It was not that people did not feel the War was real, rather the War was news of far-off battles, exhortations by hotheads in meeting halls and preachers from pulpits, young men now gone to fight; with the elderly, the children and the womenfolk left to carry on. It was hard on everyone, as society […]

Posted on April 9th, 2003 by Zsallia
Filed under: Regrets, Triumphs | 3 Comments »

Time for another view of developments in the Iraq campaign. I note that the general American public seems to be reacting to events with a degree of sophistication that the modern media usually assumes them incapable of. There are lessons to be learned there. I noted last week that it is very difficult to form […]

Posted on April 2nd, 2003 by Zsallia
Filed under: Politics | 2 Comments »