Iraq
(AP) There's still no "War Czar."(The longer the search goes on, the bigger a joke the position becomes.)
(Reuters) "The surge" will be fully in place in less than a month. ("U.S. President George W. Bush is sending 30,000 extra troops to Iraq for the security offensive in Baghdad. A U.S. military spokesman, Major-General William Caldwell, said those reinforcements would all be in place by June 1.")
(NYTimes) An Iraqi court is attempting to strip immunity from parliamentarian Adnan Dulaimi, putting the entire "deBaathification" and reconciliation effort under some question.
(WaPo) A story of what happens to Iraqi soldiers after they get wounded.
(NYTimes) US "senior officers" attempted to cover up the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha because they feared its propaganda value. (As opposed to the later propaganda value of US military command covering up civilian killings?)
And, I found this story very interesting. It's about the robots used in battle, but instead of looking at them technically, it explores their anthropomorphization by their handlers.
It's an intriguing topic. Facing very real physical threats, the soldiers seem to be projecting life onto their robots, naming them, and, to some degree, treating them as if they're fellow soldiers.
It's an interesting projection which indirectly explores the "band of borthers" relationship on the front lines. (Maybe more later on this. The psychology of this relationship is fascinating.)
(Reuters) "The surge" will be fully in place in less than a month. ("U.S. President George W. Bush is sending 30,000 extra troops to Iraq for the security offensive in Baghdad. A U.S. military spokesman, Major-General William Caldwell, said those reinforcements would all be in place by June 1.")
(NYTimes) An Iraqi court is attempting to strip immunity from parliamentarian Adnan Dulaimi, putting the entire "deBaathification" and reconciliation effort under some question.
(WaPo) A story of what happens to Iraqi soldiers after they get wounded.
(NYTimes) US "senior officers" attempted to cover up the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha because they feared its propaganda value. (As opposed to the later propaganda value of US military command covering up civilian killings?)
And, I found this story very interesting. It's about the robots used in battle, but instead of looking at them technically, it explores their anthropomorphization by their handlers.
It's an intriguing topic. Facing very real physical threats, the soldiers seem to be projecting life onto their robots, naming them, and, to some degree, treating them as if they're fellow soldiers.
It's an interesting projection which indirectly explores the "band of borthers" relationship on the front lines. (Maybe more later on this. The psychology of this relationship is fascinating.)
posted by mikevotes at
8:55 AM
2 Comments:
No war czar yet? Perhaps they should offer it to Newt, since he seems to be a good armchair general, what with all the combat experience of his.
By
Lew Scannon, at 3:40 PM
Yeah, but Newt is all about credit not responsibility.
By
mikevotes, at 4:07 PM
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