Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Monday, October 23, 2006
Chilling
I was out of the loop this weekend, but apparently there wasn't much in the way of hard news.

Anyway, here was a bit of a summary from one of the majors regarding Iraq:
The LAT also goes above the fold with a piece by Patrick J. McDonnell, who reported from Iraq for two years and then left for one. He returns to find that the chaos and violence he left a year ago looks like paradise compared to the hellish city he finds today. One of the most awfully telling details he shares: Shiite militias control major morgues and wait for Sunnis to come pick up slain relatives, and then they capture and kill them, too. And before McDonnell goes on patrol with a convoy, an Army commander performs an "unsettling ritual," anointing the Humvees with clear oil, "akin to last rites."
Not really news. I include it because Iraq is taking on the bizarre sense and surreal atmosphere of the movie Apocalypse Now. The stories we all will hear from returning vets will get more and more strange as the meaninglessness of our involvement continues.
Written at 8:44 AM by Greyhair.
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