Seeing the War through prose
If World War II had radio, Vietnam had television, pundits are quick to cast weblogs as the medium for the current Iraq-US war. There are some interesting blogs out there, most notably from active servicemen and servicewomen. Sgt. Stryker is an Active Duty Air Force Mechanic, while L.T. SMASH is a reserve officer in the United States Military who has been recalled to active duty. The Command Post is a collaborative blog, "[s]o we can post breaking war news in one convenient place, and not all over the web." Command post is useful because most of the opinion is stripped out of the posts, and the news is retained. For those who are interested in what type of hardware, troop sizes, etc. our forces and the Iraqi forces have amassed, GlobalSecurity.org has a very in-depth assesment of the material and up-to-date information. Don't forgret about Where is Raed ? an Iraqi national in Bagdad blogging about the current state of affairs. Unfortunatley Al-Jazeera's English site is in the middle of being cracked by a massive DDoD attack and/or millions/billions are trying to reach the site. This is unfortunate because this station could have given America and the English-speaking world another voice and angle than the current mainstream media who are content to show us grainy green pictures and Administration rhetoric. Oh...I almost forgot, Back to Iraq 2.0 by Christopher Allbritton, former AP and New York Daily News reporter who isRemember, just because you might not support this war, does not mean you do not have to be informed.
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This is the permanent home of Seeing the War through prose. I wrote this post at 14:01 on March 27, 2003. This post is part of grubbykid.com, a weblog. If you liked this entry, why don't you read some other posts such as A decent proposal... or Error in Reporting? Or you could go to the site archives or return home. All are good choices.
