Daily Kos was rated the one of the best blogs on the Iraq War (the best, as I recall) back during the conventional phase (remember "Mission Accomplished"?) by Forbes magazine, not an ideological soul mate to Kos. He's still on the job. Referring to Bush's repetition of the theme that attacks in Iraq show that the guerrillas are "desperate", he says:
Funny, I remember the same kind of b.s. when I was growing up in El Salvador, with the nation descending into chaos as the government insisted that wave after wave of attacks simply proved the enemy's "desperation".
Fact is, this new wave of violence has demonstrated the Iraq resistance can attack at will, wherever and whenever it wants. It demonstrates it has good intelligence on the ground (if suffering from a bit of a time lag), able to target top US leaders wherever they may be.
It demonstrates that the resistance has some measure of popular support, as it stages spectacular attacks with near impunity. And it demonstrates that the US is nowhere near establishing security in the nation, and that in fact things are spiraling out of control.
Billmon has several good posts on the latest: here (the "desperate" meme) and here ("good news in Iraq" PR hokum) and here (an "how clueless are they?" piece).
Steve Gilliard, whose individual posts can't be linked directly, also has good observations ("Is Iraq Lost?" 10/26/03):
It's clear that most Iraqis want peace and stability. Most don't trust the resistance groups. But there is enough support for them so that they can operate with impunity. Someone sets up a freaking rocket launcher in a public park and no one sees this?
His "The Ramadan Offensive" (10/27/03) is also worth checking out.
The Today in Iraq/War News blog also generally has good links and (usually very brief) commentary. It uses Bush's infamous phrase "Bring 'em on" to report on attacks on our soldiers. What could Bush have possibly been thinking when he said that?
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