The Good: The Iraqi Presidency council has approved the
execution of Saddam's cousin, Chemical Ali. He was involved in the genocidal Anfal campaign and I don't think many people are going to be missing this guy. The Arba'een pilgrimage in Karbala has finished up and the Prime Minister has declared that "
We have suceeded in eliminating sectarianism", a bit optimistic but it's a helluva lot better than report of
mass casualties due to intrasect violence like the last pilgrimage in Karbala in August. Also, Turkey has actually listened to international diplomatic pressure and
withdrawn its forces from northern Iraq.
The Bad: On a selfish note, as Jason mentioned on his
most excellent blog, today is the 29th of Feb in a leap year, which means one extra day of deployment in Iraq for me and everyone else. You win this one, US military, but I'll get you back, I won't forget this!
The Ugly: While Afghanistan and Iraq are usually in the limelight, let's not forget about our other strategic defense interests in the rest of the world. Admiral Keating discusses
the resource drain at PACOM.
No one will be shedding tears for this guy
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