The bloody now and an
important analysis for the future
The invasion of Falluja has been under way for hours now -- much longer if one includes the early bombardment of the city. Here are some pics from Fallujah before the active invasion, mostly from Monday. The troops will sweep the city, there will be widespread destruction and many deaths, but in the end I don't expect it will make much of a difference in making Iraq any safer and ready for elections. Those fighting against the foreign occupation forces and what they perceive as a puppet government will largely simply relocate if they haven't already done so. After all, it isn't as if they're wearing "Insurgent" t-shirts.
Also, back at home, here's an analysis of the emails sent out by the Bush and Kerry campaigns, highlighting what the Bush team did right and the Kerry team did wrong, initially focused on late September with a link at the bottom to a look near the end of the campaign. Meanwhile, Jerome Armstrong compared the percentage of negative vs positive campaign ads.
(Thanks to DailyKOS, ultimately, for most of the leads above.)
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