OK... I wrote a bunch of stuff yesterday and then the site crashed, so let me recap..

This will be my online war journal from the sidelines. Kuwait isn't exactly in the eye of the storm this time, yet we're closer to the action than most people realize - even us! The war got off to a muted start yesteday and, apparently, way ahead of schedule. I don't pretend to know anything about military strategy, so I'll let the experts make their call on this.

In 1991, the war to liberate Kuwait got off to a much more spectacular start. Those of us who were here at the time remember this feeling of euphoria that came over us; freedom was near and we thought it would be over in 3 days... "BOMB THE MOTHERFUCKERS!!" we would yell on the phone, ignoring the possible interception of our calls by Iraqi agents in Kuwait.... No such feeling this time round, simply because we're at a higher risk of being attacked with SCUDs. We want him dead and we want this war over and done with quickly and with as little civilian casualties as possible.