More Iraqi troops have surrendered, and continue to do so in the thousands it seems. This is what we were hoping for all along... and the sooner it happens, the less pain and suffering for Iraqi civilians. Last night's bombing of Baghdad is being repeated ad infinitum on TV channels. It truly hurts to watch the explosions all around the city; the broadcasts are too clear for comfort, and they are no doubt inflaming public opinion against this war even further. This is truly a made-for-TV war...

I feel compelled to quote this article I just read: "I believe Saddam could have been contained. I am far from convinced that America is truly committed to developing the country and the region. But liberation is liberation, even if George W. Bush and a cadre of profoundly untrustworthy advisors are doing the liberating. It is not the Iraqi people's business if Americans end up paying for freeing them with the hatred of the rest of the world, and more terror attacks. That has not yet happened, and might not happen. In war, what matters is only what happens -- whether it is an Iraqi schoolgirl being killed by an American bomb, or an old woman weeping with joy as American soldiers liberate her from a loathsome regime. The danger for hawks and doves alike is the tendency to fail to actually see what is happening, to look at everything through the dark glass of ideology".