Tutorial On Iraq

So you end up with a peculiar result: Everyone has set up the same straw man, in order to deny what would otherwise be obvious: The war in Iraq is a civil war, one that has relatively little to do with the war on terrorism, but that has almost half of the U.S. Army bogged down in the middle of it.

Seems the blogosphere is having beer, and not at Carrie's Bar & Grill!

For the best in straight information on Iraq, I go to Juan Cole's Informed Comment. For fun commentary, I read Billmon's The Whiskey Bar. Read Billmon's take on his little drinkathon with Dr. Cole and their discussion of Iraq.