life
Informed Comment links to a sobering view of events in Iraq by Eric haney, a founding member of the US Army's Delta Force: in his assessment, it is an "utter debacle".
Here's a particularly interesting bit:
Q: What do you make of the torture debate? Cheney ...
A: (Interrupting) That's Cheney's pursuit. The only reason anyone tortures is because they like to do it. It's about vengeance, it's about revenge, or it's about cover-up. You don't gain intelligence that way. Everyone in the world knows that. It's worse than small-minded, and look what it does.